[pypy-dev] PyPy 1.7 - widening the sweet spot

[Bruno Gola]

Hi,

Just to let you know I just uploaded the new release to the official PPA,
so if you use Ubuntu you can install PyPy 1.7 using
https://launchpad.net/~pypy/+archive/ppa

Tests and feedback are welcome :-)

Thanks,
Bruno

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Phyo Arkar <phyo.arkarlwin at gmail.com>wrote:

> I understand the complication of binary release.
>
> i did cross reference 1.0.0  and it works (starts) pypy fine,. But i am
> not sure what will happen if something that uses crypting modules.
>
> may be release both versions of openssl (damn , python should have have
> that openssl dependancy in standard modules :( )
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Armin Rigo <arigo at tunes.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Phyo,
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 09:38, Phyo Arkar <phyo.arkarlwin at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > in my Gentoo based Sabayon they are already gone. and i believe next
>> latest
>> > Ubuntu may use 1.0.0 too.
>>
>> The point is of course that doing binary releases on Linux is always a
>> bit of a problem, unless we ship everything as included static
>> libraries, which is a bit nonsensical IMHO for a project like PyPy.
>>
>> Moreover, if openssl 1.0.0 is binary compatible with openssl 0.9.8,
>> then I might rather put the blame on the openssl project for releasing
>> two binary compatible versions with a different (un-cross-linkable)
>> first number.  But I will not do so: I guess that they are not
>> supposed to be totally binary compatible, and there are subtle
>> differences.
>>
>> Is there anyone that can (1) make sure the differences don't matter,
>> possibly by looking at how the CPython source evolved; and (2) maybe
>> come up with a way to say "link against openssl either 0.9.8 or 1.0.0"
>> in the binary?
>>
>>
>> A bientôt,
>>
>> Armin.
>>
>
>
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