[Info-vax] VSI Python 3.8.2 port, with a OpenVMS Shark Logo...

[Chris Townley]

On 23/11/2020 17:24, Jean-François Piéronne wrote:
> Le 23/11/2020 à 17:27, Craig A. Berry a écrit :
> [snip]
> 
>>>>
>>>
>>> I do not see why an account to see the vmsgenerations content is an
>>> issue.
>>
>> I already explained that people who don't know it's there will never be
>> able to find it. It's also just another hoop to jump through when it's
>> easy enough to allow public access to a GitLab project:
>>
>> <https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/public_access/public_access.html>
>>
> 
> Interesting complain, probably no access to any sources like VSI is
> doing make you much happy :-))
> 
> Also there is a link explore on the login page...
> 
> FYI there are about 40 registered users.
> 
> You have no problem with sourceforge wich add a lot of trakers, ad's so
> why with gitlab (technically with heptapod) which is the most advanced
> devop system...
> 
>>> I find it more noteworthy that JFP has a Python 3.10 available for IA64
>>> since some time back (this summer) while the VSI version is currently on
>>> 3.9 or 3.8.6.
>>
>> JFP's work is exemplary but 3.10 is still in pre-release and really
>> should not be used in production.  VSI's release of 3.8.2 is pretty much
>> in line with what other vendors are doing, assuming they have even moved
>> to Python 3.
> 
> I have tough, but clearly that was a dream, that VSI will look at what
> customers are using... Instead they choose to work alone without any
> interest for what customers need. Some have big Python application on
> VMS, The VSI kit break a lot of thing and worse doesn't allow what they
> use/need. And yes as I have ported Python on VMS for more 15 (20?) years
> I know many of them...
> 
> I have explain why 3.10, for sure I can build a 3.8, probably 3.9 which
> is the latest version. But as VSI doesn't provide access to their port I
> doesn't like to do again a job already done, and I have had meeting with
> some current Python users on VMS, some are still using 2.5, one 2.3...
> So no hurry to go to 3.
> 
> 
> JFP
> 

Are there any notes on compiling/installing your version?

Chris