Gentoo Archives: gentoo-python

From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: Dirkjan Ochtman <djc@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-python@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-python] New eclass: obsoleting old python versions
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:10:15
Message-Id: 20120613141107.1d48ecc4@pomiocik.lan
In Reply to: [gentoo-python] New eclass: obsoleting old python versions by Dirkjan Ochtman
1 On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:16:45 +0200
2 Dirkjan Ochtman <djc@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > Additionally, the new eclass seems to think of pypy1_7, pypy1_8 as
5 > different. We should probably have something that says, "this ebuild
6 > supports python-2.7-equivalent pypy".
7
8 Are they equivalent API-wise? In other words, is it guaranteed that if
9 a particular Python extension (written in C) compiles with 1.8, it will
10 compile with 1.7 and vice-versa?
11
12 > Proposal:
13 >
14 > - Add python2_7_pypy atom for PYTHON_COMPAT, expands to a list of pypy
15 > versions which is fixed in the eclass.
16
17 Maybe we could just assume pypy1_7 means 1.7+ but older than next
18 pypy1_x defined.
19
20 --
21 Best regards,
22 Michał Górny

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