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On 04/08/2010 16:38, Steve Holden wrote:

On 8/4/2010 11:00 AM, Brian Curtin wrote:

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 09:48, Barry Warsaw<barry@python.org
<mailto:barry@python.org>> �wrote:

� � On Aug 03, 2010, at 09:08 PM, Steve Holden wrote:

� � >It's a little disappointing to discover that despite the relatively
� � >large number of developers who have received MSDN licenses from
� � >Microsoft, none if us have the time to make sure that the buildbots are
� � >green for the 2.6.6 release.

� � Should note that I did try to build Python using my MSDN license for
� � Windows 7
� � and Visual Studio 2010\. �I only had an hour or so to attempt it, and
� � did not
� � succeed, though I think I got as far as trying to properly situate
� � various
� � dependent libraries (sqlite, ssl).

� � If anybody's successfully navigated the twisty maze, would you be
� � able to
� � write something up on the wiki to describe the steps you've taken?

� � -Barry


I can expand the dev setup guide I wrote for the PSF Sprints to include
the third-party stuff, then try to get that in wider circulation. I
currently gloss over it to get a first-time contributor up and running
quickly (since someone's first look into core dev is unlikely to be
fixing sqlite).

I haven't tried the current codebase on VS2010 yet, but it's on my todo
list.

I think that could be incredibly useful. I've tried building Windows
Pythons in the past and stalled because I didn't have enough familiarity
with the VS environment.

Brian: could you remind us where that doc is, please? I've lost track of it.

In broad terms it's not too hard to get going once you've installed VS\[\*\]; I've
rebuild several different fresh Python checkouts several times today while these
issues have been discussed, and generally it's a question of:

cd py3k (or whatever)
tools\\buildbot\\externals.bat
cd py3k\\pcbuild
env
build -d
rt -d

and you're done and tested.

That said, I seem to be having build issues with ssl on 2.7 which I'll
try to look into. But the technique is fairly straightforward.

TJG

\[\*\] And a small clutter of other tools for certain bits