[Python-Dev] Python 2.7 patch levels turning two digit (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Mon Jun 23 22:40:30 CEST 2014

Am 23.06.14 22:04, schrieb Antoine Pitrou:

Le 23/06/2014 15:27, M.-A. Lemburg a écrit :

Not sure what you mean. We've had binary wininst distributions for Windows for more than a decade, and egg and msi distributions for 8 years :-) But without access to the VS 2008 compiler that is needed to compile those extensions, It does seem to be available: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13276 What am I missing?

I believe (without testing) that this is just the service pack. Installing it requires a pre-existing installation of Visual Studio 2008, or else the installer will refuse to do anything. Note that it also won't install on top of Visual Studio Express: you need a licensed copy of Visual Studio to install the service pack.

Visual Studio 2008 still is available to MSDN users. It's just not available through regular sales channels anymore.

Regards, Martin

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