svn commit: r42673 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Mon Sep 16 21:13:25 UTC 2013

Author: pgj
Date: Mon Sep 16 21:13:24 2013
New Revision: 42673
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42673

Log:
  - Add a Q3 report for the Python ports
  
  Submitted by:	mva

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml
==============================================================================

--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml	Mon Sep 16 14:15:55 2013	(r42672)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml	Mon Sep 16 21:13:24 2013	(r42673)
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
     <!-- XXX: keep updating the number of entries -->
     <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work!  This report
-      contains 5 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p>
+      contains 6 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p>
 
     <!-- XXX: set date for the next set of submissions -->
     <p>The deadline for submissions covering between October and
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
     <description>Kernel</description>
   </category>
 
+  <category>
+    <name>ports</name>
+
+    <description>Ports</description>
+  </category>
+
   <project cat='kern'>
     <title>AES-NI Improvements for GELI</title>
 
@@ -244,4 +250,75 @@
 	and support for a few additional features.</p>
     </body>
   </project>
+
+  <project cat='ports'>
+    <title>&os; Python Ports</title>
+
+    <contact>
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>&os;</given>
+	  <common>Python Team</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>python at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+    </contact>
+
+    <links>
+      <url href="https://wiki.FreeBSD.org/Python">The &os; Python Team Page</url>
+      <url href="irc://freebsd-python@irc.freenode.net">IRC channel</url>
+    </links>
+
+    <body>
+      <p>We are currently working on cleaning up the
+	<tt>lang/python*</tt> ports to improve the compatibility with
+	the original upstream build behaviour and to lower the need for
+	&os;-specific build patches.  A first step was made in September
+	by reducing the flags injected into the different Python
+	interpreter versions.</p>
+
+      <p>The first tasks for supporting the installation of packages for
+	different Python ports have been done.  A new metaport structure
+	has replaced the original Python port behaviour and will be
+	enhanced over the next months to enable improved installation
+	support of packages for different Python versions at the same
+	time.</p>
+
+      <p>Plans are made to enhance the Python ports framework by
+	automating the insertion of byte-compiled files into
+	<tt>pkg-plist</tt> files.  Besides the reduction of packaging
+	list sizes, this is also required to offer packages for multiple
+	Python versions.</p>
+
+      <p>PyPy was heavily enhanced over the last couple of months.
+	Major updates of the port solved integration issues and a new
+	<tt>pypy-devel</tt> port for snapshots and previews was added.
+	Since the PyPy 3 release, there is a new
+	<tt>pypy3-devel</tt> port available to provide not only
+	compatibility for Python 2.x specific scripts, but also for
+	those using the 3.x language specification.</p>
+
+      <p>IronPython found its way into the &os; ports tree, which
+	provides an implementation of the Python language based on .NET
+	and Mono.</p>
+    </body>
+
+    <help>
+      <task>Develop a high-level and lightweight Python Ports
+	Policy.</task>
+
+      <task>Chase the unification of Distribute
+	(<tt>devel/py-distribute</tt>) and Setuptools
+	(<tt>devel/py-setuptools*</tt>).</task>
+
+      <task>Add support for granular dependencies (for example
+	<tt>>=1.0</tt> or <tt>< 2.0</tt>).</task>
+
+      <task>Look at what adding <tt>pip</tt> (Python Package Index)
+	support looks like.</task>
+
+      <task>More tasks can be found on the Team's wiki page (see
+	links).</task>
+    </help>
+  </project>
 </report>
