Am 14.11.2012 10:51, schrieb Kiran N Mallekoppa:
1. Is this information available somewhere?
2. I was pointed to PEP-11, which documents the platforms that are not
supported. So, can we take that all active versions of Python (2.7.3 and
3.3, i believe) are supported on all the OS flavors that Python claims to
run on -- unless mentioned otherwise in the PEP-11?
There is intent to support these platforms, but as with every software
that relies on volunteers, the actual extent varies. If you want to be
sure that a platform is actively supported, check that the platform has
an available and active build bot, because only this detects bitrot to a
certain extent. If you want to be sure, create build and test systems
for the systems you target yourself, you will then see if it works.
3. Also, regarding the following entries listed in the PEP-11. So, any idea
which OSes implement these?
Name: Linux 1 (Am guessing its the Linux kernel version
1.0?)
Unsupported in: Python 2.3
Code removed in: Python 2.4
Yes, Linux 1 is obsolete and has been for > 10 years.
Name: Systems defining __d6_pthread_create (configure.in)
Unsupported in: Python 2.3
Code removed in: Python 2.4
Name: Systems defining PY_PTHREAD_D4, PY_PTHREAD_D6, or PY_PTHREAD_D7
in thread_pthread.h
Unsupported in: Python 2.3
Code removed in: Python 2.4
Name: Systems using --with-dl-dld
Unsupported in: Python 2.3
Code removed in: Python 2.4
Name: Systems using --without-universal-newlines,
Unsupported in: Python 2.3
Code removed in: Python 2.4
Name: Systems using --with-wctype-functions
Unsupported in: Python 2.6
Code removed in: Python 2.6
I'm not sure where these are used.
Name: Systems using Mach C Threads
Unsupported in: Python 3.2
Code removed in: Python 3.3
Mach is a microkernel. I'm not sure if the Mach C Threads interface is
obsolete on Mach or if Mach overall isn't supported. Probably irrelevant
for the desktop.
Name: Systems using --with-pth (GNU pth threads)
Unsupported in: Python 3.2
Code removed in: Python 3.3
I think this is targetted at early Linux threads that used fork() while
sharing most of the memory space. Obsolete.
Name: Systems using Irix threads
Unsupported in: Python 3.2
Code removed in: Python 3.3
Irix was a Unix variant shipped with SGI workstations. I don't kknow to
what extent this is relevant for you. I think that the main use cases
for these machines is 3D rendering/modelling, unless they have been
superseeded by common desktop machines.
Kiran M N | Software Development (Rational Team Concert for Visual Studio.NET)
Just out of curiosity by one of your RTC users: What nice gimmics are
you planning?
Cheers!
Uli
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