Eric Firing wrote: > Michael Droettboom wrote: >> I'm working through some recent mpl bugs in the tracker. Here's one >> that relates to a mis-matched pair of PyObject_New/PyMem_DEL calls in >> _subprocess.c. This file is a copy of a file included with Python >> 2.5, so it's really a bug we inherited from there. >> >> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1949978&group_id=80706&atid=560720 >> >> >> >> Read the Debian bug for more detailed info: >> >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=468977 >> >> It seems this bug was found using an automated tool and only >> represents a theoretical problem. The Debian folks also rightly >> don't care since matplotlib's _subprocess.c only gets built in Win32 >> with Python < 2.5. > > Mike, > > subprocess is new in 2.4, so I assume we should build it only for > Python < 2.4, correct? In that case, it can be removed entirely from > the trunk, since we are requiring >= 2.4 there. Last week I put in > the version-checking and removed the subprocess build from > setupext.py, but I did not remove the _subprocess.c file itself--just > in case the decision to require 2.4 was reconsidered. > Sounds good. We can leave my update on the 0.91.x maintenance branch, however. I suspect its fine to do so.
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