<div dir="ltr">It turned out to be not very difficult. I installed Visual Studio, Numpy from Christoph Gohlke's wheel, and downloaded BioPython-1.65 and ran setup. I ran the offline tests, which told me:<div><br></div><div>Python version: 3.5.0rc2 (v3.5.0rc2:cc15d736d860, Aug 25 2015, 04:45:41) [MSC v.1900 32 bit (Intel)]</div><div>Operating system: nt win32 </div><div><br></div><div>The most recent Windows XP - Python 3.3 build report had 240 tests, all passing; I had 237 tests with seven failures. I'll look further into the differences. The test report is available here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://iu.box.com/biopython-win-python35-test">https://iu.box.com/biopython-win-python35-test</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Peter Cock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:p.j.a.cock@googlemail.com" target="_blank">p.j.a.cock@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks Ben, any help here would be great:<br>
<a href="https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/601" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/601</a><br>
<br>
If you can make notes on this, that would be wonderful.<br>
<br>
In the medium term, ideally we'd get another volunteer<br>
Windows machine setup as a buildslave.<br>
<a href="http://testing.open-bio.org/biopython/tgrid" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://testing.open-bio.org/biopython/tgrid</a><br>
<a href="http://biopython.org/wiki/Continuous_integration" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://biopython.org/wiki/Continuous_integration</a><br>
<br>
Also note this may have implications for 32 vs 64 bit<br>
Windows builds, where AFAIK NumPy don't yet have<br>
an official binary release (we would likely follow their<br>
lead for 64bit builds).<br>
<br>
<a href="http://biopython.org/wiki/64-bit_Windows_Biopython" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://biopython.org/wiki/64-bit_Windows_Biopython</a><br>
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Peter<br>
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On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Ben Fulton <<a href="mailto:ben@benfulton.net">ben@benfulton.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> I can have a go at getting this running on my Windows 8 machine. Not sure<br>
> how much work it will be. Is there an issue open for it or anything?<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Peter Cock <<a href="mailto:p.j.a.cock@googlemail.com">p.j.a.cock@googlemail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Chris,<br>
>><br>
>> I'd like to retire this WinXP box, but not until I have another<br>
>> Windows development machine setup (perhaps a VM).<br>
>> For now it is handy for building our Biopython installers<br>
>> for 32-bit windows, and as a buildbot slave, but its days<br>
>> are numbered.<br>
>><br>
>> I've not looked into how to install MSCV 14.0 but it would<br>
>> not surprise me that it isn't available on Windows XP.<br>
>><br>
>> Biopython would benefit from one or more developers<br>
>> working primarily on Windows (which is what I did when<br>
>> I first started).<br>
>><br>
>> Peter<br>
>><br>
>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Fields, Christopher J<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:cjfields@illinois.edu">cjfields@illinois.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > Peter, Just a note on Windows XP and Python 3.5 support (under<br>
>> > 'Unsupported<br>
>> > Operating Systems’):<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/3.5.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/3.5.html</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Not sure how this affects whether it actually would work on XP using MS<br>
>> > Visual C++ 14.0 though; is it supported on that platform?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > chris<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Aug 26, 2015, at 3:52 AM, Peter Cock <<a href="mailto:p.j.a.cock@googlemail.com">p.j.a.cock@googlemail.com</a>><br>
>> > wrote:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Hello all,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Python 3.5.0 rc 2 is out now, so we ought to be testing<br>
>> > Biopython with it:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-350rc2/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-350rc2/</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> > However, this has deeper implications for compiling on<br>
>> > Windows - in addition to the email forwarded below, I<br>
>> > also saw this via Guido van Rossum's Twitter,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="https://twitter.com/gvanrossum/status/636279572938428416" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/gvanrossum/status/636279572938428416</a><br>
>> > <a href="http://stevedower.id.au/blog/building-for-python-3-5/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://stevedower.id.au/blog/building-for-python-3-5/</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> > The key point is for Python 3.5 on Windows builds now use<br>
>> > Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0, and extension modules should<br>
>> > use the same.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > He notes that for the short term, there are likely to be<br>
>> > compatibility problems with mingw32 which we have also<br>
>> > used previously.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Unless someone else volunteers, at some point I will have<br>
>> > to try installing MSVC 14.0 on my old Windows XP machine<br>
>> > which has been used for all our recent Biopython Windows<br>
>> > installers.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Regards,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Peter<br>
>> ><br>
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
>> > From: Fernando Perez <<a href="mailto:fperez.net@gmail.com">fperez.net@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> > Date: Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 6:24 AM<br>
>> > Subject: [Numpy-discussion] Python extensions for Python 3.5 - useful<br>
>> > info...<br>
>> > To: Discussion of Numerical Python <<a href="mailto:numpy-discussion@scipy.org">numpy-discussion@scipy.org</a>>, SciPy<br>
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>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Just an FYI for the upcoming Python release, a very detailed post from<br>
>> > Steve Dower, the Microsoft developer who is now in charge of the<br>
>> > Windows releases for Python, on how the build process will change in<br>
>> > 3.5 regarding extensions:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="http://stevedower.id.au/blog/building-for-python-3-5/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://stevedower.id.au/blog/building-for-python-3-5/</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Cheers,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > f<br>
>> > --<br>
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