id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	launchpad_bug
230	wanted: buildslave that uses a Microsoft compiler	zooko	somebody	"It would be nice to have a buildslave that does not have GCC installed and in which everything is built using a Microsoft compiler.

A good candidate for which Microsoft compiler would be Visual Studio .NET 2003 -- this is the version of the Microsoft compiler that Python 2.4 and Python 2.5 are built with.  On the other hand, this version of the Microsoft compiler is no longer distributed by Microsoft so it can be inconvenient or expensive to acquire.

Another reasonable candidate would be Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition -- this is likely to be the compiler used to build Python 2.6 and Python 3.0.  However, to use VS8 you probably have to build the current python svn trunk yourself from source using VS8 instead of using the precompiled Python 2.5.1.

Another reasonable candidate is ""whatever Microsoft compiler is easiest for you to use"".

As for operating system, I personally would choose for this buildslave to be running Windows XP rather than Windows Vista, but that is mainly because I am hoping that Microsoft will give up and withdraw Vista from the market.  Whoever actually implements this task should probably use whichever Microsoft operating system will be easiest for them."	enhancement	closed	minor	eventually	dev-infrastructure	0.7.0	fixed	buildbot windows	zandr booker Michael Booker