[py-dev] Help compiling trunk on Windows XP

[Travis Oliphant]

I'm new to compiling Python itself on Windows XP.  Can anyone offer 
advice on how to do it?

Is it possible to build the Python trunk with Visual Studio 2005 Express 
(the free version)?

My real purpose is to be able to test patches that are available on 
Windows so that they can be accepted.

There is a patch for allowing mmap to accept the offset parameter that 
is an important addition that I'd like to help get into Python 2.6 (and 
Python 3.0).

Thanks for any advice,

-Travis Oliphant