Message 139208 - Python tracker

Message139208

Author	loewis
Recipients	Arfrever, amaury.forgeotdarc, eric.araujo, ezio.melotti, jwilk, lemburg, loewis, neologix, petri.lehtinen, pitrou, r.david.murray, rosslagerwall, vstinner
Date	2011-06-26.20:08:35
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In-reply-to	<1309085277.1.0.915737174713.issue12326@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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> I can't speak, as I've never used those. But can't those directories > be renamed to Lib/plat-<platform.system()>? That would be incorrect for some systems. For example, FreeBSD does change sets of symbolic constants across system releases (mostly additions, but sometimes also removals). Back then, SunOS 4 and SunOS 5 were completely unrelated systems. > Since Linux 3 is in RC now, is there a chance to reach a consensus in > the near future? Doesn't look like it.

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> I can't speak, as I've never used those. But can't those directories
> be renamed to Lib/plat-<platform.system()>?

That would be incorrect for some systems. For example, FreeBSD does
change sets of symbolic constants across system releases (mostly
additions, but sometimes also removals). Back then, SunOS 4 and SunOS
5 were completely unrelated systems.

> Since Linux 3 is in RC now, is there a chance to reach a consensus in
> the near future?

Doesn't look like it.

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2011-06-26 20:08:35	loewis	set	recipients: + loewis, lemburg, amaury.forgeotdarc, pitrou, vstinner, jwilk, ezio.melotti, eric.araujo, Arfrever, r.david.murray, neologix, rosslagerwall, petri.lehtinen
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