Python, Apache, and the public SDK

I've been using Trac and subversion for personal projects for a while now, and I was wondering how hard it would be to install on OS4. It requires, Apache, Python, python bindings for SVN as well as ClearSilver and SilverCity (optional).

This got me to wondering about Python on OS4. Python is included in OS4, but what is required in order to compile Python bindings? Is that included in the public SDK. Does Apache have python support?

It wouldn't make a difference in my case, because I want the SVN repositories to be on a separate machine, but I'm curious as to how difficult it would be to have Trac & SVN running on OS4. The SVN server works; it's Trac that's missing.

Hans

@Hans

I don't think the SDK has been updated since the Python port was included in AmigaOS 4.0, so I suppose that there isn't any support for that yet. I would think, though, that you don't actually need much in terms of support files. You will need to be able to link against a shared object file, though. I think the public compilers in the SDK can't do that, but those from the adtools projects should be able to.

I'll try to find out what you need for compiling and linking against libpython.so. Remind me by email if I forget

@Hans

I guess with "Apache" you mean my port of apache for OS4?
As this port has working CGI support, it is also able to execute python scripts.
Please be sure, that there is the path of the python interpreter in the first line of the script:

#! /C/python

Edgar

@cygnusEd

Yes, I'm talking about your port. I didn't actually realize that you were the author of that port.

Good to hear that it works via CGI. Of course, it would be faster if we also had mod_python support.

Hans

@Hans

pygame the sdl binding would be dope to have!
so if you manage to compile some binding, please write a small guide.

@spotUP

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Not a bad idea. I had a quick search on the internet and found it hard to get information about writing Python bindings in general.

Hans