Compile python with Mingw

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fdu.xiaojf at gmail.com wrote:

> I don't have VS2003, so I think I may compile both pymol
> and python with mingw.

Sorry I can't help with mingw, but Microsoft has released a free
version of VC2005, which should be binary compatible with VC2003, I'd
have thought. Of course that means going through the Windows
validation, and the downloads pretty big, plus you may need the
platform SDK too.