Re: [Python-Dev] BDFL delegation for PEP 426 (PyPI metadata 1.3)

2013-02-02 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > I don't know or care much about PyPI metadata, so do what you feel is > right. If you are uncomfortable being PEP-uncle *and* -author, find > another author or another uncle. But since it doesn't affect the > language or library, it's fine

Re: [Python-Dev] BDFL delegation for PEP 426 (PyPI metadata 1.3)

2013-02-02 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: > In doing the detailed review of PEP 426 as BDFL-Delegate, I keep > noticing confusing problems with the current spec that mean I want to > become a *co-author* on the spec, rather than explaining to the > current authors the aspects I object t

[Python-Dev] BDFL delegation for PEP 426 (PyPI metadata 1.3)

2013-02-02 Thread Nick Coghlan
In doing the detailed review of PEP 426 as BDFL-Delegate, I keep noticing confusing problems with the current spec that mean I want to become a *co-author* on the spec, rather than explaining to the current authors the aspects I object to, until they produce a version that I'm happy with (this is f

Re: [Python-Dev] cpython (2.7): - Issue #17086: Backport the patches from the 3.3 branch to cross-build

2013-02-02 Thread Antonio Cavallo
I personally agree that huge changesets aren't good. But I can also see the problem of cross compiling should be sooner or later addressed. I'm fairly interested in cross building python on android too. A point to support cross compiling (instead native build arm-on-arm) could be android doesn