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stefan_ml at behnel

Apr 16, 2012, 10:12 PM


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Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) [In reply to]

Antoine Pitrou, 17.04.2012 02:27:
> On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:11:14 +0200
> Georg Brandl wrote:
>> No, it's not just an existing Python, it is (at least currently) the same
>> version of Python being built. Therefore I wrote about the bootstrapping
>> problems when bytecode changes.
>>
>> Depending on Cython is better in that it breaks the bootstrapping cycle,
>> but on the other hand the C code may need to be regenerated when the C API
>> changes in an incompatible way.
>
> Cython OTOH probably needs Python 2.x, which isn't that great for
> building Python 3.

It uses 2to3 at install time, so you get a Py3 version out of it. No need
to have Py2 installed in order to use it.


> And requiring Cython for developing is not very
> contributor-friendly.

Brett Cannon answered that one. If you ship the C sources, developers will
only be impacted when they want to modify source code that gets compiled
with Cython.

Stefan

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importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) brett at python Apr 14, 2012, 11:12 AM
    Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) g.brandl at gmx Apr 14, 2012, 12:37 PM
        Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) martin at v Apr 16, 2012, 7:07 AM
            Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) brett at python Apr 16, 2012, 8:21 AM
            Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) stefan_ml at behnel Apr 16, 2012, 12:17 PM
                Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) amauryfa at gmail Apr 16, 2012, 1:43 PM
    Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) stefan_ml at behnel Apr 16, 2012, 12:54 AM
        Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) solipsis at pitrou Apr 16, 2012, 4:13 AM
            Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) stefan_ml at behnel Apr 16, 2012, 4:49 AM
    Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) rdmurray at bitdance Apr 16, 2012, 9:15 AM
        Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) solipsis at pitrou Apr 16, 2012, 9:31 AM
            Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) brett at python Apr 16, 2012, 9:40 AM
        Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) martin at v Apr 16, 2012, 10:04 AM
            Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) brett at python Apr 16, 2012, 10:32 AM
        Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) g.brandl at gmx Apr 16, 2012, 4:11 PM
            Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) solipsis at pitrou Apr 16, 2012, 5:27 PM
                Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) brett at python Apr 16, 2012, 5:41 PM
                Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) stefan_ml at behnel Apr 16, 2012, 10:12 PM
            Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) rdmurray at bitdance Apr 17, 2012, 5:18 AM
    Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) martin at v Apr 16, 2012, 10:08 AM
        Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) brett at python Apr 16, 2012, 10:33 AM
    Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) solipsis at pitrou Apr 16, 2012, 10:44 AM
        Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) barry at python Apr 16, 2012, 10:51 AM
            Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) rdmurray at bitdance Apr 16, 2012, 11:38 AM
        Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) martin at v Apr 16, 2012, 2:12 PM
    Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) ericsnowcurrently at gmail Apr 16, 2012, 10:45 AM
    Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) stefan_ml at behnel Apr 16, 2012, 10:05 PM
    Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) solipsis at pitrou Apr 17, 2012, 2:52 AM
        Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) eric at trueblade Apr 17, 2012, 3:43 AM
            Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) brett at python Apr 17, 2012, 8:41 AM
    Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) solipsis at pitrou Apr 17, 2012, 10:39 AM
        Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) brett at python Apr 17, 2012, 12:52 PM
    Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) eric at trueblade Apr 20, 2012, 6:54 AM
        Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) brett at python Apr 20, 2012, 7:59 AM
        Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) ericsnowcurrently at gmail Apr 20, 2012, 8:02 AM
    Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) brett at python Apr 20, 2012, 8:04 AM
    Re: importlib is now bootstrapped (and what that means) eric at trueblade Apr 20, 2012, 8:07 AM

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