[thg-dev] Moving to Python 2.7(.3)

[Eduard-Cristian Stefan]

On 2012-04-15 19:50, Steve Borho wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 4:18 AM, Eduard-Cristian Stefan
> <alexandrul.ct at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On 2012-04-15 12:11, Angel Ezquerra wrote:
>>>
>>> one thing that we discussed recently, and which is somewhat related
>>> to this discussion is that it would be great to have some sort
>>>   of continuous build system for TortoiseHg.
>>>   Any help with that would be great as well!
>>
>>
>> As I don't have a server at hand, and there might be times
>> when I'll be away from the computer, the best I can do
>> is to help with the scripting part (which could be called
>> during the build process).
>>
>> Also, a way to select a custom configuration should be taken
>> into consideration, like choosing for each extension
>> the stable or tip or a custom revision.
>
> Our setup script does this already; there's just a goat load of parts
> that have to be installed before you can build the installer.
>
> BTW: does Python 2.7 still use VC9 compilers?
>

 From PCbuild\readme.txt:

This directory is used to build Python for Win32 and x64 platforms, e.g.
Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows Server 2008.  In order to build 32-bit
debug and release executables, Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition is
required at the very least.  In order to build 64-bit debug and release
executables, Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition is required at the very
least.  In order to build all of the above, as well as generate release builds
that make use of Profile Guided Optimisation (PG0), Visual Studio 2008
Professional Edition is required at the very least.  The official Python
releases are built with this version of Visual Studio.