Trying to build Python

[Jeff Archer]

I am trying to build Python on windows.  I have gotten the source in
compressed form, Python-3.5.0.tgz.  Attempting to follow PCBuild\readme.txt

Ran the get_externals.bat in the PCBuild folder.  No apparent errors.

Trying to build and getting errors:
1>  abort: there is no Mercurial repository here (.hg not found)
1>C:\Dev.ThirdParty\Python-3.5.0\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj(403,5): warning
MSB3073: The command "hg id -b >
"C:\Dev.ThirdParty\Python-3.5.0\PCbuild\obj\\win32_Debug\pythoncore\hgbranch.txt""
exited with code 255.
1>  abort: there is no Mercurial repository here (.hg not found)
1>C:\Dev.ThirdParty\Python-3.5.0\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj(404,5): warning
MSB3073: The command "hg id -i >
"C:\Dev.ThirdParty\Python-3.5.0\PCbuild\obj\\win32_Debug\pythoncore\hgversion.txt""
exited with code 255.
1>  abort: there is no Mercurial repository here (.hg not found)

Seems like this is indicating that I need to get the source from a
Mercurial repo to be able to built it.

Windows 8.1
Visual Studio 2015
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