[Python-Dev] Who's using VS/Windows to work on Python?

[Nick Coghlan]

On 14 November 2014 05:47, Steve Dower <Steve.Dower at microsoft.com> wrote:

>  Just wondering who is regularly/occasionally using VS 2010 to work on
> Python?
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> Also, who currently owns the Windows buildbots and are you willing/able to
> add a VS 2015 Preview installation (or give me access so I can do it)? I
> can also set up a VS 2015 buildbot, but the old ones will break if the
> projects change (I should do this anyway to at least become familiar with
> how the buildbots work…)
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> I want to get a feel for who will be disrupted when I merge in the changes
> to build with VS 2015, which will help influence when that merge occurs. VS
> 2015 Preview was just released yesterday, and while it’s not perfect yet,
> it’s isolated enough from VS 2010 that there won’t be any issues installing
> them both (I can’t say the same for VS 2013…). If people are okay with
> this, then we can consider merging the changes sooner. Once VS 2015 RC is
> released, I’ll be looking to merge asap., but I don’t see a strong need to
> do it before then other than a longer bake time.
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With the recent (excellent) announcements around switching from the current
Visual Studio Express model to the far more full featured Visual Studio
Community approach, what will the situation be in relation to using Visual
Studio Community edition to work on CPython?

This thread, and Brian's post regarding renewing MSDN subscriptions made me
realise we're going to need to be able to explain that to new Windows based
contributors.

Cheers,
Nick.

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Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
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