Re: CVS import: othersrc/external/mit/micropython

[Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

Taken from othersrc/README:

"The "othersrc" collection consists of programs that are either "not
ready for the main tree" or "never going to be ready for the main
tree" but which are NOT appropriate to pkgsrc because they have no
external maintainer."

In this case, it's a case of not quite ready for the main tree - I've
been looking for a small, embeddable python for a long time (cpython
doesn't quite hit those checklist items), and micropython fits the
bill. I found that tinypy
(http://www.philhassey.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/tinypy.tgz)
was too difficult to modify, and was fairly long in the tooth these
days. Micropython, OTOH, is a 3.4 clone, which works well for me. The
problem, as ever, is in libffi - then there is library function
support, and, after that, module support, but I think this is a step
in the right direction.

I talked briefly to christos about micropython, and he encouraged me
to take it to tech-misc, and I shall try to do that, but I'm behind on
so much mail right now, it's embarassing.

My goal is to have micropython be next to lua in the toolchain, not in
place of it (although I think there's going to come a time quite soon
where lua is going to have to justify its existence, and not just the
netpgp bindings I wrote, as I also did perl, python and tcl bindings
at the same time).

Definitely not aiming to be a fork - the external sources were
imported on a vendor branch, and local fixes for reachover
infrastructure and NetBSD packaging were added afterwards so that we
can incorporate future updates from upstream.

I have a pkgsrc entry made for it micropython-1.5.2, will try to add it RSN.

Best,
Alistair

On 16 January 2016 at 05:42, Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost> wrote:
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> On 14.01.2016 02:38, Alistair G. Crooks wrote:
>> Module Name:  othersrc Committed By:  agc Date:               Thu Jan 14 01:38:53
>> UTC 2016
>>
>> Update of /cvsroot/othersrc/external/mit/micropython In directory
>> ivanova.netbsd.org:/tmp/cvs-serv18307
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>> Log Message: Import micropython version 1.5.2 into othersrc.
>>
>> Micropython is a python3 implementation that has been optimised
>> for micro-controllers and small embedded systems.  It also has a
>> "unix" port. It has an MIT license.
>>
>
> Does it mean that it's prepared to be used as an extra set (located in
> othersrc/) of sources in the NetBSD base?
>
> Is it going to be evaluated for inclusion to base (next to Lua)?
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> Is aimed to be a fork?
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> Why not in pkgsrc?
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> Thanks for making it clear.
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