[Python-Dev] Bluetooth 4.0 support in "socket" module

[R. David Murray]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 16:42:25 -0400, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
> On 7/14/2014 9:57 AM, Tim Tisdall wrote:
> 
> 2 questions not answered yet.
> 
> > Also, is there a method to test changes against all the different *nix
> > variations?
> 
> We have a set of buildbots.
> https://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/
> 
> > Is Bluez the standard across the different *nix variations?
> 
> No idea.

It would be really nice to answer that and the related testing questions.
The socket module has bluetooth support, but there are no tests.
An effort to write some was started at the Bloomberg sprint last month,
but nothing has been posted to the issue yet:

    http://bugs.python.org/issue7687

Is Bluetooth 4.0 something different from what the socket module already
has?

--David