[Python-Dev] Building python 2.7.10 for Windows from source

2015-07-24 Thread Mark Kelley
I have been using Python for some time but it's been a decade since I've tried to build it from source, back in the 2.4 days. Things seem to have gotten a little more complicated now. I've read through the PCBuild/README file and got most stuff compiling. I find it a little odd that there are sp

Re: [Python-Dev] Building python 2.7.10 for Windows from source

2015-07-27 Thread Mark Kelley
uming the buildbot script is the one that's actually, used? I would submit a patch to clean some of this up, but sounds as though it's in the pipeline. On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Zachary Ware wrote: > On Jul 24, 2015 8:30 AM, "Mark Kelley" wrote: >> >> I

Re: [Python-Dev] Building python 2.7.10 for Windows from source

2015-07-28 Thread Mark Kelley
I got my MSI built, after numerous modifications to the various build scripts. the installed file set bears little resemblance to the official release for the same version, which is a bit of a fail for the Open-source principle, but it seems nobody cares, so I'll split.