help compiling Python on vs 2008!

[Colin J. Williams]

inhahe wrote:
> "Christian Heimes" <lists at cheimes.de> wrote in message 
> news:mailman.1270.1211029209.12834.python-list at python.org...
>> inhahe schrieb:
>>> what is going on here, and how do I compile these external libraries?
>> I assume you are trying to compile Python 2.5 with VS 9.0. It's not
>> supported. Some extensions don't compile under VS 9.0
>>
>> Christian
>>
> 
> I just installed Visual Studio 8 and tried compling and I bgot the same 
> problem.  hope this isn't a redundant post. i don't know if 
> pyhon-list at python.org reposts here.
> 
> 
You might consider working with Python 
2.6, which does compile with Visual 
Studio C++ 2008 and running the test 
(Tools\Buildbot\rt.bat) produces very 
few errors.  Just remember that 2.6 is 
tsill at the alpha stage of development.

Colin W.