On Nov 20, 2013, at 09:52 PM, Christian Tismer wrote: >Many customers are forced to stick with Python 2.X because of other products, >but they require a Python 2.X version which can be compiled using Visual >Studio 2010 or better. This is considered an improvement and not a bug fix, >where I disagree.
I'm not so sure about that. Python 2.7 can still get patches to help extend its useful life by allowing it to be built with newer compiler suites. I believe this has already been done for various Linux compilers. I see no non-technical reason why Python 2.7 can't be taught how to build with VS 2010 or newer. Details are subject to RM approval, IMHO. >I have created a very clean Python 2.7.6+ based CPython with the Stackless >additions, that compiles with VS 2010, using the adapted project structure >of Python 3.3.X, and I want to publish that on the Stackless website as the >official "Stackless Python 2.8". If you consider Stackless as official ;-) . > >This compiler change is currently the only deviation from CPython 2.7, >but we may support a few easy back-ports on customer demand. We don'd add >any random stuff, of course. I think you're just going to confuse everyone if you call it "Stackless Python 2.8" and it will do more harm than good. Cheers, -Barry _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
