Message 263049 - Python tracker

Message263049

Author	Dan Mick
Recipients	Alexander.Sulfrian, Dan Mick, Joshua.J.Cogliati, Xuefer.x, dstufft, eric.araujo, jrincayc, ned.deily, ronaldoussoren, tarek
Date	2016-04-08.23:03:35
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Message-id	<1460156616.04.0.368238431833.issue8027@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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So the original author of the code says it's "likely no longer relevant", and it's clearly wrong, but no one has touched this in six years? Even moving the "linker[i] = self.compiler_cxx[i]" inside the if that checks for "env" would still limit the exposure of this bug significantly without affecting the mystery-reason-for-the-workaround... We probably spent a man-week on this bug. Small wonder why Python packaging continues to be met with utter terror.

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So the original author of the code says it's "likely no longer relevant", and it's clearly wrong, but no one has touched this in six years?

Even moving the "linker[i] = self.compiler_cxx[i]" inside the if that checks for "env" would *still* limit the exposure of this bug significantly without affecting the mystery-reason-for-the-workaround...

We probably spent a man-week on this bug.

Small wonder why Python packaging continues to be met with utter terror.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2016-04-08 23:03:36	Dan Mick	set	recipients: + Dan Mick, ronaldoussoren, tarek, ned.deily, eric.araujo, jrincayc, Xuefer.x, Alexander.Sulfrian, dstufft, Joshua.J.Cogliati
2016-04-08 23:03:36	Dan Mick	set	messageid: <1460156616.04.0.368238431833.issue8027@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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