Florian Schulze wrote: > On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:58:31 -0500, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> > wrote: > >>> Saying "oh, just release an alpha1 anyway, >>> if it is completely screwed, we can just release an alpha2 two days >>> later" underestimates the amount of work needed to cut one of these >>> things. >> >> >> Don't misquote. I said alphas are part of the development process that >> allows a wider range of people to exercise the build with the potential >> benefit of finding an issue that would have otherwise gone undetected. >> Issuing an alpha is not an irresponsible act. > > > I currently can't compile Python 2.4 myself (don't have MSVC 7.1), so > I can't test out Python 2.4. What about just releasing a development > snapshot if that is a better name than alpha. I think 2.4 should get a > release soon, so people who want to test it out, get the chance. > > The guy who wants to try Python 2.4 but isn't able to, > Florian Schulze > If you want to compile python 2.4 with the freely downloadable tools available from microsoft you can use a script I wrote. Download + install the Microsoft .NET SDK and the the Platform SDK Grab the scripts from here http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-February/042595.html This enables anyone to download python24 and compile it with freely available tools Garth
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