[Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

[Chris Withers]

Tim Peters wrote:
> [Chris Withers]
> 
>>Oh, sorry, I meant "how do you select the right version of VC++?"
> 
> You don't; distutils does; if you use a Python 2.3 on Windows, its
> distutils will use VC6 to compile C extensions; if you use a Python
> 2.4 on Windows, its distutils will use VC7.  It's all driven by which
> Python you use to run setup.py.

*nods*

>>and how do you install both VC 6 and VC 7 at the same time?
> 
> Just run their installers.  They don't interfere with each other
> (well, not unless you do something bizarre, like force the installers
> to use the same installation directory -- accept the defaults and
> there's no problem).

So, are these two what I'm after for 6 and 7 respectively?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004U6ZC/qid=1127557337/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_3_4/026-8900047-5040402

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000089GKV/qid=1127557337/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_3_1/026-8900047-5040402

cheers,

Chris

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