Subject: Re: why python+pth?
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Perry E.Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 11/17/2003 17:11:34
"Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> writes:
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Perry E.Metzger wrote:
>
>> Several packages (like bittorrent) seem to REQUIRE(!?) pth versions of
>> python. Why is this? Aren't our native threads good enough?
>
> Then the python is built using the native threads. (If not, let us know.)

Why is it named "pth" then, and why isn't it the default?

Perry