> As for the reproducibility issue: The configure/Makefile system
> coming with Python simply doesn't support creating a Windows build. I
> hope it's clear that the patch is NOT about creating a Windows
> installer. If this is a requirement for getting my patch in, please
> let me know so I can stop wasting my time!

That's why I was asking what the patch achieves - it was not clear
at all what the objective is. Not supporting the build of an installer
is fine (although that probably wouldn't be difficult). However, if
the patch doesn't manage to make "configure;make" work, it's IMO
useless. Having "make install" work in some form would be desirable.