Nagarjuna G. wrote:
On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 12:21:22PM -0300, Leonardo Rochael Almeida wrote:
I don't see why the fuss. Compiling Python/Zope against RedHat 7.2 doesn't keep it from running under Debian. Even though Debian 3.0 runs glibc 2.2, a glibc2.1 binary should be able to run without problems. Specially since there isn't any C++ code in Zope, which is usually the major source of incompatibilities between different library versions. Glibc is reasonably upward compatible AFAIK.
Mentioning RedHat 7.2 as the building platform is just a short way of saying that the Zope binary will expect to find libc version X, libm version Y, libpthread version Z, etc, etc. If you have these or better versions of your basic libraries, you don't have to worry what distro you're running.
Do we know of any failures of zope in other platforms? If not why mention only RH 7.2? That is the point. In fact we will be gaining greater ground and support if we mentain that Zope is distro independent, infact it is OS independent. Dependencies certainly have to be met for any application, not merely with Zope.
Nagarjuna
The target binary will be built on RedHat 7.2 is what that means. It is likely to be compatible with most recent distributions. Leonardo had it correctly, if I say "Red Hat 7.2" it implies a particular mix of libraries -- since we do not package in RPM format, the actual build distribution is relevant only for knowledge about its libraries. While I am supportive of people who want to insure binary compatibility with other distributions, I'm not intersted in diverting into a question of "whos distribution is best/most appropriate/has the most fabulous license" etc. As always, the source distribution will work anywhere you have Python and a C compiler to build the extensions. -- Matt Kromer Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com/