[Mobile-sig] Python3 + stdlib on iOS, Android

[Russell Keith-Magee]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 12:18 AM, Nicolas Lelong <rotoglup at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry if this email ends up in a wrong thread, I just subscribed and can't
> 'reply'.
>
> As a side note - if anyone knows how to get hold of Anthony Green...
>
>
> I've had an experience exchanging with him in 2012 in a github pull
> request for iOS in libffi ; he was pretty reactive at that time, but also
> mentionned the following :
>
> "I am not a Mac user, and until somebody buys me one I'm unlikely to have
>> any strong opinions as to how libffi should be built for OSX or iOS, as
>> long as it is useful.   I'm not opposed to having multiple build mechanisms
>> in place if people are willing to contribute and maintain them.  I'm
>> looking for guidance here..."
>
>
> FWIW, I guess any iOS issue is unlikely to be fixed by Anthony, but I'm
> sure he'll gladly accept pull requests.
>

I don't know what sort of delay you consider "reactive", but I've got 2
fairly simple pull requests that are now almost 2 weeks old, neither of
which have even been commented on:

https://github.com/atgreen/libffi/pull/186
https://github.com/atgreen/libffi/pull/185

However, that doesn't especially concern me - I know all too well that open
source development often comes in fits and bursts as other things take
priority. My bigger concern is that I can't post to the project mailing
list, and I can't contact anyone who will discuss the problem I'm having
with the project mailing list. The trunk of the libffi repository is
demonstrably and repeatably broken for ARM, and it's not clear that anyone
in charge of cutting releases is aware of this fact - again, there's a
ticket that is a month old, and there's been no comment on it.

Yours,
Russ Magee %-)
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