<div dir="ltr">I can have a go at getting this running on my Windows 8 machine. Not sure how much work it will be. Is there an issue open for it or anything?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:57 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">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>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Peter<br>
</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><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 '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>> 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>
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> Subject: [Numpy-discussion] Python extensions for Python 3.5 - useful<br>
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> 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>
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><br>
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