From 313fbf45486ab047877589f26c77b745c8fcb9ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Dower Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:48:48 -0700 Subject: Issue #24642: Adds installer notes and links to What's New for 3.5 --- Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst index a6d4859..d80be02 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst @@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ Security improvements: * None yet. +Windows improvements: + +* A new installer for Windows has replaced the old MSI. See :ref:`using-on-windows` + for more information. +* Windows builds now use Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0, and extension modules + should use the same. + + Please read on for a comprehensive list of user-facing changes. @@ -850,6 +858,8 @@ Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include: * :c:func:`PyObject_Calloc` * :c:func:`_PyObject_GC_Calloc` +* Windows builds now require Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0, which + is available as part of `Visual Studio 2015 `_. Deprecated ========== -- cgit v0.12