[IPython-dev] iPython binary wheels for OS-X

Aaron Meurer asmeurer at gmail.com
Fri Jan 17 17:21:13 EST 2014


On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:19 AM, Aaron Meurer <asmeurer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  pyreadline really should use a different name, and then ipython could simply depend on that.
>
> +1. There are several instances of third party modules "rewriting"
> standard library modules for whatever reason (urllib3, regex, tulip).
> In all cases, they just use different names, and leave it up to the
> libraries that use them to choose them over the stdlib versions.
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Aaron Meurer <asmeurer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Too bad about the licensing of readline, but maybe it would actually be
>>> better if core python simple used an appropriately licenced library and
>>> bundles that -- i.e. libedit, though I guess it really isn't as good.
>>>
>>>
>>> I had thought or was liberally licensed, but now I'm not so sure. PyPI
>>> lists it as both GPL and PSF. I guess we should ask the author.
>>>
>> the readline lib itself is GPL -- in fact it's used an example by teh FSF
>> for why you should license things that way -- even libraries.
>>
>> I suspect that readline itself is GPL. and the Python wrappers are PSF --
>> which makes the whole thing GPL once you actually use it....Which readline
>> itself is not in the python source tree, and why it's not on the Mac.
>>
>> -Chris
>
> I asked at https://github.com/stefanholek/rl/issues/9 so we can find
> out for sure.

According to the author, the code is GPL or PSF, your choice.

Aaron Meurer

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> Aaron Meurer
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>>> Aaron Meurer
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>>>
>>> -Chris
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>>>>
>>>> Maybe Python should just not build the builtin readline if all
>>>> it has available is libedit - has any OSX user had this discussion
>>>> with the core team?
>>>>
>>>> Paul
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