How to install Python package from source on Windows

[bartc]

On 18/05/2017 18:11, Steve D'Aprano wrote:

> Seems a bit hypocritical, don't you think? Expecting people to go spelunking
> into your undocumented mystery language source code to work out how to
> build it from source, and then turning around and complaining that Python's
> build process:
>
> PCbuild\build.bat -e -d
>
>
> is too complicated.


You're right of course. But it makes you wonder then why they bother 
making available binary builds of Python for Windows, when someone just 
needs to enter a simple command and it will effortlessly build you a 
customised version from source.


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bartc