python 2.5 missing features

[bchesneau@…]

Python 2.5 is built without openssl, readline, bz2, zlib. This features are needed by a lot of python developpment. Readline is also a must have. Without it python shell don't works well (no backspace and such things).

Is there any reason they aren't here since python works well with them ?

[sfiera@…]

readline, bz2, and zlib are provided for python25 by the py25-readline, py25-bz2, and py25-zlib ports, respectively. I don't see a py25-openssl but I think py25-crypto may have what you're looking for.

[bchesneau@…]

There is py-openssl but no py25-openssl + py-openssl even compiled for python25 don't provide good modules (md5, hashlib ...). So something important is missing.

The only way I found curently is to recompile python25 with it. Why not providing variants that use the right patch or something like it ?

[raimue@…]

The modules you are missing are most probably in py25-hashlib. See also #12369.

[nirs@…]

This is a duplicate of #12369

[jmr@…]

Assigning to maintainer.

[mww@…]

 http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/wiki/FAQ#WhycantIimportfooinPython2.5

[anonymous]

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