[Mupolan]

Anyone know which compiler python 2.5 for windows is compiled against?
I.e. will i be able to build extensions with vs2005 express?

[BigDaddy]

Im pretty sure VS6 is the official windows compiler for python releases.

[Mupolan]

BigDaddy, no, it's currently vs7

[BigDaddy]

Mupolan, i thought it was changed back to vs6 because of licensing issues of some DLLs that vs7 compiled binaries require?

[Mupolan]

distutils demands the .NET 1.1 SDK, which would correspond to VS7

[BigDaddy]

Mupolan, distutils doesn't depend on .Net

[Mupolan]

BigDaddy, it depends on the .net SDK. never mind
go grep for it

[BigDaddy]

But the .net sdk is for building .net assemblies.
Mupolan, its getting respectable.

[froomzer]

BigDaddy, most C compilers are written in C

[BigDaddy]

Benj, i know that.
Mupolan, thats exactly what any other bootstrapped language does.

[Mupolan]

BigDaddy, yah, i'm just explaining it in terms of a language that most people don't think of as compiled
Hopefully it won't hose vs2005
I do hope 2.5 updates the compiler

[BigDaddy]

Mupolan, licensing issues get in the way.

[Mupolan]

What licensing issue

[BigDaddy]

Distributing a certain DLL that the newer VS-built binaries require.
Which would require all windows python users who dont have it to go to microsoft.com and download it themselves.