Python and binary compatibility

[Thomas Heller]

Ambush Commander schrieb:
> I'm a newbie to Python; various packages I've used in the past (Lyx,
> LilyPond and Inkscape, to name a few) have bundled Python with them
> for various scripting needs, and Cygwin also had an install lying
> around, so when I started to use Mercurial (also Python) I decided
> that I'd consolidate all of these installations into a single Windows
> installation for general use, as well as for me to properly learn the
> language.
> 
> Whoo, it's been a journey.
> 
> The primary problem involves binary extensions to the Python
> interpreter itself, which Mercurial uses. The only C compiler I have
> on my machine is Visual Studio 2005 Express, but Python's binary
> distribution was compiled with VS 2003, so the installer refuses to
> compile the package. I understand that Python 3 uses VS 2008, but
> that's no good for me as it will probably break all of the scripts.
> 
> So, I'm trying to figure out what I should do. Mercurial's binary
> distribution was built using MingW, and I do have Cygwin lying around
> but I'd like to go for the "native" solution for the most speed. If I
> use MingW, I might as well use their pre-packaged binary. I could
> recompile Python with MSVC 2005, but I expect that will be its own can
> of worms. ActiveState is closed source and appears to have the wrong
> MSVC dependencies. All my troubles could apparently be fixed if I
> could acquire a copy of VS 2003, but Microsoft has made it incredibly
> difficult to find the download for it (I don't think it exists).
> 
> Any suggestions?

Maybe this helps?

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

Thomas