[ZODB-Dev] Python 2.6 and Windows

[Sidnei da Silva]

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com> wrote:
>
> Python 2.6 requires a different version of the MS C compiler than
> Python 2.4 or Python 2.5.

That would be Visual C++ 2008. The good news is that the Express
edition which is freely available works just fine for this.

> I don't have this compiler.  Also, I don't
> know if I can have 2 versions of the compiler available in the same
> machine.

Yes. In fact, I have 3 versions in our build box, VC6, 2003 and 2008.
distutils is usually smart enough to figure out the right compiler to
use, and when it doesn't, you just have to run 'vsvars32.bat' from the
appropriate installed version.

> Does anyone want to volunteer to run final tests and create distros
> for ZODB on Windows and Python 2.6?

As long as you provide instructions, I would be willing to do this.

> I can keep testing and generating releases for ZODB and Python 2.4/2.5
> on Windows.  I imagine that most or all windows bugs will be
> independent of  Python version.

Yes, I don't see a reason for this to be any different.

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