Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition

2003-08-21 Thread David Weinehall
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 01:37:10PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:34:12PM +1000, Donovan Baarda wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 15:49, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 11:44:22PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > > > > The negative effect for the use

Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition

2003-08-20 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:34:12PM +1000, Donovan Baarda wrote: > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 15:49, Anthony Towns wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 11:44:22PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > > > The negative effect for the users is that you can't upgrade python > > > while wxgtk-python is install

Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition

2003-08-20 Thread Donovan Baarda
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 15:49, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 11:44:22PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > > The negative effect for the users is that you can't upgrade python > > while wxgtk-python is installed so you can't try out the > > latest-and-greatest python in the meanti

Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition

2003-08-20 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 11:44:22PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > The negative effect for the users is that you can't upgrade python > while wxgtk-python is installed so you can't try out the > latest-and-greatest python in the meantime. This is the issue at > hand. Sure you can:

Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition

2003-08-19 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 11:22:43AM +0200, Torsten Landschoff wrote: | On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 08:33:26AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: | > Now, I could do the dependency on python (>= 2.2), python (<<2.3) thing. | > But what would that gain me or users? I see no benefit there, other than | > people

Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition

2003-08-08 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 11:47:48AM +1000, Donovan Baarda wrote: > There is an alternative... only support one version of python... and be > stuck at python 2.1 until everything uses it, or lose things like zope > etc. Alternatively the python developers could try to keep backwards compatibility :-

Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition

2003-08-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 02:04:52AM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > Joey Hess writes: > > Josip Rodin wrote: > > > Am I the only one who has a disgusting reminiscence of netscape*.* > > > packages > > > every time python* is mentioned? :P > > > > Actually I'm more reminded of the perl* packages and

Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition

2003-08-08 Thread Matthias Klose
Joey Hess writes: > Josip Rodin wrote: > > Am I the only one who has a disgusting reminiscence of netscape*.* packages > > every time python* is mentioned? :P > > Actually I'm more reminded of the perl* packages and the complete mess > that followed. And I keep expecting to see the same set of pro

Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition

2003-08-08 Thread Joey Hess
Josip Rodin wrote: > Am I the only one who has a disgusting reminiscence of netscape*.* packages > every time python* is mentioned? :P Actually I'm more reminded of the perl* packages and the complete mess that followed. And I keep expecting to see the same set of problems affect python. -- see

Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition

2003-08-07 Thread Domenico Andreoli
i agree, we have a great support for Python. thanks to those who make it possible. cavok On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 11:47:48AM +1000, Donovan Baarda wrote: ... > > Personally I was going to post "nice job everyone... the Python Policy > looks like it is working". There are still a few niggly thing

Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition

2003-08-06 Thread Donovan Baarda
On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 02:17, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 09:33:26AM -0500, Chad Walstrom wrote: > > > > Am I the only one who has a disgusting reminiscence of netscape*.* > > > > packages every time python* is mentioned? :P > > > > > hmmm.. just curious... why? > > > > The short

Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition

2003-08-06 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 09:33:26AM -0500, Chad Walstrom wrote: > > > Am I the only one who has a disgusting reminiscence of netscape*.* > > > packages every time python* is mentioned? :P > > > hmmm.. just curious... why? > > The short of it: he's joking. Note the smiley. Even though package > n

Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition

2003-08-06 Thread Chad Walstrom
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:18:53AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > Am I the only one who has a disgusting reminiscence of netscape*.* > packages every time python* is mentioned? :P On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 02:59:00PM +0200, Domenico Andreoli wrote: > hmmm.. just curious... why? The short of it: he's j

Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition

2003-08-06 Thread Domenico Andreoli
hmmm.. just curious... why? On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:18:53AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 10:31:53PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > > Last weekend, python 2.3 was released. > > With the next python2.3 upload, python2.3 becomes the default python > > version. > > Am I the

Re: python 2.2 -> python 2.3 transition

2003-08-06 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 10:31:53PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > Last weekend, python 2.3 was released. > With the next python2.3 upload, python2.3 becomes the default python > version. Am I the only one who has a disgusting reminiscence of netscape*.* packages every time python* is mentioned? :P