On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Christian Tismer <tis...@stackless.com> wrote: > Hey Barry, > > > On 20.11.13 23:30, Barry Warsaw wrote: >> >> On Nov 20, 2013, at 09:52 PM, Christian Tismer wrote: >> >>> Many customers are forced to stick with Python 2.X because of other >>> products, >>> but they require a Python 2.X version which can be compiled using Visual >>> Studio 2010 or better. This is considered an improvement and not a bug >>> fix, >>> where I disagree. >> >> I'm not so sure about that. Python 2.7 can still get patches to help >> extend >> its useful life by allowing it to be built with newer compiler suites. I >> believe this has already been done for various Linux compilers. I see no >> non-technical reason why Python 2.7 can't be taught how to build with VS >> 2010 >> or newer. Details are subject to RM approval, IMHO. >> >>> I have created a very clean Python 2.7.6+ based CPython with the >>> Stackless >>> additions, that compiles with VS 2010, using the adapted project >>> structure >>> of Python 3.3.X, and I want to publish that on the Stackless website as >>> the >>> official "Stackless Python 2.8". If you consider Stackless as official >>> ;-) . >>> >>> This compiler change is currently the only deviation from CPython 2.7, >>> but we may support a few easy back-ports on customer demand. We don'd add >>> any random stuff, of course. >> >> I think you're just going to confuse everyone if you call it "Stackless >> Python >> 2.8" and it will do more harm than good. > > > Barry, that's a good thing! This way I have a chance to get my build in at > all. > And that's the question, after re-thinking: > > Where can I check my change in, if it is going to be accepted as a valid > 2.7 bug fix (concerning VS 2008 as a bug, that is is)?
If you do end up checking something in, I think it should be a backport of the 3.x VS2010 work, rather than contributing your own patch starting from 2.7. Otherwise any differences in the way you did things could cause pain while merging changes between the branches. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
