[Scons-dev] Subprocess issue on Linux?

[Gary Oberbrunner]

I can try it on OSX, and review the stubprocess.py source (which I haven't
yet).  I don't think we need to worry about Windows; it has its own process
creation methods with their own characteristics and bugs.


On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 3:07 AM, Dirk Bächle <tshortik at gmx.de> wrote:


> On 23.04.2014 01:42, Bill Deegan wrote:

>

>> Dirk,

>>

>> So if I understand correctly, the stubprocess patch passes all the

>> regression tests and is signficantly faster than the current implementation?

>>

>

> That's correct, but I'm not sure whether things like the redirection of

> stdout/stderr works in all cases, or might create quirky problems in

> certain situations. I just can't judge the technical stability level of the

> stubprocess.py source.

>

>

>  Is there any downside to using it?  (Does it work on py3?)

>>

> I haven't tried the wrapper under Python3 yet. But as far as I understood

> Eugene and Jason, it's not implemented.

> Another downside is that this doesn't work under Windows obviously, I

> don't have any infos about OSx, and Alexandre Leblot already asked me in a

> PM about the support for Solaris. I can't test these things, so I've no

> idea. ;)

>

>

>  If not is there any reason not to send a pull request?

>>

>>  Creating a pull request is probably not difficult, on the technical

> level. But should the wrapper get activated automatically under Linux,

> transparently for the user? Or would it be an experimental option at first,

> that the user can activate via a command-line option...since we aren't that

> sure about all the possible implications?

>

> Dirk

>

>

>

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Gary
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