How to install Python package from source on Windows

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 9:00 PM, bartc <bc at freeuk.com> wrote:
> Just to get the ball rolling, they don't need to be perfect. Building
> python.exe would be a useful first step, even if it fails to run for many
> other reasons.

Actually, it's more useful if it completely fails to build. As I was
porting one particular app to OS/2, I spent about a day just getting
the configure script to succeed, upon which getting it to compile took
maybe five minutes, and getting it to run correctly with all
subcomponents was maybe another hour. The earlier it fails, the
better.

ChrisA