Re: [Python-Dev] Drop OS/2 support?
Le samedi 17 avril 2010 05:19:36, Andrew MacIntyre a écrit : My patch: http://bugs.python.org/issue8391 (os.execvpe() doesn't support surrogates in env). I'll look at it when I get a chance, but I'm not expecting that my input should affect your patch and I'm not expecting you to try and deal with the issue on OS/2. I realized that the code was broken on OS/2 because it calls bytes2str(path) whereas this function takes two mandatory arguments. My patch factorize the creation of envlist, so fixing OS/2 should now be easier. The issue is now closed. The 3.x branch needs quite a bit of work on OS/2 to deal with Unicode, as OS/2 was one of the earlier OSes with full multiple language support and IBM developed a unique API. I'm still struggling to come to terms with this, partly because I myself don't need it. Ah ok, Python3 doesn't work on OS/2 :-) -- Victor Stinner http://www.haypocalc.com/ ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] Drop OS/2 support?
Victor Stinner wrote: If we support OS/2, we need a buildbot. As Andrew said, there are 2 levels of support - the if we break it, we'll fix it level where our buildbots live, and the we won't go out of our way to break it, but it may degenerate as other things change (or simply miss out on some new features) level. Eventually there's the trying not to break this is actively causing problems, so now we're breaking it on purpose level of explicitly not supporting a platform. Relatively recent examples of that were stripping out the Win9x support, as well as the culling of old code specific to various proprietary Unix implementions. I don't know how well this is articulated in the relevant PEP. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia --- ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] Drop OS/2 support?
Andrew MacIntyre wrote: It is nice to get heads-up messages about issues that might involve such support though, and it shouldn't take much searching to find me to enquire. Especially since aimacintyre is listed in Misc/maintainers.rst. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Python-Dev] Drop OS/2 support?
Hi, Python contains code specific to OS/2 (eg. see Modules/posixmodule.c). I read in Wikipedia that IBM has discontinued OS/2 support in 2005. Do we still support OS/2 or not? I'm asking because I'm working on a patch modifying OS2 specific code, but I'm unable to compile nor test my changes. And on IRC we told me that nobody knows/uses OS/2. If we support OS/2, we need a buildbot. My patch: http://bugs.python.org/issue8391 (os.execvpe() doesn't support surrogates in env). -- Victor Stinner http://www.haypocalc.com/ ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] Drop OS/2 support?
Victor Do we still support OS/2 or not? Yes. Andrew MacIntyre maintains the OS/2 port: http://www.andymac.org/ He's on python-dev. You mostly see activity from him around release time. I would contact him directly if you need some assistance from him. Skip ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] Drop OS/2 support?
Victor Stinner wrote: Python contains code specific to OS/2 (eg. see Modules/posixmodule.c). I read in Wikipedia that IBM has discontinued OS/2 support in 2005. Do we still support OS/2 or not? As was recently discussed, what constitutes support varies in perception. Python's source contains support for it to be built on OS/2, but python.org's normal build process doesn't deliver binaries. OS/2 lives on as eCS. It is a second tier platform, akin to Cygwin (which also has some source level support but is not part of the normal python.org release process). I'm asking because I'm working on a patch modifying OS2 specific code, but I'm unable to compile nor test my changes. And on IRC we told me that nobody knows/uses OS/2. If we support OS/2, we need a buildbot. Build-bots for first tier platforms (Windows, Linux OS/X) are useful for the python.org developer community. IMO build-bots for secondary platforms are the more the responsibility of that platform's community on the basis of best management of python.org resources. I don't think anyone reasonable would expect patch suppliers to deal with second tier platforms - I certainly don't. It is nice to get heads-up messages about issues that might involve such support though, and it shouldn't take much searching to find me to enquire. My patch: http://bugs.python.org/issue8391 (os.execvpe() doesn't support surrogates in env). I'll look at it when I get a chance, but I'm not expecting that my input should affect your patch and I'm not expecting you to try and deal with the issue on OS/2. The 3.x branch needs quite a bit of work on OS/2 to deal with Unicode, as OS/2 was one of the earlier OSes with full multiple language support and IBM developed a unique API. I'm still struggling to come to terms with this, partly because I myself don't need it. Regards, Andrew. -- - Andrew I MacIntyre These thoughts are mine alone... E-mail: andy...@bullseye.apana.org.au (pref) | Snail: PO Box 370 andy...@pcug.org.au (alt) |Belconnen ACT 2616 Web:http://www.andymac.org/ |Australia ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
