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authorAntoine Pitrou <pitrou@free.fr>2017-09-07 16:56:24 (GMT)
committerVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2017-09-07 16:56:24 (GMT)
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bpo-31370: Remove support for threads-less builds (#3385)
* Remove Setup.config * Always define WITH_THREAD for compatibility.
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+Remove support for building --without-threads.
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+This option is not really useful anymore in the 21st century. Removing lots
+of conditional paths allows us to simplify the code base, including in
+difficult to maintain low-level internal code.