[Python-Dev] Re: PEP for libffi + _ctypes

2019-10-17 Thread Kacvinsky, Tom
Hi, > -Original Message- > From: Charalampos Stratakis > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 11:26 AM > To: Kacvinsky, Tom > Cc: python-dev@python.org > Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Re: PEP for libffi + _ctypes > > Well RHEL5 doesn't include libffi in its default repos, however you can fin

[Python-Dev] Re: PEP for libffi + _ctypes

2019-10-17 Thread Charalampos Stratakis
- Original Message - > From: "Tom Kacvinsky" > To: python-dev@python.org > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:26:39 PM > Subject: [Python-Dev] Re: PEP for libffi + _ctypes > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Victor Stinner > > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 10:06 AM > >

[Python-Dev] Re: PEP for libffi + _ctypes

2019-10-17 Thread Kacvinsky, Tom
> -Original Message- > From: Victor Stinner > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 10:06 AM > To: Kacvinsky, Tom > Cc: python-dev@python.org > Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] PEP for libffi + _ctypes > > Hi, > > Our bundled copy of libffi has been removed from Python 3.7 by this change > which

[Python-Dev] Re: PEP for libffi + _ctypes

2019-10-17 Thread Victor Stinner
Hi, Our bundled copy of libffi has been removed from Python 3.7 by this change which should explain the rationale: https://bugs.python.org/issue27979 Not all Python changes need a PEP. For Windows builds, we provide prebuilt binaries of our dependencies: https://github.com/python/cpython-source-d

[Python-Dev] PEP for libffi + _ctypes

2019-10-17 Thread Kacvinsky, Tom
I have been comiling Python 3.8 from source and have had a really difficult time with getting _ctypes to compile. I see that libffi is no longer distributed with the Python source code, in preference for what is on the system. I searched for a PEP that describes the rationale behind this, but my

[Python-Dev] Re: Setting frame evaluation function (i.e.:PyInterpreterState.frame_eval)

2019-10-17 Thread Fabio Zadrozny
On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 1:05 PM Victor Stinner wrote: > Would you mind to open an issue at bugs.python.org? You can put me > ("vstinner") in the nosy list. > Done: https://bugs.python.org/issue38500 > > Victor > > Le mer. 16 oct. 2019 à 17:07, Fabio Zadrozny a écrit : > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 16

[Python-Dev] Re: How official binaries are built?

2019-10-17 Thread Ronald Oussoren via Python-Dev
> On 17 Oct 2019, at 08:13, Inada Naoki wrote: > > Thank you for your response. > And I'm sorry about ignoring this. Gmail marked it as spam. > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 6:20 PM Ned Deily wrote: >> >> We currently do not use those options to build the binaries for the >> python.org macOS in