Nagarjuna G. wrote: >On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 12:21:22PM -0300, Leonardo Rochael Almeida wrote: > > >>I don't see why the fuss. Compiling Python/Zope against RedHat 7.2 >>doesn't keep it from running under Debian. Even though Debian 3.0 runs >>glibc 2.2, a glibc2.1 binary should be able to run without problems. >>Specially since there isn't any C++ code in Zope, which is usually the >>major source of incompatibilities between different library versions. >>Glibc is reasonably upward compatible AFAIK. >> >>Mentioning RedHat 7.2 as the building platform is just a short way of >>saying that the Zope binary will expect to find libc version X, libm >>version Y, libpthread version Z, etc, etc. If you have these or better >>versions of your basic libraries, you don't have to worry what distro >>you're running. >> >> > >Do we know of any failures of zope in other platforms? If not why >mention only RH 7.2? That is the point. In fact we will be gaining >greater ground and support if we mentain that Zope is distro >independent, infact it is OS independent. Dependencies certainly have >to be met for any application, not merely with Zope. > >Nagarjuna > > >
The target binary will be built on RedHat 7.2 is what that means. It is likely to be compatible with most recent distributions. Leonardo had it correctly, if I say "Red Hat 7.2" it implies a particular mix of libraries -- since we do not package in RPM format, the actual build distribution is relevant only for knowledge about its libraries. While I am supportive of people who want to insure binary compatibility with other distributions, I'm not intersted in diverting into a question of "whos distribution is best/most appropriate/has the most fabulous license" etc. As always, the source distribution will work anywhere you have Python and a C compiler to build the extensions. -- Matt Kromer Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com/ _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
