Re: [Python-Dev] Goals for patch selection for 2.1.2
Hm. What's the general consensus on portability fixes w.r.t. 2.1.2? I'm leaning toward "yes", but my concern is that they stand a chance of causing some other weird freakshow platform to fail to compile, where it previously worked... obviously I don't mean HP/UX threading here, as I think it's a lost cause :) But on the other hand, if it helps a platform build, where it previously did not... Hm hm hm. Anthony
[Anthony Baxter]
Hm. What's the general consensus on portability fixes w.r.t. 2.1.2?
If it's for a platform where Python used to run OK, it's probably "a bug" if 2.1.2 no longer runs on it (I say "probably" because you really don't want all the changes it would take to get Python working correctly under, e.g., WinCE again ...). If it's for a platform where Python has never run, then running on that platform is a new feature, and I wouldn't touch that in a bugfix release even if you stood between us and blocked most of the exploding guts <wink>.
obviously I don't mean HP/UX threading here, as I think it's a lost cause :)
Actually, reportedly 2.2b1 builds with threads and runs the thread tests correctly on HP-UX 11.00. See http://sf.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=473150&group_id=5470 It's not clear what made this work though, so the backport may be muddy. You might try to enlist the help of the guy who reported that bug, he seems knowledgeable. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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