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Re: Experimental Python packages



> In any case, Jython and CPython really do need to be able to co-exist
> peacfully.

They certainly coexist peacefully.  No problem there.  All I'm saying is that 
it doesn't support *.so CPython modules.  And this is somehow unavoidable 
since jython is pure java.

So my concern is that if an administrator has /usr/bin/python pointing to 
jython and random package foo provides its own foo.so cpython module and 
proceeds to run /usr/bin/python to open it, there will be problems.

Hence one of the reasons I wouldn't want to offer jython as a /usr/bin/python 
alternative.

Ben.

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