[Zope-dev] Zope Binary Release Changes for Zope 2.6

[Leonardo Rochael Almeida]

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.

Cheers, Leo

On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 11:55, sean.upton@uniontrib.com wrote:
> In theory (and as a Debian user), I like the idea of support for as
> distro-neutral of a linux distribution as possible; on the other hand,
> supporting RedHat 7.2 is a must for Zope accessability to new developers
> (since there are a lot of RedHat 7.2 systems out there).  Is Python 2.1
> under woody really compiled with LFS support?  That would be great, but
> still likely means that your best bet is to build Zope from source, or just
> use the Zope packages in Debian Main.
> 
> Anyway, Debian 3.0 uses glibc 2.2 (I'm not sure if this is a big deal???).  
> 
> A thought: rather than require yet another Zope binary distribution to be
> packaged for Debian by Zope Corp (esp. Since Zope packages are fairly decent
> in Debian), the Zope.org download page might want to contain a link to:
> http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=zope&searchon
> =names&subword=1&version=all&release=all
> for Debian users, just like it mentions the contributed RPMs.
> 
> Sean
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nagarjuna G. [mailto:nagarjun@hbcse.tifr.res.in]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 9:39 PM
> To: zope-dev@zope.org
> Subject: Re: [Zope-dev] Zope Binary Release Changes for Zope 2.6
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 10:57:14AM -0400, Matthew T. Kromer wrote:
> > Zope is currently released in three binary formats:
> > 
> >    Windows - i386
> > 
> >     Solaris 2.6 - SPARC
> > 
> >     Linux RH 5.2 - i386
> > 
> > All binary releases come with python 2.1.3, built without large file 
> > support.
> > 
> > We are proposing to change the binary distributions to newer releases, 
> > at least on the Solaris and Linux platforms.  
> > 
> > The new Solaris binary would be Solaris 2.8.
> > 
> > The new Linux binary would be RedHat 7.2 based (i.e. glibc 2.1).
> > 
> > It is very likely that the supplied Pythons would be built with large 
> > file support *enabled* for these platform, unless some unforseen 
> > compatibility issue arose.
> 
> Is it difficult to make the GNU/Linux binary distro independent?  All
> the binaries that I have been using from the Zope site work to the
> best of my knowledge on distros.  Why mention Redhat specailly?  I
> work on Debian Woody 3.0, and the python 2.1 is compiled with large file
> system support.
> 
> Nagarjuna
> 
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