[issue33464] AIX and "specialized downloads" links

Michael Felt added the comment: Took me a while to get this 'posted' properly. - please see https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/issues/1156 My apologies for the noise. -- stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___

[issue33464] AIX and "specialized downloads" links

Michael Felt added the comment: P.s. i apologize for probably posting in the incorrect “issues” area. Having followed guido’s link i see an area that is new for me. If it is better that i “restart” the discussion there, just ask. -- nosy: +aixto...@gmail.com

[issue33464] AIX and "specialized downloads" links

Michael Felt added the comment: FYI: as my primary effort for AIX concerned ctypes.find_library() - and that is now in the Python3-3.7 branch - when I do a PR it will only be for "current" efforts, i.e., Python3-3.7 and later. As much as I feel it is important I'll

[issue33464] AIX and "specialized downloads" links

Guido van Rossum added the comment: Given that we don't feel it is worth the effort to support AIX in the CPython source explicitly, I think it's right that we at least link to Michael's efforts in the "other downloads" page. I don't actually know if this should go to the

[issue33464] AIX and "specialized downloads" links

New submission from Michael Felt : I struggled with how python was packaged by others. Key points being: many dependencies, no assurance you could uninstall the dependencies and/or python. A little over two years ago I started looking for 'root causes' of problems that