[Python-Dev] Towards 1.6 Final

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Greg Stein wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 03:18:59PM +0200, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> > bwarsaw@python.org wrote:
> > >
> > > >>>>> "VM" == Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr> writes:
> > >
> > >     >> - enable threads by default if OS supports it
> > >
> > >     VM> Who's going to champion this? I recall Greg Stein volunteering
> > >     VM> for it ;) (or for something related)
> > >
> > > This isn't the free-threading stuff, which I think we're pushing back
> > > to 1.7, right?  Just making --with-threads turned on by default if the
> > > OS supports it.
> >
> > Ehm, didn't we agree on not enabling this by default ? From what
> > I've heard there are simply too many problems with thread
> > implementations which cause Python to break in different ways
> > (not necessarily Python's faults).
> 
> Threads are quite fine nowadays. Windows has enabled threads for years.
> Recent Linux distros all turn it on.

Ok, then make it default on Linux and Windows... but leave it
turned off on other platforms which still have problems
such as AIX.

> No sense in being afraid any more. :-)

Naa, not being afraid :-)

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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