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Fri Aug 13 20:45:25 CEST 2010 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2010-August/103086.html

> The problem really is that when people ask for MingW support, they mean
> all kinds of things,

Usually it means they want to build C or C++ extensions, don't have Visual
Studio, don't know about the SDK compiler, and have misunderstood the CRT
problem.

As long at Python builds with the free Windows 7 SDK, I think it is
sufficient to that mingw is supported for extensions (and the only reasons
for selecing mingw over Microsoft C/C++ on windows are Fortran and C99 --
the Windows SDK compiler is a free download as well.)

Enthought (32-bit) ships with a mingw gcc compiler configured to build
extensions. That might be something to consider for Python on Windows. It
will prevent accidental linking with wrong libraries (particularly the
CRT).

Sturla

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