use Salt to configure a pywin32 build environment

.gitignore

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 env.bak/
 venv.bak/
 .vagrant/
+vgr.bat
 # Not currently using a lock file
 uv.lock
 
 # other IDEs, MacOS, etc
 .idea/
 .DS_Store
-vagrant_helpers/bootstrap-salt.ps1
 .vscode/

provision_a_build_machine.bat

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+@echo off
+echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+echo . This batch command file will start the process of installing, onto this computer,
+echo . all of the software needed to build and test a pywin32 distribution.
+echo .
+echo . (However, if you wish, the build kit may be on Virtual Machine(s) hosted on this computer.)
+echo .
+echo . If permitted to proceed, it will do the following: . . .
+echo .
+echo . 1) "git clone" a moderately large system (http://github.com/salt-bevy/salt-bevy)
+echo .      into a directory adjacent to the current directory.
+echo . 2) Test for the presence of Python3 and the Python launcher for Windows.
+echo . 3) Instruct the operator how to install them, if needed.
+echo . 4) install a masterless Salt minion from http://bootstrap.saltstack.com
+echo . 5) install "sudo.py" into your C:\Windows directory, and make ".py" a working command extension.
+echo . 6) "sudo py -3 -m pip install ifaddr pyyaml passlib"
+echo . 7) run a large Python script which will guide you through configuring your system
+echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+echo "If you do not want to do all that, then hit <Ctrl-C> now!"
+pause
+echo on
+if not exist ..\salt-bevy\README.md goto clone_it
+  pushd ..\salt-bevy
+  git pull
+  popd
+goto test_python
+:clone_it
+  pushd ..
+  git clone https://github.com/salt-bevy/salt-bevy.git
+  popd
+:test_python
+@echo off
+
+py -3 -c "import sys; print('found --> Python', sys.version); exit(sys.version < '3.5')"
+if errorlevel 1 (
+echo * * * * * * *
+echo Python3 is not installed or is too old.
+echo .
+echo Open a "Command Prompt" window as an "Administrator", and run the following batch file:
+dir /b /s ..\salt-bevy\configure_machine\install_windows_python.bat
+echo After installing Python3, re-run this script.
+echo * * * * * * *
+exit /b
+)
+pushd ..\salt-bevy
+echo .
+echo Installing Salt minion . . .
+echo Please give permission for installations when prompted.
+pause
+echo on
+pushd configure_machine
+call bootstrap_salt.bat
+@echo .
+@echo Next, installing sudo.py as a system CLI command.
+@pause
+pushd helpers
+py -3 sudo.py --install-sudo-command
+@echo .
+@echo Next, installing some prerequisite Python modules.
+@pause
+py -3 sudo.py --pause py -3 -m pip install ifaddr pyyaml passlib
+popd
+popd
+popd
+@echo off
+echo * * * * * * *
+echo So far, so good.
+echo .
+echo Next, we'll run a configuration program to set up exactly how you intend to use your build system.
+echo For a simple build machine, just select the bevy name of "local" and take lots of defaults.
+echo .
+echo If you want to do complete testing, you can select a name for your bevy (such as "pw32") and plan for a
+echo Salt Master virtual machine to provision your mini-network of Linux database server virtual machines.
+echo * * * * * * *
+pause
+..\salt-bevy\join-bevy.bat