[PythonCE] Python CE on a Intel XScale industrial device.

[Lachezar Dobrev]

  I understand what you mean, but I am more worried about the subtle
differences in processors (like the MMX vs SSE in X86). These
differences do not surface early, but when requested.
  I still remember 'those times' where a program would run correctly
for some time, until one tries floating point operations and would
crash badly.

  I thought of running the Python regression tests, but I don't think
those are available for Python CE, and I was unable to complete the
tests on a test Desktop machine (some weird unstoppable exception is
some *chat* test case).

  I am afraid I can not volunteer to build the CAB files myself.
  I am a bit scared to ask, but can't 'we' use SourceForge's farms to
set up a continuous build system? I can not volunteer for that task
either, because I am not a SourceForge (project) developer.

  You ask if I was able to install anything...
  I '''installed''' Mozilla's Minimo browser, but it has no Processor
Type specified, and on top of that it would not run afterwards: the
.exe files have no icon, and 'This is not a CE program' error shows
when I try to run any of them.
  I have not seen any available CAB files for XScale, that I could test with.

  BTW. The Minimo project seems to have been archived and dropped. I
don't like where Mozilla is going :-/ (I actively dislike Firefox
3.0).

2008/8/4, Alexandre Delattre <alexandre.delattre at enst-bretagne.fr>:
> Hi,
>
>  What I meant is that if you can run python.exe without crashing, it seems
> obvious to me that this code is compatible with your processor (else the
> .exe would refuse to start, or you would have very strange results and won't
> be able to enter a single command).
>  To me, the processor seems not to be the real backend problem, but you may
> be right about the processor type specified in the cab preventing the
> installation.
>  Are you able to install other PocketPC applications from .cab ?
>
>  > Alexandre...
>  > Who is 'we' who should rebuild the CABs?
>
>  Good question ... I'd really like to do that but I don't have much time
> right now (plenty of other projects and stuff to do...) and need to have
> evc++4.0 working on my computer (f*ckin windows vista ...).
>  If someone is willing to take that up, I'll be glad to give directions.
>
>  > Any pointers on the ppygui installation issue?
>  The traceback points to the Html control module, which is not the most
> essential, however, as the installer relies on this control you'll have to
> proceed to manual installation, i.e. copy ppygui package from the archive to
> \Program Files\Python25\Lib
>
>  Then you have to edit ppygui/api.py and comment out the line:
>  from html import *
>
>  Then try to run the demo.py file which does not use the html control, and
> see if it works.
>
>  Alexandre.
>