bpo-31340: Change to building with MSVC v141 (included with Visual Studio 2017) (#3311)

diff --git a/.github/appveyor.yml b/.github/appveyor.yml
index 6a79a62..98b32c9 100644
--- a/.github/appveyor.yml
+++ b/.github/appveyor.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 - cmd: PCbuild\rt.bat -q -uall -u-cpu -rwW --slowest --timeout=1200 --fail-env-changed -j0
 environment:
   HOST_PYTHON: C:\Python36\python.exe
+image:
+- Visual Studio 2017
 
 # Only trigger AppVeyor if actual code or its configuration changes
 only_commits:
diff --git a/Doc/make.bat b/Doc/make.bat
index b03372a..c43135d 100644
--- a/Doc/make.bat
+++ b/Doc/make.bat
@@ -16,8 +16,19 @@
     set SPHINXBUILD=%PYTHON% -c "import sphinx, sys; sys.argv[0] = 'sphinx-build'; sphinx.main()"
 )
 
+if not defined BLURB if defined PYTHON (
+    %PYTHON% -c "import blurb" > nul 2> nul
+    if errorlevel 1 (
+        echo Installing blurb with %PYTHON%
+        %PYTHON% -m pip install blurb
+        if errorlevel 1 exit /B
+    )
+    set BLURB=%PYTHON% -m blurb
+)
+
 if not defined PYTHON set PYTHON=py
 if not defined SPHINXBUILD set SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build
+if not defined BLURB set BLURB=blurb
 
 if "%1" NEQ "htmlhelp" goto :skiphhcsearch
 if exist "%HTMLHELP%" goto :skiphhcsearch
@@ -96,6 +107,19 @@
 goto end
 
 :build
+if exist ..\Misc\NEWS (
+    echo.Copying Misc\NEWS to build\NEWS
+    copy ..\Misc\NEWS build\NEWS > nul
+) else if exist ..\Misc\NEWS.D (
+    if defined BLURB (
+        echo.Merging Misc/NEWS with %BLURB%
+        %BLURB% merge -f build\NEWS
+    ) else (
+        echo.No Misc/NEWS file and Blurb is not available.
+        exit /B 1
+    )
+)
+
 if NOT "%PAPER%" == "" (
     set SPHINXOPTS=-D latex_elements.papersize=%PAPER% %SPHINXOPTS%
 )
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
index d3e1d3a..6309c3e 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
@@ -318,26 +318,30 @@
         # string compares seem wrong, but are what sysconfig.py itself uses
         if self.target_version and self.target_version < cur_version:
             if self.target_version < "2.4":
-                bv = 6.0
+                bv = '6.0'
             elif self.target_version == "2.4":
-                bv = 7.1
+                bv = '7.1'
             elif self.target_version == "2.5":
-                bv = 8.0
+                bv = '8.0'
             elif self.target_version <= "3.2":
-                bv = 9.0
+                bv = '9.0'
             elif self.target_version <= "3.4":
-                bv = 10.0
+                bv = '10.0'
             else:
-                bv = 14.0
+                bv = '14.0'
         else:
             # for current version - use authoritative check.
             try:
                 from msvcrt import CRT_ASSEMBLY_VERSION
             except ImportError:
                 # cross-building, so assume the latest version
-                bv = 14.0
+                bv = '14.0'
             else:
-                bv = float('.'.join(CRT_ASSEMBLY_VERSION.split('.', 2)[:2]))
+                bv = '.'.join(CRT_ASSEMBLY_VERSION.split('.', 2)[:2])
+                if bv == '14.11':
+                    # v141 and v140 are binary compatible,
+                    # so keep using the 14.0 stub.
+                    bv = '14.0'
 
 
         # wininst-x.y.exe is in the same directory as this file
@@ -353,7 +357,7 @@
         else:
             sfix = ''
 
-        filename = os.path.join(directory, "wininst-%.1f%s.exe" % (bv, sfix))
+        filename = os.path.join(directory, "wininst-%s%s.exe" % (bv, sfix))
         f = open(filename, "rb")
         try:
             return f.read()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2017-09-04-13-19-05.bpo-31340.MbkzLi.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2017-09-04-13-19-05.bpo-31340.MbkzLi.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..065596f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2017-09-04-13-19-05.bpo-31340.MbkzLi.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Change to building with MSVC v141 (included with Visual Studio 2017)
diff --git a/PCbuild/pyproject.props b/PCbuild/pyproject.props
index 6ab9b65..aed8f34 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pyproject.props
+++ b/PCbuild/pyproject.props
@@ -147,8 +147,24 @@
              Targets="CleanAll" />
   </Target>
 
+  <Target Name="CopyPGCFiles" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild" Condition="$(Configuration) == 'PGUpdate'">
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <_PGCFiles Include="$(OutDir)instrumented\$(TargetName)!*.pgc" />
+      <_PGDFile Include="$(OutDir)instrumented\$(TargetName).pgd" />
+      <_CopyFiles Include="@(_PGCFiles);@(_PGDFile)" Condition="Exists(%(FullPath))" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+    <Delete Files="@(_CopyFiles->'$(OutDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
+    <Error Text="PGO run did not succeed (no $(TargetName)!*.pgc files) and there is no data to merge"
+           Condition="$(RequirePGCFiles) == 'true' and @(_PGCFiles) == ''" />
+    <Copy SourceFiles="@(_CopyFiles)"
+          DestinationFolder="$(OutDir)"
+          UseHardLinksIfPossible="true"
+          OverwriteReadOnlyFiles="true" />
+  </Target>
+
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <SdkBinPath Condition="'$(SdkBinPath)' == '' or !Exists($(SdkBinPath))">$(registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows Kits\Installed Roots@KitsRoot10)\bin\x86</SdkBinPath>
+    <SdkBinPath Condition="'$(SdkBinPath)' == '' or !Exists($(SdkBinPath))">$(registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows Kits\Installed Roots@KitsRoot10)\bin\$(DefaultWindowsSDKVersion)\x86</SdkBinPath>
+    <SdkBinPath Condition="!Exists($(SdkBinPath))">$(registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows Kits\Installed Roots@KitsRoot10)\bin\x86</SdkBinPath>
     <SdkBinPath Condition="!Exists($(SdkBinPath))">$(registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows Kits\Installed Roots@KitsRoot81)\bin\x86</SdkBinPath>
     <SdkBinPath Condition="!Exists($(SdkBinPath))">$(registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows Kits\Installed Roots@KitsRoot)\bin\x86</SdkBinPath>
     <SdkBinPath Condition="!Exists($(SdkBinPath))">$(registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A@InstallationFolder)\Bin\</SdkBinPath>
diff --git a/PCbuild/python.props b/PCbuild/python.props
index c81cd94..c2baebc 100644
--- a/PCbuild/python.props
+++ b/PCbuild/python.props
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
     We set BasePlatformToolset for ICC's benefit, it's otherwise ignored.
     -->
+    <BasePlatformToolset Condition="'$(BasePlatformToolset)' == '' and ('$(MSBuildToolsVersion)' == '15.0' or '$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '15.0')">v141</BasePlatformToolset>
     <BasePlatformToolset Condition="'$(BasePlatformToolset)' == '' and '$(VCTargetsPath14)' != ''">v140</BasePlatformToolset>
     <BasePlatformToolset Condition="'$(BasePlatformToolset)' == '' and '$(VCTargetsPath12)' != ''">v120</BasePlatformToolset>
     <BasePlatformToolset Condition="'$(BasePlatformToolset)' == '' and '$(VCTargetsPath11)' != ''">v110</BasePlatformToolset>
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
     <BuildPath Condition="'$(ArchName)' == 'amd64'">$(BuildPath64)</BuildPath>
     <BuildPath Condition="'$(BuildPath)' == ''">$(PySourcePath)PCBuild\$(ArchName)\</BuildPath>
     <BuildPath Condition="!HasTrailingSlash($(BuildPath))">$(BuildPath)\</BuildPath>
+    <BuildPath Condition="$(Configuration) == 'PGInstrument'">$(BuildPath)instrumented\</BuildPath>
     
     <!-- Directories of external projects. tcltk is handled in tcltk.props -->
     <ExternalsDir>$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath(`$(PySourcePath)externals\`))</ExternalsDir>
diff --git a/PCbuild/python.vcxproj b/PCbuild/python.vcxproj
index 2786ac2..ab9fb05 100644
--- a/PCbuild/python.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/python.vcxproj
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
     <PropertyGroup>
       <_PGOPath Condition="$(Configuration) == 'PGInstrument' and $(Platform) == 'Win32'">@set PATH=%PATH%%3B$(VCInstallDir)bin</_PGOPath>
       <_PGOPath Condition="$(Configuration) == 'PGInstrument' and $(Platform) == 'x64'">@set PATH=%PATH%%3B$(VCInstallDir)bin\amd64</_PGOPath>
+      <_PGOPath Condition="$(Configuration) == 'PGInstrument' and $(VC_PGO_RunTime_Dir) != ''">@set PATH=%PATH%%3B$(VC_PGO_RunTime_Dir)</_PGOPath>
       <_Content>@rem This script invokes the most recently built Python with all arguments
 @rem passed through to the interpreter.  This file is generated by the
 @rem build process and any changes *will* be thrown away by the next
diff --git a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
index 8ebb22e..763540e 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <KillPython>true</KillPython>
+    <RequirePGCFiles>true</RequirePGCFiles>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@
       </ClCompile>
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
-  <Target Name="_WarnAboutToolset" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild" Condition="$(PlatformToolset) != 'v140'">
+  <Target Name="_WarnAboutToolset" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild" Condition="$(PlatformToolset) != 'v140' and $(PlatformToolset) != 'v141'">
     <Warning Text="Toolset $(PlatformToolset) is not used for official builds. Your build may have errors or incompatibilities." />
   </Target>
 </Project>
diff --git a/Tools/msi/exe/exe.wixproj b/Tools/msi/exe/exe.wixproj
index 50f6f88..8eaf494 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/exe/exe.wixproj
+++ b/Tools/msi/exe/exe.wixproj
@@ -39,6 +39,28 @@
                           Overwrite="true"
                           Lines="@(_LicenseFiles->'%(Content)')" />
     </Target>
-        
+    
+    <Target Name="_CopyMiscNews" AfterTargets="PrepareForBuild" Condition="Exists('$(PySourcePath)Misc\NEWS')">
+        <Copy SourceFiles="$(PySourcePath)Misc\NEWS" DestinationFiles="$(BuildPath)NEWS.txt" />
+    </Target>
+    
+    <Target Name="_MergeMiscNewsWithBlurb" AfterTargets="PrepareForBuild" Condition="$(Blurb) != '' and !Exists('$(PySourcePath)Misc\NEWS')">
+        <Exec Command="$(Blurb) merge -f &quot;$(BuildPath)NEWS.txt&quot;" WorkingDirectory="$(PCBuild)" />
+    </Target>
+    
+    <Target Name="_MergeMiscNewsWithPython" AfterTargets="PrepareForBuild" Condition="$(Blurb) == '' and !Exists('$(PySourcePath)Misc\NEWS')">
+        <ItemGroup>
+            <HostPython Include="$(ExternalsDir)python*\tools\python.exe" />
+            <HostPython Include="@(HostPython)" Condition="Exists(%(FullPath))" />
+            <HostPython Include="py" Condition="@(HostPython) == ''" />
+        </ItemGroup>
+        <PropertyGroup>
+            <HostPython>@(HostPython)</HostPython>
+            <HostPython Condition="$(HostPython.Contains(';'))">$(HostPython.Remove($(HostPython.IndexOf(';'))))</HostPython>
+        </PropertyGroup>
+        <Exec Command="&quot;$(HostPython)&quot; -m pip install -U blurb" WorkingDirectory="$(PCBuild)" />
+        <Exec Command="&quot;$(HostPython)&quot; -m blurb merge -f &quot;$(BuildPath)NEWS.txt&quot;" WorkingDirectory="$(PCBuild)" />
+    </Target>
+    
     <Import Project="..\msi.targets" />
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Tools/msi/exe/exe_files.wxs b/Tools/msi/exe/exe_files.wxs
index e675c21..394b4de 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/exe/exe_files.wxs
+++ b/Tools/msi/exe/exe_files.wxs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
                 <File Name="LICENSE.txt" Source="LICENSE" KeyPath="yes" />
             </Component>
             <Component Id="NEWS.txt" Directory="InstallDirectory" Guid="*">
-                <File Name="NEWS.txt" Source="!(bindpath.src)Misc\NEWS" KeyPath="yes" />
+                <File Name="NEWS.txt" KeyPath="yes" />
             </Component>
         </ComponentGroup>
     </Fragment>