Hi, I suggest you to start by forking the python/cpython repository and keep your changes in a branch. You can share it on a website, maybe with a tarball including your patches. If it gets enough popularity, maybe we can consider later to include these changes.
Since Alpha hardware is not longer produced and OSF/1 doesn't seem to be maintained anymore, I'm not excited by maintaining new changes in Python for this outdated platform. Even if the newly added code is seen as "dead code" (unused), it has a cost. Future readers will have to dig into the mailing list archive and the Internet to understand why it's there, if it's still correct, if it should be removed or not, etc. As Brett wrote, I would prefer to first clarify the rules (PEP 11) to support or not a new platform in Python. > Admitted, I haven't figured out what is happening with the posixsubprocess > module. Spawning processes is not stricly required, but it's highly recommended to use Python. Many stdlib modules use subprocess directly or indirectly. It's ok if your platform doesn't support it or now. Anyway, it's cool to support Python on old platforms, happy hacking! Victor On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 6:34 AM Jay K <jayk...@hotmail.com> 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 yet at what buildbot involves. > > Thank you, > - Jay > _______________________________________________ > 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/NK6ER7SIFQDEZ2W7OANZNGNFPO3FV7HW/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ -- Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. _______________________________________________ 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/TEJGMQLHULIYYJKXU2BYRMSCH5ZWCPT5/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
