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

2013-02-04 Thread Terry Reedy
On 2/4/2013 3:04 PM, Matthias Klose wrote: - the 2.7 branch is the only branch which doesn't have expected release dates on the calendar. Which calendar? I see 2.7.4, 3.2.4 (its final release), and 3.3.1 on the Release Schecule at python.org. And from a distributor/vendor point o

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

2013-02-04 Thread Matthias Klose
Am 03.02.2013 22:20, schrieb Gregory P. Smith: > On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > >> On Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:00:24 +1000 >> Nick Coghlan wrote: >>> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Antoine Pitrou >> wrote: On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:52:27 +0100 (CET) matthias.klose w

Re: [Python-Dev] BDFL delegation for PEP 426 + distutils freeze

2013-02-04 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
On 03.02.2013 19:33, Éric Araujo wrote: >> I vote for removing the "distutils is frozen" principle. > I’ve also been thinking about that. There have been two exceptions to > the freeze, for ABI flags in extension module names and for pycache > directories. When the stable ABI was added and MvL wa

Re: [Python-Dev] update on 2.7.4

2013-02-04 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2013/2/3 Eli Bendersky : > > On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Benjamin Peterson > wrote: >> >> As you may have noticed, no 2.7.4 rc has been created yet. Yesterday, >> the buildbots were all red, and release blocker issues had to be dealt >> with. Today, I was not as availabIe and people were fixin

Re: [Python-Dev] Interested in GSoC 2013

2013-02-04 Thread Brett Cannon
On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Gregory P. Smith wrote: > First, welcome to Python. > > For people just starting out contributing we have setup a core-mentorship > mailing list ideally suited for this type of question. > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/core-mentorship > > general tip: loo

Re: [Python-Dev] update on 2.7.4

2013-02-04 Thread Georg Brandl
Am 04.02.2013 01:11, schrieb Benjamin Peterson: > As you may have noticed, no 2.7.4 rc has been created yet. Yesterday, > the buildbots were all red, and release blocker issues had to be dealt > with. Today, I was not as availabIe and people were fixing > important-looking crashers. In general, the

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

2013-02-04 Thread David Cournapeau
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:01 AM, Vinay Sajip wrote: > David Cournapeau gmail.com> writes: > >> You are putting the words out of the context in which those were >> written: it is stated that the focus is on the general architecture > > OK, no offence was meant. Thanks for the clarification. No wor

Re: [Python-Dev] update on 2.7.4

2013-02-04 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Le Sun, 3 Feb 2013 19:11:36 -0500, Benjamin Peterson a écrit : > As you may have noticed, no 2.7.4 rc has been created yet. Yesterday, > the buildbots were all red, and release blocker issues had to be dealt > with. Today, I was not as availabIe and people were fixing > important-looking crashers.