[issue16161] broken link to Visual Studio 2008 in devguide

Changes by Chris Jerdonek : -- resolution: -> fixed stage: needs patch -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue16161] broken link to Visual Studio 2008 in devguide

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 6f3e48838a2d by Chris Jerdonek in branch 'default': Issue #16161: Update link for downloading Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/6f3e48838a2d -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python t

[issue16161] broken link to Visual Studio 2008 in devguide

Christian Heimes added the comment: Thanks for your tests, Chris. :) -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsub

[issue16161] broken link to Visual Studio 2008 in devguide

Chris Jerdonek added the comment: > Incidentally, it was also odd that the VS executable wasn't obvious to locate. Scratch this last comment. A "Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition" folder was created under the Start menu. It just wasn't highlighted as having been newly added, as was a separate

[issue16161] broken link to Visual Studio 2008 in devguide

Chris Jerdonek added the comment: > Have you verified that vcsetup.exe is the right thing? I *guess* that > vcsetup stands for "Visual C++ setup" and vcssetup for "Visual C Sharp Setup" > but I'm not sure about it. Yes, after choosing wrong the first time (based partly on the ordering relativ

[issue16161] broken link to Visual Studio 2008 in devguide

Christian Heimes added the comment: Meh, MS likes to invalidate or alter the meaning of an URL. Have you verified that vcsetup.exe is the right thing? I *guess* that vcsetup stands for "Visual C++ setup" and vcssetup for "Visual C Sharp Setup" but I'm not sure about it. -- assignee:

[issue16161] broken link to Visual Studio 2008 in devguide

Chris Jerdonek added the comment: It might also be good to say that "vcsetup.exe" is the file you're supposed to download (as opposed to, say, "vcssetup.exe"). Strangely, the files aren't labeled, and they're listed in a different order from the text below. -- ___

[issue16161] broken link to Visual Studio 2008 in devguide

New submission from Chris Jerdonek: The link to Visual Studio 2008 in the devguide doesn't seem to work: http://docs.python.org/devguide/setup.html#windows https://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2008-editions/express This seems to be a better link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us