Note that CPython bundles libffi, so you just bundle libffi with pypy in a buildpack and be done.
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 12:21 AM, cclauss <ccla...@me.com> wrote: > Hi Armin, > > The way to think about cloud application platforms like Heroku, Bluemix, > and Cloud Foundry is that they provide you with a working Linux box and > little else. Therefore you use a "buildpack" (like an install script) to > bundle up all your executable environment, libraries, and code so that it can > be loaded and run on a remote Linux box. > > In the case of CPython that means that the buildpack needs to install a > working CPython, setuptools, and pip, etc. and then look in your > requirements.txt to find which pypi modules pip needs to install and then it > launches your webapp (written to django, flask, bottle, etc.). > > To get Pypy to work in place of CPython, the buildpack would need to > install a working Pypy, setuptools, and pip. Libffi is an essential > precursor to having Pypy work properly. Some interesting work was done in > https://github.com/mfenniak/heroku-buildpack-python-libffi/blob/master/bin/steps/libffi > to get libffi working in a buildpack but my limited understanding does not > allow me to take that further. > > It would be of interest to get Pypy working on these > Platform-as-a-Service environments in place of CPython but it is beyond my > limited understanding to actually make it happen. > > I hope to see your presentation at EuroPython. > > On 16 Jul 2014, at 14:50, Armin Rigo <ar...@tunes.org> wrote: > >> Hi Chris, >> >> On 16 July 2014 14:29, cclauss <ccla...@me.com> wrote: >>> The plan is to support Pypy on Heroku, but we need to have full libffi >>> support before we move forward. >> >> What does this mean, exactly? You don't provide libffi on your build >> system, and so PyPy cannot be built there? >> >> >> A bientôt, >> >> Armin. > > _______________________________________________ > pypy-dev mailing list > pypy-dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev _______________________________________________ pypy-dev mailing list pypy-dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev
