[Python-Dev] Python Support on OpenVMS

[Nick Coghlan]

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:20 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> Am 16.05.2011 04:15, schrieb Senthil Kumaran:
>> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 05:00:30PM +1000, Nick Coghlan wrote:
>>> For ongoing support, it would also be *really* helpful if HP could
>>> provide an OpenVMS buildbot.
>>
>> Yes, that would be best first step in the on-going struggle to support
>> OpenVMS platform.
>
> I guess the best first step would be to make it compile at all. Then try
> to make it pass the test suite. This may well take several months to
> complete.

And then make sure the buildbot client runs properly. Still, having
someone start down that path now (with a green stable buildbot as the
target end state) provides a specific goal that any patches can work
towards.

Cheers,
Nick.

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