diff --git a/Win7.rst b/Win7.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000000..3066fb7fd26151 --- /dev/null +++ b/Win7.rst @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +============ +Python 3.9.0 fork for Windows 7 support +============ + +A lot of people still use Windows 7. End date of ESU support - 2023-01-10. + +*************** +Build instructions: +*************** + +You need Visual Studio 2017 and Python 3.8. Switch off vcpkg if it's installed +(vcpkg integrate remove). Install everything related to Python in Visual Studio Installer. + + 1. Start your "x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2017" + 2. Change current directory to the place with enough free space. + 3. pip install -U sphinx + 4. set PYTHON="C:\\Program Files\\Python38\\python.exe" + 5. set SPHINXBUILD="C:\\Program Files\\Python38\\Scripts\\sphinx-build.exe" + 6. git clone https://github.com/NulAsh/cpython.git + 7. cd cpython\\Tools\\msi + 8. buildrelease.bat -x64 + 9. cd ..\\..\\PCbuild\\amd64\\en-us + + And in this folder we can see installer python-3.9.0-amd64.exe, install it as usual.