Re: [Python-Dev] barry_as_FLUFL

2010-08-05 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 2:25 AM, LD 'Gus' Landis wrote: > Hi, > >  I just read an interesting article (interview with Fred Brooks). >  See: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1600886 > >  Eoin: The book contains a lot of explicit and implicit advice for those >  who must manage design

Re: [Python-Dev] barry_as_FLUFL

2010-08-05 Thread LD 'Gus' Landis
Hi, I just read an interesting article (interview with Fred Brooks). See: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1600886 Eoin: The book contains a lot of explicit and implicit advice for those who must manage design projects. What would your top three pieces of advice for such

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 376 proposed changes for basic plugins support

2010-08-05 Thread Éric Araujo
Hello Le 03/08/2010 13:09, Michael Foord a écrit : > On 03/08/2010 09:28, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> P.J. Eby wrote: >>> At 10:37 PM 8/2/2010 +0200, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > [idea about sqlite3 db for caching] [distros won’t like it, the filesystem is the db] >>> [the db is a cache, it does no

Re: [Python-Dev] #2651 - KeyError does not round trip strings

2010-08-05 Thread Nick Coghlan
2010/8/5 Fred Drake : > 2010/8/4 Łukasz Langa : >> Shall we do an e.index for IndexErrors as well? > > I don't recall stumbling over that need, but the parallel makes it > tempting.  I expect is should be a separate patch, though. > > Antoine's right about using keyword args from C, though.  I'd ex

Re: [Python-Dev] OT: PHB

2010-08-05 Thread Steve Holden
On 8/5/2010 8:12 AM, Oleg Broytman wrote: > On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 07:49:31AM -0400, Steve Holden wrote: >> I'd have thought a pre-requisite for being a PHB was having hair. > >Not at all, not at all - being a PHB is a style of thinking, not > hairdressing. ;) > I was simply trying to avoid

Re: [Python-Dev] OT: PHB (was: Looking after the buildbots)

2010-08-05 Thread Oleg Broytman
On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 07:49:31AM -0400, Steve Holden wrote: > I'd have thought a pre-requisite for being a PHB was having hair. Not at all, not at all - being a PHB is a style of thinking, not hairdressing. ;) Oleg. -- Oleg Broytmanhttp://phd.pp.ru/p...@phd.pp.r

Re: [Python-Dev] Looking after the buildbots (in general)

2010-08-05 Thread Steve Holden
On 8/5/2010 2:19 AM, Georg Brandl wrote: > Am 05.08.2010 01:26, schrieb Barry Warsaw: >> On Aug 04, 2010, at 06:39 PM, Steve Holden wrote: >> >>> I'll see if I can get God to extend it for you. >> >> No need to involve the supernatural Steve! Just approve that PSF grant I >> submitted so I can fin

Re: [Python-Dev] barry_as_FLUFL

2010-08-05 Thread Greg Ewing
Barry Warsaw wrote: Wait. It's a joke?! Probably, but it's also useful behaviour -- I hope it stays! (Not that I would ever presume to use it in any code inflicted on anyone else, but it's nice to know I have a choice in the privacy of my own computer.) Heil-the-FLUFl-ly, Greg _

Re: [Python-Dev] Looking after the buildbots (in general)

2010-08-05 Thread Jon Ribbens
On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 07:26:06PM -0400, Barry Warsaw wrote: > On Aug 04, 2010, at 06:39 PM, Steve Holden wrote: > >I'll see if I can get God to extend it for you. > > No need to involve the supernatural Steve! Just approve that PSF grant I > submitted so I can finish my (Python powered of cours