[PATCH] plan9 updates for new cpython fork

[Kevin Bullock]

On 16 Jul 2013, at 10:16 AM, Augie Fackler wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:04:10PM -0500, Jeff Sickel wrote:
>> plan9: support new cpython fork for Plan 9
>> 
>> A new CPython fork has been created at http://bitbucket.org/jas/cpython
>> specifically to update the Plan 9 Python version to v2.7.5 and add new
>> architectures beyond 386.  The new Python v2.7.5 port supports a more
>> typical `python setup.py` configuration which allows us to modify the
>> mercurial build process for the platform.
> 
> I see at least 4 patches here:
> 
> 1) 9mail: new script to add support for upas/marshal
> 2) 9diff: update path to 9diff for $REASON
> 3) plan9: update setup.py and mkfile to support new cpython
> 4) factotum: not sure offhand what this patch is
> 
> Please split the commit into more workable chunks along lines like
> this and resend the series. Thanks!

Please also see <http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/ContributingChanges> (and note that Augie has kindly written the first line of each of your commit messages for you).

Also, does this break the build for people using the old CPython on plan9? That's probably undesirable. We take backward compatibility very seriously.

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