Improve build environment setup
Created originally on Bitbucket by gstefanik (Gábor Stefanik)
Was already merged in Bitbucket before import, marked as merged by the import user
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update README.txt
- Recommend Python 2.7.9 or newer (required for full TLS support)
- Switch from easy_install to pip
- Install comtypes from PyPI instead of SourceForge
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switch from pywin32 SF.net installers to pypiwin32
note: the "minor fix" mentioned in the commit message has landed in Hg v4.1. A fix into pypiwin32 has also been submitted, to enable building older versions See https://github.com/pywin32/pypiwin32/pull/44
The updated build steps have been tested to produce a successful build on Windows 10.