While you're at that, maybe you could migrate to a distributed SCM. I'd recommend Mercurial.
If Mercurial is not an option, I'd go to Git. (Disclaimer: I have made some small contributions to Mercurial) On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 13:21, Luca Dionisi <[email protected]> wrote: > I have encountered many problems [and did not succeed yet] in making > Python Stackless work correctly in ARM or MIPS architectures. > Even admitting that it is possible, the python interpreter itself is > quite memory consuming. This makes many/most embedded devices out of > luck for netsukuku. > > The main points in favor of using Stackless instead of C, at least for > me, have been: > - fast prototyping > - co-routine support (that is, tasklets in stackless terminology) > > Recently I have made some research on alternatives. The first > requirement of course was support of co-routines. > The most portable framework for this support is GNU Pth. [0] > > The second requirement was a good-enough high-level language that > could allow the developer to focus on functional details. > And possibly have a near one-to-one mapping of the features of python > interpreter that we mostly used in our program. > I think Vala does. [1] > And it has many good points over other languages. It has modern > features while producing old style C API/ABI compatible machine code. > > Long story short, I started to organize the basis for a port of > current python implementation of netsukuku to Vala. > The first task was producing a binding (vapi file) for the Pth > library. I made one that does the job for what we need - could be > improved, though. > > Right now there is a working implementation of tasklets ("microfunc" > in our python code) scheduling, switching, inter-communication > (Channels in our python code) and events (for free in Vala as > signals). > I promise to post updates soon when I can make some tests on my little > mipsel-based router. [2] > > Soooo, to get to the point. > This work is not going to be quick and simple. Any help with the > development is welcome, especially right now or soon. > I could organize the work and assign little tasks to anyone that has > some expertise on vala. > I am a vala newbie myself. > Knowledge of python is not a requirement, because reading the old code > is quite straightforward and one can ask when in doubt. > Knowledge of current workings of netsukuku is not a requirement > either. Sure, it could help. But I would assign very specific tasks > and coordinate the rest, so that also "new entry" developers can help > a lot. > > Have a look at the initial code [3] and please get involved! > > --Luca > > > [0] http://www.gnu.org/software/pth/ > [1] http://live.gnome.org/Vala > [2] http://www.omnima.co.uk/store/catalog/Embedded-controller-p-16140.html > and a review here: > > http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/omnima-embedded-controller-and-openwrt/ > [3] > http://dev.hinezumi.org/browser/netsukuku/sandbox/lukisi/branches/multipleip/valantk > _______________________________________________ > Netsukuku mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dyne.org/mailman/listinfo/netsukuku > -- Elifarley Cruz Google Buzz: http://bit.ly/elifarley-buzz Google Reader: http://bit.ly/elifarley-reader Bookmarks: http://delicious.com/elifarley Professional info: http://linkd.in/elifarley | http://openhatch.org/people/elifarley/ http://twitter.com/elifarley - " Do not believe anything because it is said by an authority, or if it is said to come from angels, or from Gods, or from an inspired source. Believe it only if you have explored it in your own heart and mind and body and found it to be true. Work out your own path, through diligence." - Gautama Buddha
_______________________________________________ Netsukuku mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dyne.org/mailman/listinfo/netsukuku
