[Distutils] Building Python extensions on 64-bit Windows using the SDK compilers

[martin at v.loewis.de]

Zitat von Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com>:

> Can anyone give me some advice, please? I am trying to build
> extensions on Windows 64-bit, using the free Windows SDK compilers.

Can you please be more specific? What SDK, and what free compilers?
The bug report is about VS Express, not the SDK compilers.

> Two questions, really:
>
> * Is there any intention that building extensions with the SDK
> compilers is supported?

As long as the SDK does include compilers: yes.

> * How do I do it, if so?

Open a command window with the SDK environment variables set,
then also set DISTUTILS_USE_SDK, and invoke setup.py

> As an alternative, I wonder whether Microsoft would be willing to
> support Appveyor by providing them with access to the full version of
> MSVC (2008 and 2010) for the build workers? Steve - do you know if
> there's any possibility of something like that?

Not sure who is "they" and the "build workers". If you are talking about
the Python core developers - we can already have MSDN access if we want.

Regards,
Martin