Awesome! /me goes and comments on the bug.
Adam On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Chris Jerdonek <cjerdo...@webkit.org> wrote: > Mechanize (and ClientForm on which it depends) does work with Python 2.4: > > http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/ > > (See the section on compatibility.) > > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Adam Barth <aba...@webkit.org> wrote: >> My understanding is that some of the libraries we use, like Mechanize, >> don't work in Python 2.4. My complaint in Bug 36063 is that we're >> re-implementing Mechanize poorly. I'd rather we just upgraded the >> machines that need to run-webkit-tests to a more modern version of >> Python. >> >> Adam >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Chris Jerdonek <cjerdo...@webkit.org> wrote: >>> No one responded back with a summary of the Python 2.4 discussion, so >>> I'll attempt a summary of my own after reading-- >>> >>> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35584 >>> >>> (If you recall, we are trying to decide what Python code we write >>> needs to work with Python 2.4.) >>> >>> The Chromium project still uses Python 2.4 in a significant way. Some >>> Chromium bots run new-run-webkit-tests using 2.4, and a number of >>> developers use 2.4 in their development environments. Generally >>> speaking, people support upgrading, but no one is spearheading an >>> upgrade and there is no ETA. >>> >>> For the time being, because of the bots, it seems like >>> new-run-webkit-tests definitely needs to keep working with 2.4. But >>> for the tools used more in the development environment (webkit-patch, >>> etc), it seems like people would be willing to find a way to make >>> things work with 2.5+. >>> >>> It would be pretty easy to get all of our Python code working with 2.4 >>> (we had a patch for this a couple weeks ago), but going back wouldn't >>> let us use some of the nicer constructs. And we would have to contend >>> with at least one bug in 2.4. >>> >>> (End of summary.) >>> >>> Plainly, the options seem to be-- >>> >>> (1) All Python 2.5+ >>> (2) All Python 2.4 >>> (3) Some combination of (1) and (2) (e.g. new-run-webkit-tests 2.4, >>> everything else 2.5) >>> >>> However, (1) does not seem to be an option. Personally, I'm starting >>> to lean more toward to (2). One reason is that we are already >>> starting to see a case of re-implementing in Python 2.4 (for >>> new-run-webkit-tests) code that was already written in 2.5: >>> >>> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36063#c4 >>> >>> I also think it would be helpful if we did not need to have this >>> discussion for each new script we decide to write in Python. I would >>> be willing to update the patch from a couple weeks ago that adjusts >>> things for 2.4. >>> >>> --Chris >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Chris Jerdonek <cjerdo...@webkit.org> wrote: >>>> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 6:43 PM, David Kilzer <ddkil...@webkit.org> wrote: >>>>> On Thu, March 4, 2010 at 5:35:08 PM, William Siegrist wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Since I have a Tiger machine handy, I tested this and was able to build >>>>>> python >>>>>> 2.5.5 from MacPorts on a PowerPC. It takes a while, but it worked. I did >>>>>> not try >>>>>> python 2.6. >>>>> >>>>> I've installed python 2.6.4 using MacPorts on my PowerBook G4 running >>>>> Tiger 10.4.11, and it's worked find with webkit-patch the one or two >>>>> times I tried it. >>>> >>>> That sounds great. Thanks a lot, Dave and Bill. So does it seem safe >>>> to say, then, that folks on 2.3 can upgrade if it ever becomes >>>> necessary to use one of the tools? >>>> >>>> As for Python 2.4, I haven't been following the discussion as closely >>>> since it seems to affect Chromium developers more. Can someone >>>> summarize the state of the discussion there -- does it seem like there >>>> is a consensus? >>>> >>>> --Chris >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> webkit-dev mailing list >>> webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org >>> http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev >>> >> > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
