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> On 07 Nov 2014, at 16:46, Paul Moore <p.f.moore@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> I'm in the process of developing an automated solution to allow users
> to quickly set up a Windows box so that it can be used to compile
> Python extensions and build wheels. While it can obviously be used by
> Windows developers who want to quickly set up a box, my main target is
> Unix developers who want to provide wheels for Windows users.
>=20
> To that end, I'd like to get an idea of what sort of access to Windows
> a typical Unix developer would have.

In my case: none.

The only form of Windows I have are VMs I grab from modern.ie =
<http://modern.ie/> to test things with various IE versions. Those are =
all throw-away instances that are never used for anything other than IE =
testing.

Wichert.=

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class=3D"">On 07 Nov 2014, at 16:46, Paul Moore &lt;<a =
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 wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D"">I'm =
in the process of developing an automated solution to allow users<br =
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compile<br class=3D"">Python extensions and build wheels. While it can =
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quickly set up a box, my main target is<br class=3D"">Unix developers =
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class=3D"">To that end, I'd like to get an idea of what sort of access =
to Windows<br class=3D"">a typical Unix developer would =
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