Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Python 2.6 / Developer's Guide
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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:40:02 -0700
Stephen Fisher wrote:
> I just got Python v2.6 for Windows to work with building Wireshark from 
> SVN without changing anything (I'm using MSVC 2008EE.)  The Developer's 
> Guide states that 2.4 is needed and 2.5 causes problems.  When I went to 
> download 2.4, the web page wasn't working, which prompted me to try the 
> latest version of 2.6.  Should I go ahead and update the Developer's 
> Guide to state 2.6 will work?

I recently installed 2.6 as well, and after not seeing any problems I updated
config.nmake to auto-detect and use Python 2.6 - 2.4 in that order. I've updated
the Developer's Guide (which is what I should have done when I modifed
config.nmake).