Python on hurd (was RE: Report on X)

[Prabhu Ramachandran <prabhu@aero.iitm.ernet.in>]

hi,

	I have the python sources with me and will recompile the base
python debs sometime soon and fill you folks in.  I will also
recompile numPy _after_ installing the new python debs and let you
know.  If possible I'll try to upload them (the upload may take
forever...:().  And thanks for letting me know that there were no
outstanding issues with the build.

thanks,
prabhu

>>>>> "Brent" == Brent Fulgham <brent.fulgham@xpsystems.com> writes:

<snip>
    Brent> I built the original Python packages on the Hurd.  This was
    Brent> an early Python 1.5 series, so things may have changed
    Brent> compared to the 1.5.2 found in Debian GNU/Linux.  There
    Brent> were no special hacks required to build Python, assuming a
    Brent> 'current' autoconf/autogen macro set is installed.

    >> I am not a python guy, and nobody else bother to build and
    >> upload them.  Maybe at some day the autobuilder will catch up
    >> on them, but otherwise you need to find some interested
    >> maintainer or build them yourself.

    Brent> Again, I built the core Python pieces, and stopped there.
    Brent> This was during the zero-hole-bug period, so it was much
    Brent> more frustrating to get things accomplished.  I just never
    Brent> got around to building the other pieces, and I tend to use
    Brent> Perl more often now, so it never got high enough on my
    Brent> list.  Sorry!