[Buildbot-devel] notes on win32 buildbot setup

[Nick Trout]

> I'm going thru my notes on installing a buildslave in winxp and
figured
> I would outline them here to see if they are helpful or if I missed
any
> steps.
> 
> 0. Check to make sure your PATHEXT environment variable has ";.PY" in
> it -- if not set your global environment to include it.
> 1. Install python -- 2.4 -- http://python.org
> 	* run win32 installer - no special options needed so far

I've been using the (excellent) ActiveState Python distribution and it
seems to set these for you. This my PATHEXT:

	
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.py;.pyc;.pyo;.
pyw;.pys

It also comes with the win32 extensions and CHM Python help (and its
free).

	http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/

Hope this helps,

Nick