On 12/10/06, Dieter Maurer <dieter@handshake.de> wrote: ...
nor want to install the priceless Cygwin (which brings a compiler with it) and generate the executables themselves (as users of other platforms do).
Cygwin isn't mentioned in the windows install doc, and indeed a conscientious user such as myself my find Zope a insider posting "You need either the Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 (not publicly available anymore) or Visual Studio .NET 2003" (http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.zope.plone.devel/12915 )- which discouraged me from trying a cygwin build... I already have a cygwin python after all, and build from source frequently on several platforms... it would work for my development, though perhaps a harder sell for my client's production. I read archives of a prior discussion mentioning the possibility of packaging a release from the nightly builds- can't find the builds available for d/l though. Here's my vote... oh and just found this recent discussion which indicates that "the wheels are in motion": http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/zope/dev/202633 Sorry for inadvertently opening a thread that started some flames, the missing win executables looked like a simple oversight to me. In general I like platform-neutrality, and take as an article of faith that a wide range of supported platforms indicates quality code and thoughtful designers. It also makes pitching a project easier!