On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 14:12, Dan Stromberg <drsali...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 7:25 AM, David Robinow <drobi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Cygwin is not really a supported platform. > > ... > >> [Ultimately somebody with an >> interest in cygwin will need to get active in python development. I've >> been meaning to do this but life gets in the way.] >> > > I was bitten by the lack of Cygwin support in 3.2 as well. > > IMO, python-dev needs continuous integration on a build farm that > includes representative platforms. Most of the machines in the farm could > be virtualboxes. > > I don't think the problem is so much that the right people haven't gotten > involved, as that the currently-involved people don't know when they're > breaking something for someone else due to the lack of continuous > integration. > We've had that for some time now: http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/ There are several issues on the bug tracker about cygwin build issues, but to my knowledge, none of them have included successful patches.
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