[Python-Dev] Python Language Summit at PyCon: Agenda

[fwierzbicki at gmail.com]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 1:30 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> Le Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:33:30 -0800,
> "fwierzbicki at gmail.com" <fwierzbicki at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>
>> There are a couple of spots that might be more controversial. For
>> example, Jython has a file Lib/zlib.py that implements zlib in terms
>> of the existing Java support for zlib. I do wonder if such a file is
>> acceptable in CPython's Lib since its 195 lines of code would be
>> entirely skipped by CPython.
>
> That's a bit annoying. How will we know that the code still works, even
> though our buildbots don't exercise it?
> Also, what happens if the code doesn't work anymore?
That is definitely something to think about. Maybe when this becomes a
serious effort and not just talk I can help get a Jython buildbot
going.

-Frank