[pypy-dev] PyPy is now available in Fedora

[David Malcolm]

I've packaged pypy in RPM form for the Fedora distribution [1] - RPM
packages are now built in the development branch targeting the next
major release (Fedora 15).

So it should now be possible for Fedora users to type
  # yum install pypy
and obtain a precompiled
  /usr/bin/pypy
executable via an rpm package, consisting of the JIT-enabled pypy, with
all standard settings, without needing to do the full build themselves.

I'll do my best to keep these "downstream" packages promptly updated as
further "upstream" releases of PyPy occur.

Many thanks to everyone who helped with this, especially fijal, for all
his great feedback on the packaging review [2]


(Caveat: actually, the build won't be available yet via "yum" until a
cronjob runs tonight; for now, the build can be downloaded from:
  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=212473 )

Some other links, for the curious, can be seen here:
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/pypy
e.g. to the rpm packaging sources.

Hope this is helpful
Dave
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/
[2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588941