Steve Holden wrote: > I know there are quite a few hosting companies now who represent > themselves as Python-friendly. Rather than trawl through the Wiki pages, > however, and email each one separately I am sending this request to the > comp.lang.python list (and putting it on my blog) in the hope of > attracting those companies who are more involved with the Python community. > > There is a particular problem, highlighted recently by this comment from > Dennis Lee Beiber: > >> Too many 3rd-party modules still aren't available in 2.5 >> versions for my tastes... > > This applies particularly (though not exclusively) to the Windows > platform, for various reasons -- the most common one is that Linux > developers frequently don't have a Windows machine available to help > them test their builds and ensure that distributions are available. > > I am trying to address this problem, initially by making hosted Windows > machines available for use as buildbots. I already have agreement from > Grig Gheorghiu (who maintains the PSF's buildbots) to try and support > these efforts, and from Microsoft to consider providing appropriate > software. > > What I *don't* have is hosting companies offering me space on machines > in their racks. If anyone reading this can help out I'd appreciate it if > they would get in touch with me (replying to the newsgroup post or > commenting on the blog entry should do it). These machines would need > remote desktop access so they could be managed without physical presence. > > The intention is to try and shorten the "version lag" so that new > versions of Python can be better supported more quickly. I don't > guarantee that this will happen overnight, but I'd like to make a start. > > regards > Steve
Apollo Hosting has this available (www.apollohosting.com). -Larry -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
