setuptools without unexpected downloads

[Max Erickson]

"Gabriel Genellina" <gagsl-py2 at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
...
> This recent blog post contains step-by-step instructions on using
> free  tools to compile python extensions:  
> <http://boodebr.org/main/python/build-windows-extensions>
> -- 
...

The package available here:

http://www.develer.com/oss/GccWinBinaries

is quite a lot more straightforward. You do have to be okay with using 
GCC 4.1 though. As a bonus, it supports versions of python that link 
against several different versions of the Microsoft runtime, rather 
than just one.


max