Bug#639347: RFA: psyco -- Python specializing compiler
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
I request an adopter for the psyco package, as I no longer use the package and
cannot maintain it properly anymore.
Due to lack of upstream support, maybe the package should be removed from
Debian altogether, as supporting python >> 2.5 will require significant effort.
Any feedback on this regard is welcome.
The package description is:
Psyco lets you run your existing Python software much faster, with no
change in your source.
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Think of Psyco as a kind of just-in-time (JIT) compiler, a little bit
like Java's, that emit machine code on the fly instead of
interpreting your Python program step by step. The result is that
your unmodified Python programs run faster.
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The plan for the next release is to include a fast low-level
interpreter that can be used on non-Intel processors. It will finally
make Psyco portable -- although of course not as fast as it could
possibly be if it could emit real machine code.
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