Re: [Python-Dev] PATCH/RFC for AF_NETLINK support

2005-01-12 Thread David Wilson
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 02:15:23PM +, Jp Calderone wrote: > > I would like to see (optional?) support for this before your patch is > > merged. I have a long-term interest in a Python-based service control / > > init replacement / system management application, for use in specialised > > envir

Re: [Python-Dev] PATCH/RFC for AF_NETLINK support

2005-01-11 Thread Philippe Biondi
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, [ISO-8859-1] "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Philippe Biondi wrote: > > I've done a small patch to use linux AF_NETLINK sockets (see below). > > Please comment! > > I have a high-level comment - python-dev is normally the wrong place > for patches; please submit them to sf.net/proj

Re: [Python-Dev] PATCH/RFC for AF_NETLINK support

2005-01-11 Thread Jp Calderone
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:32:52 +, David Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 05:17:49PM +0100, Philippe Biondi wrote: > > > I've done a small patch to use linux AF_NETLINK sockets (see below). > > Please comment! > > As of 2.6.10, a very useful new netlink family was merge

Re: [Python-Dev] PATCH/RFC for AF_NETLINK support

2005-01-11 Thread Jp Calderone
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:54:42 +0100, "\"Martin v. Löwis\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Philippe Biondi wrote: > > I've done a small patch to use linux AF_NETLINK sockets (see below). > > Please comment! > > I have a high-level comment - python-dev is normally the wrong place > for patches; please

Re: [Python-Dev] PATCH/RFC for AF_NETLINK support

2005-01-10 Thread "Martin v. Löwis"
Philippe Biondi wrote: I've done a small patch to use linux AF_NETLINK sockets (see below). Please comment! I have a high-level comment - python-dev is normally the wrong place for patches; please submit them to sf.net/projects/python instead. Apart from that, the patch looks fine. Is there a reaso

Re: [Python-Dev] PATCH/RFC for AF_NETLINK support

2005-01-10 Thread David Wilson
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 05:17:49PM +0100, Philippe Biondi wrote: > I've done a small patch to use linux AF_NETLINK sockets (see below). > Please comment! As of 2.6.10, a very useful new netlink family was merged - NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT. I'd imagine quite a lot of interest from Python developers