There are three ways to do it:
-ALL CYGWIN ALL THE TIME
+OPTION 1: ALL CYGWIN ALL THE TIME
If you are building on Windows, then the easy way is to install cygwin and
use cygwin version of Python and the cygwin versions of all dependencies
have to be cygwin versions). So if you are taking this approach then you
don't need to read the rest of this README.win32 file at all.
-CYGWIN TOOLS TO BUILD WINDOWS-NATIVE LIBRARIES
+OPTION 2: CYGWIN TOOLS TO BUILD WINDOWS-NATIVE LIBRARIES
The second-easiest way is to install cygwin and use cygwin development tools
such as bash, GNU make, gcc, etc., but install the Windows-native version of
Windows-native libraries. This README.win32 file contains some extra notes
about how to take this approach.
-OTHER BUILD TOOLS
+OPTION 3: OTHER BUILD TOOLS
The third-easiest way is to use a Microsoft compiler or some other compiler.
Our README files do not currently explain how to do that. You are on your
to build all these dependencies using your favorite compiler.
-Okay, here are some notes about following the "CYGWIN TOOLS TO BUILD
+Okay, here are some notes about following "OPTION 1: CYGWIN TOOLS TO BUILD
WINDOWS-NATIVE LIBRARIES" approach: