[Ilias Lazaridis] ... > Let's see: > > The process would be: > > a) A Python Foundation official states: "of course we accept diversity > and of course we are intrested that our source-code-base compiles > directly with MinGW (and other compilers)".
Well, I'm a Director of the Python Software Foundation, and my view is "the more platforms the merrier". But I'm not paid to work on Python, and I don't have time to volunteer to help MinGW along, so I don't anticipate that I'll do anything here beyond writing this reply. I think you're mistaken about the role the PSF plays here. For example, the PSF does no development work on Python -- all work on Python comes from volunteers, and the PSF can't tell anyone what to do. The PSF did start a grant program last year, and a proposal to fund MinGW-for-Python development would certainly be considered. But that too requires that someone volunteer to write such a proposal, and take their chances on getting a grant. Those chances are, unfortunately, not good, since even in the program's first year we got proposals requesting funding vastly exceeding the US$40K we could afford to spend. That leaves volunteers, or a company that wants what you want enough to pay for it on their own (which has happened, but not often -- I don't think it's happened since Zope Corp funded development of the datetime module). > b) the pyMinGW developer states: "I am intrested that my patches are > included within the main python source code base" [of course this > contribution would deserve to be mentioned somewhere] > > c) One part of the Python Community states: "look those loosers, like to > use MinGW toolkit - pah! I'll continue to use my super-optimizing, xx% > faster results, less hassle Microsoft-Compiler" > > d) One part of the Python Community states: "I'm very happy that my > toolset of choice gets official support, to which I can contribute as a > community member" > > e) there is no point e. People start simply to cooperate, thus python's > evolution is ensured. Sorry, I didn't grasp the point of b thru e. > ... > Good night to all. Likewise! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
