[Python-Dev] [RELEASE] Python 2.7 release candidate 1 released

On behalf of the Python development team, I'm effusive to announce the first release candidate of Python 2.7. Python 2.7 is scheduled (by Guido and Python-dev) to be the last major version in the 2.x series. However, 2.7 will have an extended period of bugfix maintenance. 2.7 includes many featur

Re: [Python-Dev] ssl

In general, gettin all those „external“ projects seem to be complex to build. Is there a fast way? Run Tools\buildbot\external.bat. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev U

Re: [Python-Dev] Windows registry path not ignored with Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag set

On 6/5/2010 10:55 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote: I don't object (this had never occurred to me), but is Python on Windows fully functioning when the registry is entirely ignored? There have been a couple of portable CPython-on-a-CD or memory stick that supposedly run on any machine without 'inst

Re: [Python-Dev] Windows registry path not ignored with Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag set

On 05/06/2010 19:03, Farshid Lashkari wrote: On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Guido van Rossum > wrote: I don't object (this had never occurred to me), but is Python on Windows fully functioning when the registry is entirely ignored? Yes, it works fine. This

Re: [Python-Dev] Windows registry path not ignored with Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag set

Tangengially relevant is the following: When embedding python, it is currently impossible (well, in 2.x anyway) to completely override pythons magic path-guessing algorithm. This is annoying. Last pycon, the talk on embedding python, showed how applications that do that often get started thro

Re: [Python-Dev] Windows registry path not ignored with Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag set

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > > I don't object (this had never occurred to me), but is Python on > Windows fully functioning when the registry is entirely ignored? I believe so. The path of executable and Python DLL are used to initialize sys.path, which should be eno

Re: [Python-Dev] Windows registry path not ignored with Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag set

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Mark Hammond wrote: > On 2/06/2010 11:32 AM, Farshid Lashkari wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I noticed that if Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag is enabled, the Windows >> registry is still used to initialize sys.path during startup. Is this an >> oversight or intentional? > > I

Re: [Python-Dev] ssl

On 08:34 am, krist...@ccpgames.com wrote: Hello there. I wanted to do some work on the ssl module, but I was a bit daunted at the prerequisites. Is there anywhere that I can get at precompiled libs for the openssl that we use? In general, gettin all those "external" projects seem to be complex

[Python-Dev] ssl

Hello there. I wanted to do some work on the ssl module, but I was a bit daunted at the prerequisites. Is there anywhere that I can get at precompiled libs for the openssl that we use? In general, gettin all those "external" projects seem to be complex to build. Is there a fast way? What I wa