[Python-Dev] Planning a Windows buildbot

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> Martin v. Löwis <martin <at> v.loewis.de> writes:
>> As for the operating system: I don't think it matters at all. Windows XP
>> Home is as fine a platform for this application as Windows 2008 R2
>> Enterprise. What would matter is processor architecture - we don't have
>> an Itanium Windows buildbot slave 
> 
> Microsoft has said it would stop doing Windows releases for Itanium:
> http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/04/microsoft-its-the-end-of-the-line-for-itanium-support.ars
> 
> I'm not sure there's any point in caring about it anymore.

That's why I put a smiley in that sentence.

Regards,
Martin