How to make py2.5 distutil to use VC2005?

[lotrpy]

On 6月4日, 下午9时47分, "David Cournapeau" <courn... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 11:38 AM, 甜瓜 <littlesweetme... at gmail.com> wrote:
> >    Well, IMO, the format of binary files generated by VC2003 and
> > VC2005 is compatible in most cases.
>
> Problem arise with the C runtime, not with object file format. In
> particular, python uses the C api for file handling, and the standard
> C is definitely not ABI compatible within VS versions.
>
> I strongly advise you against using VS 2005 (with the binary python;
> if you build python by yourself, then no problem; I don't know if it
> is possible to build python with VS 2005). You *will* get crashes in
> many cases.
>
> David

My stupid question: if there is something between VS 2003 and VS 2005
incompatible, what
about MINGW for python2.5(VS 2003)?  Is it safe, or just as (un)safe
as VS 2005?