[3.9] gh-76773: Update docs mentioning no-longer-supported Windows versions & features (GH-92529) (GH-92610)

(cherry picked from commit f1bbcba74f77eff2a4c0881f3d529f3bf0664d40)


Co-authored-by: CAM Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>

Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:serhiy-storchaka

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt
index e8a973c..80b597c 100644
--- a/PCbuild/readme.txt
+++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt
@@ -13,12 +13,10 @@ Quick Start Guide
 Building Python using Microsoft Visual C++
 ------------------------------------------
 
-This directory is used to build CPython for Microsoft Windows NT version
-6.0 or higher (Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, or later) on 32 and 64
+This directory is used to build CPython for Microsoft Windows on 32- and 64-
 bit platforms.  Using this directory requires an installation of
-Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (MSVC 14.1) with the *Python workload* and
-its optional *Python native development* component selected. (For
-command-line builds, Visual Studio 2015 may also be used.)
+Microsoft Visual Studio (MSVC) with the *Python workload* and
+its optional *Python native development* component selected.
 
 Building from the command line is recommended in order to obtain any
 external dependencies. To build, simply run the "build.bat" script without
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ pythonw
     Prompt window
 pylauncher
     py.exe, the Python Launcher for Windows, see
-        http://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#launcher
+        https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#launcher
 pywlauncher
     pyw.exe, a variant of py.exe that doesn't open a Command Prompt
     window
@@ -164,14 +162,14 @@ _bz2
 _lzma
     Python wrapper for version 5.2.2 of the liblzma compression library
     Homepage:
-        http://tukaani.org/xz/
+        https://tukaani.org/xz/
 _ssl
     Python wrapper for version 1.1.1k of the OpenSSL secure sockets
     library, which is downloaded from our binaries repository at
     https://github.com/python/cpython-bin-deps.
 
     Homepage:
-        http://www.openssl.org/
+        https://www.openssl.org/
 
     Building OpenSSL requires Perl on your path, and can be performed by
     running PCbuild\prepare_ssl.bat. This will retrieve the version of
@@ -187,14 +185,14 @@ _ssl
 _sqlite3
     Wraps SQLite 3.37.2, which is itself built by sqlite3.vcxproj
     Homepage:
-        http://www.sqlite.org/
+        https://www.sqlite.org/
 _tkinter
     Wraps version 8.6.6 of the Tk windowing system, which is downloaded
     from our binaries repository at
     https://github.com/python/cpython-bin-deps.
 
     Homepage:
-        http://www.tcl.tk/
+        https://www.tcl.tk/
 
     Building Tcl and Tk can be performed by running
     PCbuild\prepare_tcltk.bat. This will retrieve the version of the
@@ -253,7 +251,7 @@ It creates the PGI files, runs the unit test suite or PyBench with the
 PGI python, and finally creates the optimized files.
 
 See
-    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e7k32f4k(VS.140).aspx
+    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/profile-guided-optimizations
 for more on this topic.