I'd like to add that probably the most economic solution for the OP is to just stay on a fixed version of Python and not bother trying to catch up with newer Python versions.
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 7:47 AM Senthil Kumaran <sent...@python.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 04:30:33AM +0000, Jay K wrote: > > Hi. I have an Alpha/OSF machine up and running. > > It is little slow, but it works ok. > > > > I would like to run Python3 on it. > > > > I have it "compiling and working". It was easy enough so far. > > https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/27063 > > > > Admitted, I haven't figured out what is happening with the > posixsubprocess > > module. > > > > Yes? No? Maybe? > > > > I can possibly provide ongoing "support" (I don't expect it will be > much) and a > > buildbot (if really required), > > if I can get it working a bit more, if this is approved, etc. I haven't > looked > > It is difficult to maintain support for less commonly used systems. If > you maintain it personally (like using a cron) and look at the results > over time, you could see the difficulty in maintaining the support. > > Personally, my vote is a -1 here. In the PR, another core-dev, Ronald > had commented that support for explicitly removed a few years ago. > > -- > Senthil > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/QQOYHF77AFRZZ3ZPYZDNIPBGC2AEE7HN/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/>
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