get mingw32 to work

spacy/en/download.py

@@ -17,8 +17,15 @@ def migrate(path):
 
 def link(package, path):
     if os.path.exists(path):
-        os.unlink(path)
-    os.symlink(package.dir_path('data'), path)
+        if os.path.isdir(path):
+            shutil.rmtree(path)
+        else:
+            os.unlink(path)
+
+    if not hasattr(os, 'symlink'):  # not supported by win+py27
+        shutil.copytree(package.dir_path('data'), path)
+    else:
+        os.symlink(package.dir_path('data'), path)
 
 
 @plac.annotations(

venv.ps1

@@ -2,14 +2,21 @@ param (
     [string]$python = $(throw "-python is required."),
     [string]$install_mode = $(throw "-install_mode is required."),
     [string]$pip_date
+    [string]$compiler
 )
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
 
 if(!(Test-Path -Path ".build"))
 {
-    virtualenv .build --python $python
+    virtualenv .build --system-site-packages --python $python
 }
+
+if($compiler)
+{
+    "[build]`r`ncompiler=$compiler" | Out-File .\.build\Lib\distutils\distutils.cfg
+}
+
 .build\Scripts\activate.ps1
 
 python build.py prepare $pip_date