+a million I’ve been meaning to find time to look into that…please post if/when you make progress!! (Although the kivy framework is very interesting, merely having a maintainable, embeddable, and stackless python that is cross platform and supports Android (and iOS) is a big deal)
-Jas On Nov 22, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Kristján Valur Jónsson <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, I've been toying with kivy (kivy.org) and it is cool. > It would be even cooler if we could make it run stackless for some of the > platforms. > the python-for-android project which was designed to host kivy on android > (https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android) > is currently using python 2.7.2. > I've started looking at porting it to use stackless python 2.7.6 > The way it is architected though is that for the target it: > 1) downloads the python.tar.bz2 2.7.2 file from python.org > 2) applies a bunch of .patch files to the repo, to fix cross compilation and > android environment support > > To get stuff working I need to have a stable version downloadable. We > currently have "some" 2.7.5 version on stackless.org, but > I'd rather work with the latest.... Reworking these patches for android is > going to be pain. > > So, basically, what I'm saying is, time to get that release out the door :) > I'll start working on the remaining "stackless" features and docs on the > weekend. > > O.t.o.h, it would be cool to support android from the repo directly without > having to add patches. If we made that change to stackless, it would > be all the more reason for python on android to be stackless in future.... > > > K > _______________________________________________ > Stackless mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.stackless.com/mailman/listinfo/stackless > _______________________________________________ Stackless mailing list [email protected] http://www.stackless.com/mailman/listinfo/stackless
