This issue tracker has been migrated to GitHub, and is currently read-only.
For more information, see the GitHub FAQs in the Python's Developer Guide.

classification
Title: Doc issue: Python 3.6 doesn't compile on Visual Studio 2010 anymore
Type: Stage: resolved
Components: Build, Documentation, Windows Versions: Python 3.6
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: docs@python, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, vstinner, zach.ware
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2015-07-27 21:16 by vstinner, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (4)
msg247485 - (view) Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-07-27 21:16
Hi, I'm unable to compile Python default (3.6) on Windows 7 with Visual Studio 2010: it requires "ucrtd.lib" which looks like a new feature of Visual Studio 2015. Please update the developer guide to be more explicit:

Current text says that VS 2010 SP1 is supported. Well, I don't have the SP1, but I don't think that ucrtd.lib comes with VS 2010 SP1 anyway.

"""
Python 3.5 and later use Microsoft Visual Studio 2015. You can download Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 CTP 6 or newer, or you can continue to use Visual Studio 2010 SP1 until Microsoft releases the final version of Visual Studio 2015.
""""
msg247492 - (view) Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-07-27 22:09
Technically it says that it will work until VS 2015 is released (which happened last Monday), but the statement certainly should be clarified now. I'll do it.

I'm still waiting to hear what options will be available for installing the compilers without a full VS, but right now there aren't any good options I'm afraid.
msg247493 - (view) Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-07-27 22:13
> I'm still waiting to hear what options will be available for installing the compilers without a full VS, but right now there aren't any good options I'm afraid.

Well, for me the most important point is to document the current supported compilers. Good if we support more options later ;-)
msg247526 - (view) Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-07-28 15:49
Dev guide has been updated. I assume it'll flow through to the website eventually, though that hasn't happened yet.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:19adminsetgithub: 68925
2015-07-28 15:49:58steve.dowersetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
messages: + msg247526

stage: resolved
2015-07-27 22:13:55vstinnersetmessages: + msg247493
2015-07-27 22:09:13steve.dowersetmessages: + msg247492
2015-07-27 21:16:35vstinnercreate