[M.-A. Lemburg] > How about adding support for VC7 features in 2.4 AFAIK, current CVS Python compiles under VC7 now. > and starting the transition in 2.5 ? I expect that mostly depends on who's doing the work. PLabs Windows development is on auto-pilot (aka benign neglect). The first person to volunteer time to do anything here gets to set the policy for the next two decades <0.9 wink>.