[Bf-python] Adding removed python modules for a test.

[Campbell Barton]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Christopher Barry
<christopher.r.barry at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:32:13 +1100
> Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Sybren A. Stüvel <sybren at stuvel.eu>
>>wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 11:01:16PM -0500, Jorge Pareja wrote:
>>>> I am interested in adding the removed python modules back in,
>>>> atleast localy on my system.  My local, default, install of Python
>>>> is 2.7.9 and I cant upgrade just yet, it is currently required by
>>>> other software I need to use.
>>>>
>>>> What is the best way to get the full Python 3.4 release with all
>>>> default packages, aside from installing it on my system which would
>>>> break my 2.7.9 version, into Blender 2.73?
>>>
>>> You can install different versions of Python next to each other,
>>> without breaking anything. You can have Python 2.7 in C:\Python27 and
>>> Python 3.4 in C:\Python34. As a matter of fact, the installers
>>> already do this, so you have to actively change things to mess up.
>>>
>>>> So I am assuming I will need to build something from sources which I
>>>> have already downloaded both Blender and Python sources.  Another
>>>> question is... Do I have to use Python 3.4.0 or can I use 3.4.2?
>>
>>Python remains binary compatible between minor point releases (so any
>>module compiled for 3.4.x is ok).
>>
>>A problem with ms-windows spesifically, is we have a build of Python
>>made with MSVC2013, and Python.org still use MSVC2008.
>>
>>Im not sure of the details since I don't use ms-windows, but I've read
>>on our bug tracker that this means Blender can't be used with the
>>systems Python (typically installed on C:\Python3.4) - something that
>>used to work.
>>It also means setting the PYTHONPATH to an existing Python3.4x install
>>will crash Blender.
>>
>>Hopefully Python.org will update their MSVC at some point to resolve
>>the issue.
>>
>
> Could this get around that?
> http://www.activestate.com/activepython
>
> -C

Skimmed over & they don't mention using a different MSVC compiler
version, so I'd guess not.