Issue #19845: Updated the Compiling Python on Windows docs.

diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst
index ae252155baa11d5e9ffabb39f92f4b6b05dac1c9..3e8b064694501caca653c434c680c3f194e6a281 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/using/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst
@@ -556,9 +556,9 @@ If you want to compile CPython yourself, first thing you should do is get the
 latest release's source or just grab a fresh `checkout
 <http://docs.python.org/devguide/setup#checking-out-the-code>`_.
 
-For Microsoft Visual C++, which is the compiler with which official Python
-releases are built, the source tree contains solutions/project files.  View the
-:file:`readme.txt` in their respective directories:
+The source tree contains a build solution and project files for Microsoft
+Visual C++, which is the compiler used to build the official Python releases.
+View the :file:`readme.txt` in their respective directories:
 
 +--------------------+--------------+-----------------------+
 | Directory          | MSVC version | Visual Studio version |
@@ -569,14 +569,16 @@ releases are built, the source tree contains solutions/project files.  View the
 +--------------------+--------------+-----------------------+
 | :file:`PC/VS8.0/`  | 8.0          | 2005                  |
 +--------------------+--------------+-----------------------+
-| :file:`PCbuild/`   | 9.0          | 2008                  |
+| :file:`PC/VS9.0/`  | 9.0          | 2008                  |
++--------------------+--------------+-----------------------+
+| :file:`PCbuild/`   | 10.0         | 2010                  |
 +--------------------+--------------+-----------------------+
 
-Note that not all of these build directories are fully supported.  Read the
-release notes to see which compiler version the official releases for your
-version are built with.
+Note that any build directories within the :file:`PC` directory are not
+necessarily fully supported.  The :file:`PCbuild` directory contains the files
+for the compiler used to build the official release.
 
-Check :file:`PC/readme.txt` for general information on the build process.
+Check :file:`PCbuild/readme.txt` for general information on the build process.
 
 
 For extension modules, consult :ref:`building-on-windows`.

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index cf4d39b6c773927052ae3a1080194c9f40f1e11c..6e55d6636b59936a249e4c29c1a3bb816f3c4a7e 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ Tests
 Documentation
 -------------
 
+- Issue #19845: Updated the Compiling Python on Windows section.
+
 - Issue #19795: Improved markup of True/False constants.
 
 - Issue #18326: Clarify that list.sort's arguments are keyword-only.  Also,