[Python-Dev] Snake-Pit: Cataloging Python builds on different platforms

[Batista, Facundo]

#- Python is a great cross-platform language.  It runs on all 
#- kinds of different
#- operating systems and architectures.  Staying on top of new 
#- operating systems
#- and architectures is challenging - just ask any of the 
#- people that managed
#- the snake farm.  However, I believe that it's crucially 
#- important for us to
#- know what platforms the latest Python runs on.  I'm 
#- specifically referring to
#- the HEAD tag in the python cvs module on sourceforge.

Thinks it's interesting to know which is the last Python that runs in a
given platform (for example: I think that in the Palm the las Python ported
is 1.5)

Don't know if it's in the scope of your project.


#- I'm writing to solicit feedback for what information would 
#- be useful to capture
#- from a Python build.  So far I'm planning on capturing:
#-   Platform Category (Linux, BSD, Solaris)
#-   Distribution (RedHat, FreeBSD, Solaris)
#-   Version (9.0, 5.2.1, 9)
#-   Kernel (2.4.22-1.2174, ??, ??)
#-   SMP?

Benchamarks? If not exhaustive, at least something that gives you an idea of
"how well it runs there". Don't know how to deal with the machine
performance diferences.

.	Facundo