[Python-Dev] Moving Python 3.5 on Windows to a new compiler

[Chris Angelico]

On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 5:42 AM,  <dw+python-dev at hmmz.org> wrote:
> Perhaps a final alternative is simply continuing
> the 2.7 series with a stale compiler, as a kind of carrot on a stick to
> encourage users to upgrade?

More likely, what would happen is that there'd be an alternate
distribution of Python 2.7 (eg ActiveState), which would be
language-compatible with python.org 2.7, but built with a different
compiler, and therefore unable to use extensions built for
python.org's 2.7. One way or another, pain will happen.

ChrisA