Thanks rogerbinns - Understood, just wanted to make sure you were aware &amp; it looks like you are :).  I&#x27;ve pinged the VC++ team and will report back.<p>BTW we&#x27;ve setup the alias pythonbuildtools at microsoft.com where folks like you that are building pkgs can speak to the Python+VC++ team members.  I recommended send your request there as well.<p>Cheers.