[Python-Dev] Towards 1.6 Final

[M.-A. Lemburg]

bwarsaw@python.org wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "VM" == Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr> writes:
> 
>     >> - enable threads by default if OS supports it
> 
>     VM> Who's going to champion this? I recall Greg Stein volunteering
>     VM> for it ;) (or for something related)
> 
> This isn't the free-threading stuff, which I think we're pushing back
> to 1.7, right?  Just making --with-threads turned on by default if the
> OS supports it.

Ehm, didn't we agree on not enabling this by default ? From what
I've heard there are simply too many problems with thread
implementations which cause Python to break in different ways
(not necessarily Python's faults).

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