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@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ Tools/Demos
 Tests
 -----
 
-* bpo-30357: test_thread: setUp() now uses support.threading_setup() and
+- bpo-30357: test_thread: setUp() now uses support.threading_setup() and
   support.threading_cleanup() to wait until threads complete to avoid
   random side effects on following tests. Initial patch written by Grzegorz
   Grzywacz.
@@ -297,6 +297,14 @@ Tests
   if it doesn't exist) now will be assigned to the target of the "as" clause,
   if there is one.
 
+Windows
+-------
+
+- bpo-30450: The build process on Windows no longer depends on Subversion,
+  instead pulling external code from GitHub via a Python script.  If Python 3.6
+  is not found on the system (via ``py -3.6``), NuGet is used to download a
+  copy of 32-bit Python.
+
 
 What's New in Python 3.6.1?
 ===========================
 
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import pathlib
+import zipfile
+from urllib.request import urlretrieve
+
+
+def fetch_zip(commit_hash, zip_dir, *, org='python', binary=False, verbose):
+    repo = f'cpython-{"bin" if binary else "source"}-deps'
+    url = f'https://github.com/{org}/{repo}/archive/{commit_hash}.zip'
+    reporthook = None
+    if verbose:
+        reporthook = print
+    zip_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    filename, headers = urlretrieve(
+        url,
+        zip_dir / f'{commit_hash}.zip',
+        reporthook=reporthook,
+    )
+    return filename
+
+
+def extract_zip(externals_dir, zip_path):
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(os.fspath(zip_path)) as zf:
+        zf.extractall(os.fspath(externals_dir))
+        return externals_dir / zf.namelist()[0].split('/')[0]
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    p.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true')
+    p.add_argument('-b', '--binary', action='store_true',
+                   help='Is the dependency in the binary repo?')
+    p.add_argument('-O', '--organization',
+                   help='Organization owning the deps repos', default='python')
+    p.add_argument('-e', '--externals-dir', type=pathlib.Path,
+                   help='Directory in which to store dependencies',
+                   default=pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'externals')
+    p.add_argument('tag',
+                   help='tag of the dependency')
+    return p.parse_args()
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+    zip_path = fetch_zip(
+        args.tag,
+        args.externals_dir / 'zips',
+        org=args.organization,
+        binary=args.binary,
+        verbose=args.verbose,
+    )
+    final_name = args.externals_dir / args.tag
+    extract_zip(args.externals_dir, zip_path).replace(final_name)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
@@ -2,58 +2,59 @@
 setlocal
 rem Simple script to fetch source for external libraries
 
-if not exist "%~dp0..\externals" mkdir "%~dp0..\externals"
-pushd "%~dp0..\externals"
+if "%PCBUILD%"=="" (set PCBUILD=%~dp0)
+if "%EXTERNALS_DIR%"=="" (set EXTERNALS_DIR=%PCBUILD%\..\externals)
+if "%NUGET%"=="" (set NUGET=%EXTERNALS_DIR%\nuget.exe)
+if "%NUGET_URL%"=="" (set NUGET_URL=https://aka.ms/nugetclidl)
 
-if "%SVNROOT%"=="" set SVNROOT=http://svn.python.org/projects/external/
+set DO_FETCH=true
+set DO_CLEAN=false
 
-rem Optionally clean up first.  Be warned that this can be very destructive!
-if not "%1"=="" (
-    for %%c in (-c --clean --clean-only) do (
-        if "%1"=="%%c" goto clean
-    )
-    goto usage
-)
-goto fetch
+:CheckOpts
+if "%~1"=="--no-tkinter" (set IncludeTkinter=false) & shift & goto CheckOpts
+if "%~1"=="--no-openssl" (set IncludeSSL=false) & shift & goto CheckOpts
+if "%~1"=="--python" (set PYTHON_FOR_BUILD=%2) & shift & shift & goto CheckOpts
+if "%~1"=="--organization" (set ORG=%2) & shift & shift & goto CheckOpts
+if "%~1"=="-c" (set DO_CLEAN=true) & shift & goto CheckOpts
+if "%~1"=="--clean" (set DO_CLEAN=true) & shift & goto CheckOpts
+if "%~1"=="--clean-only" (set DO_FETCH=false) & goto clean
+if "x%~1" NEQ "x" goto usage
 
+if "%DO_CLEAN%"=="false" goto fetch
 :clean
 echo.Cleaning up external libraries.
-for /D %%d in (
-               bzip2-*
-               db-*
-               nasm-*
-               openssl-*
-               tcl-*
-               tcltk*
-               tk-*
-               tix-*
-               sqlite-*
-               xz-*
-               ) do (
-    echo.Removing %%d
-    rmdir /s /q %%d
-)
-if "%1"=="--clean-only" (
-    goto end
+if exist "%EXTERNALS_DIR%" (
+    rem Sometimes this fails the first time; try it twice
+    rmdir /s /q "%EXTERNALS_DIR%" || rmdir /s /q "%EXTERNALS_DIR%"
 )
 
+if "%DO_FETCH%"=="false" goto end
 :fetch
-rem Fetch current versions
-
-svn --version > nul 2>&1
-if ERRORLEVEL 9009 (
-    echo.svn.exe must be on your PATH.
-    echo.Try TortoiseSVN (http://tortoisesvn.net/^) and be sure to check the
-    echo.command line tools option.
-    popd
-    exit /b 1
+
+if "%ORG%"=="" (set ORG=python)
+
+if "%PYTHON_FOR_BUILD%"=="" (
+    echo Checking for installed python...
+    py -3.6 -V >nul 2>&1 && (set PYTHON_FOR_BUILD=py -3.6)
+)
+if "%PYTHON_FOR_BUILD%"=="" (
+    if NOT exist "%EXTERNALS_DIR%" mkdir "%EXTERNALS_DIR%"
+    if NOT exist "%NUGET%" (
+        echo Downloading nuget...
+        rem NB: Must use single quotes around NUGET here, NOT double!
+        rem Otherwise, a space in the path would break things
+        powershell.exe -Command Invoke-WebRequest %NUGET_URL% -OutFile '%NUGET%'
+    )
+    echo Installing Python via nuget...
+    "%NUGET%" install pythonx86 -ExcludeVersion -OutputDirectory "%EXTERNALS_DIR%"
+    rem Quote it here; it's not quoted later because "py -3.6" wouldn't work
+    set PYTHON_FOR_BUILD="%EXTERNALS_DIR%\pythonx86\tools\python.exe"
 )
 
 echo.Fetching external libraries...
 
 set libraries=
 set libraries=%libraries%                                    bzip2-1.0.6
-if NOT "%IncludeSSL%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries%     nasm-2.11.06
 if NOT "%IncludeSSL%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries%     openssl-1.0.2k
 set libraries=%libraries%                                    sqlite-3.14.2.0
 if NOT "%IncludeTkinter%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries% tcl-core-8.6.6.0
@@ -62,43 +63,48 @@ if NOT "%IncludeTkinter%"=="false" set libraries=%libraries% tix-8.4.3.6
 set libraries=%libraries%                                    xz-5.2.2
 
 for %%e in (%libraries%) do (
-    if exist %%e (
+    if exist "%EXTERNALS_DIR%\%%e" (
         echo.%%e already exists, skipping.
     ) else (
         echo.Fetching %%e...
-        svn export -q %SVNROOT%%%e
+        %PYTHON_FOR_BUILD% "%PCBUILD%get_external.py" -O %ORG% %%e
+    )
+)
+
+echo.Fetching external binaries...
+
+set binaries=
+set binaries=%binaries%
+if NOT "%IncludeSSL%"=="false" set binaries=%binaries%     nasm-2.11.06
+
+for %%b in (%binaries%) do (
+    if exist "%EXTERNALS_DIR%\%%b" (
+        echo.%%b already exists, skipping.
+    ) else (
+        echo.Fetching %%b...
+        %PYTHON_FOR_BUILD% "%PCBUILD%get_external.py" -b -O %ORG% %%b
     )
 )
 
+echo Finished.
 goto end
 
 :usage
-echo.invalid argument: %1
-echo.usage: %~n0 [[ -c ^| --clean ] ^| --clean-only ]
+echo.Valid options: -c, --clean, --clean-only, --organization, --python,
+echo.--no-tkinter, --no-openssl
 echo.
-echo.Pull all sources necessary for compiling optional extension modules
-echo.that rely on external libraries.  Requires svn.exe to be on your PATH
-echo.and pulls sources from %SVNROOT%.
+echo.Pull all sources and binaries necessary for compiling optional extension
+echo.modules that rely on external libraries.
 echo.
-echo.Use the -c or --clean option to clean up all external library sources
-echo.before pulling in the current versions.
+echo.The --organization option determines which github organization to download
+echo.from, the --python option determines which Python 3.6+ interpreter to use
+echo.with PCbuild\get_external.py.
+echo.
+echo.Use the -c or --clean option to remove the entire externals directory.
 echo.
 echo.Use the --clean-only option to do the same cleaning, without pulling in
 echo.anything new.
 echo.
-echo.Only the first argument is checked, all others are ignored.
-echo.
-echo.**WARNING**: the cleaning options unconditionally remove any directory
-echo.that is a child of
-echo.   %CD%
-echo.and matches wildcard patterns beginning with bzip2-, db-, nasm-, openssl-,
-echo.tcl-, tcltk, tk-, tix-, sqlite-, or xz-, and as such has the potential
-echo.to be very destructive if you are not aware of what it is doing.  Use with
-echo.caution!
-popd
 exit /b -1
 
-
 :end
-echo Finished.
-popd
 
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ Quick Start Guide
 -----------------
 
 1.  Install Microsoft Visual Studio 2015, any edition.
-2.  Install Subversion, and make sure 'svn.exe' is on your PATH.
-3.  Run "build.bat -e" to build Python in 32-bit Release configuration.
-4.  (Optional, but recommended) Run the test suite with "rt.bat -q".
+1a. Optionally install Python 3.6 or later.  If not installed,
+    get_externals.bat (build.bat -e) will download and use Python via
+    NuGet.
+2.  Run "build.bat -e" to build Python in 32-bit Release configuration.
+3.  (Optional, but recommended) Run the test suite with "rt.bat -q".
 
 
 Building Python using Microsoft Visual C++
@@ -164,8 +166,7 @@ _bz2
     Homepage:
         http://www.bzip.org/
 _lzma
-    Python wrapper for the liblzma compression library, using pre-built
-    binaries of XZ Utils version 5.0.5
+    Python wrapper for version 5.2.2 of the liblzma compression library
     Homepage:
         http://tukaani.org/xz/
 _ssl
@@ -236,9 +237,16 @@ order to download the relevant source files for each project before they
 can be built.  However, a simple script is provided to make this as
 painless as possible, called "get_externals.bat" and located in this
 directory.  This script extracts all the external sub-projects from
-    http://svn.python.org/projects/external
-via Subversion (so you'll need svn.exe on your PATH) and places them
-in ..\externals (relative to this directory).
+    https://github.com/python/cpython-source-deps
+and
+    https://github.com/python/cpython-bin-deps
+via a Python script called "get_external.py", located in this directory.
+If Python 3.6 or later is not available via the "py.exe" launcher, the
+path or command to use for Python can be provided in the PYTHON_FOR_BUILD
+environment variable, or get_externals.bat will download the latest
+version of NuGet and use it to download the latest "pythonx86" package
+for use with get_external.py.  Everything downloaded by these scripts is
+stored in ..\externals (relative to this directory).
 
 It is also possible to download sources from each project's homepage,
 though you may have to change folder names or pass the names to MSBuild