Re: [Python-Dev] libffi embedded in CPython

2014-12-19 Thread Maciej Fijalkowski
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Jim J. Jewett jimjjew...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 18, 2014, at 14:13, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: ... http://bugs.python.org/issue23085 ... is there any reason any more for libffi being included in CPython? [And why a fork, instead of just treating it as

Re: [Python-Dev] libffi embedded in CPython

2014-12-19 Thread Paul Moore
On 19 December 2014 at 08:26, Maciej Fijalkowski fij...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to add that not doing anything is not a good strategy either, because you accumulate bugs that get fixed upstream (I'm pretty sure all the problems from cpython got fixed in upstream libffi, but not all

Re: [Python-Dev] libffi embedded in CPython

2014-12-19 Thread Christian Heimes
On 19.12.2014 10:52, Paul Moore wrote: Probably the easiest way of moving this forward would be for someone to identify the CPython-specific patches in the current version, and check if they are addressed in the latest libffi version. They haven't been applied as they are, I gather, but maybe

Re: [Python-Dev] libffi embedded in CPython

2014-12-19 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:52:26 + Paul Moore p.f.mo...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 December 2014 at 08:26, Maciej Fijalkowski fij...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to add that not doing anything is not a good strategy either, because you accumulate bugs that get fixed upstream (I'm pretty sure

Re: [Python-Dev] libffi embedded in CPython

2014-12-19 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 19 December 2014 at 23:01, Antoine Pitrou solip...@pitrou.net wrote: On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:52:26 + Paul Moore p.f.mo...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 December 2014 at 08:26, Maciej Fijalkowski fij...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to add that not doing anything is not a good strategy

[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

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