Gnumeric windows binary with Python plug-in

["B.D. Hall" <b hall irl cri nz>]

I just downloaded the gnumeric 1.10.9 release as a Windows binary and 
it does not seem to support the Python plug-in. The documentation 
talks about building the application for Python on linux systems, but 
I am interested in using it on Windows XP. So I'm guessing that the 
win32 binary has not been complied with Python.

Perhaps I have misunderstood just what needs to be done to activate 
that plug-in. If so, could someone please point me in the right direction?

Alternatively, is there any other binary distribution (possibly 
older) available that does support Python?

Thanks for any help.

Blair