[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Backporting multiprocessing?

[Jesse Noller]

Do we want to start a google code project for this given all three of
us are interested in this? :)

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de> wrote:
> Skip Montanaro wrote:
>>
>> I'd like to try backporting the multiprocessing module to Python 2.4.  My
>> first
>> problem appears to be the reliance on a complete(?) rewrite of the buffer
>> stuff.
>>
>> Any clues about transforming this code would be much appreciated.
>>
>> (Note: I'm backporting because the Python 2.6 version appears to be much
>> more
>> robust than the 0.52 third-party release.)
>
> Good timing, Skip! I was planing to do a backport to 2.5, too. I've some
> experience with both the old and the new buffer protocol. I might be of some
> assistance to you.
>
> I like to make as much code of the trunk version compatible with 2.5 and 2.4
> as possible. Let's see how far we can get with a bunch of macros and
> #ifdefs.
>
> Christian
>
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