Hi, We are looking to use Python on an embedded Linux ARM system. What I gather from googling the subject is that it is not that straight forward (a fair amount of patching & hacking). Nobody out there that has done it claims it is easy, which makes me worried.
I haven't seen a description on porting Python 2.6 or 3.0 yet. Is it much different than for the earlier versions (the latest I have seem is Python 2.5). Does it matter whether Python is cross compiled to Linux 2.4 or Linux 2.6 ? Can anyone point to a howto they know works well ? What are the chances of an 'officially' supported ARM-Linux Python distribution ? (or is it safer to wait for industrial spec Intel Atom boards to avoid the cross compilation altogether ? What would it take for the Linux version of Python to be easily cross compiled (i.e. would the Linux-Python maintainers be willing to include and maintain cross-compilation specific functions) ? Let's say we can get it done. How is the performance and stability of a working Python on an embedded ARM-Linux system ? Does cross compiling Python automatically include the standard Python library, or is that yet another adventure ? thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
