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build: recommend Python 3.8 to build on Windows #34182

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build: recommend Python 3.8 to build on Windows
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Update .github/workflows/build-tarball.yml
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions .github/workflows/build-tarball.yml
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run: |
git config --global core.autocrlf true
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Set up Python 2.7
uses: actions/setup-python@v1
- name: Set up Python 3.8
uses: actions/setup-python@v2
with:
python-version: 2.7
python-version: 3.8
- name: Environment Information
run: npx envinfo
- name: Download tarball
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion BUILDING.md
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Expand Up @@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ to run it again before invoking `make -j4`.

##### Option 1: Manual install

* [Python 2.7](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
* [Python 3.8](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
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Why not https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/python-38/9mssztt1n39l ? It will prompt users as updates become available.

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I don't know if it's available on Windows 8

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I think no. The System Requirements on MS store said only for Windows10

* The "Desktop development with C++" workload from
[Visual Studio 2019](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) or
the "Visual C++ build tools" workload from the
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