I have just released gipc 0.6.0 introducing support for Python 3. This release has been motivated by gevent 1.1 being just around the corner, which will also introduce Python 3 support.

Changes under the hood

The new gipc version has been verified to work on CPython 2.6.9, 2.7.10, 3.3.6, and 3.4.3. Python 3.4 support required significant changes under the hood: internally, gipc uses multiprocessing.Process, whose implementation drastically changed from Python 3.3 to 3.4. Most notably, on Windows, the arguments to the hard-coded CreateProcess() system call were changed, preventing automatic inheritance of file descriptors. Hence, implementation of a new approach for file descriptor transferral between processes was required for supporting Python 3.4 as well as future Python versions. Reassuringly, the unit test suite required close-to-zero adjustments.

The docs got a fresh look

I have used this opportunity to amend the documentation: it now has a fresh look based on a brutally modified RTD theme. This provides a much better reading experience as well as great support for narrow screens (i.e. mobile support). I hope you like it: https://gehrcke.de/gipc

Who’s using gipc?

I have searched the web a bit for finding interesting use cases. These great projects use gipc:

• Quantopian’s remote Python debugger
• Ajenti
• Chronology
• gipcrpc
• NetCall
• GDriveFS

Are you successfully applying gipc in production? That is always great to hear, so please drop me a line!

Availability

As usual, the release is available via PyPI (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/gipc). Please visit https://gehrcke.de/gipc for finding API documentation, code examples, installation notes, and further in-depth information.