[Python-Dev] Moderating the severity of the distutils freeze

2013-02-06 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Éric Araujo wrote: > Bug fixes are possible; changes to keep working with Python (i.e. pyc > files are generated in pycache directories after 3.2); changes to be > able to build on current OSes (e.g. following Mac dev tools location > change, introduction of Debian

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

2013-02-06 Thread Terry Reedy
On 2/6/2013 8:16 AM, Matthias Klose wrote: Am 05.02.2013 07:13, schrieb Terry Reedy: On 2/4/2013 3:04 PM, Matthias Klose wrote: - there were way too may regressions checked in on at least the 2.7 branch. I think you are using 'regression' too freely. But that aside, I think you ar

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

2013-02-06 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Feb 06, 2013, at 02:38 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >Le Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:04:39 +0100, >Matthias Klose a écrit : >> So what I do understand, build-related issues like an arm64 or >> mingw32 port are ok for 2.7, if they are stable on the trunk, and >> communicated on python-dev? > >Making Python

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

2013-02-06 Thread Éric Araujo
Le 06/02/2013 05:03, Chris Jerdonek a écrit : > I asked this earlier, but didn't see a response. Is the freeze > stated somewhere like in a PEP? It’s part in notes from the PyCon 2010 Language Summit, part in unwritten policy in the heads of people involved in distutils bugs these last years. >

[Python-Dev] PyCon Tickets Almost Sold Out

2013-02-06 Thread Brian Curtin
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Re: [Python-Dev] importlib hooray!

2013-02-06 Thread Brett Cannon
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:26 AM, Thomas Heller wrote: > I have become a fan of the new python 3.3 importlib > in the last few days. > Glad it's working out for you! > > It has allowed me to write a ModuleMapper which I put into > sys.metapath (in sitecustomize.py, for Python 3.3). > > This mapp

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

2013-02-06 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Le Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:04:39 +0100, Matthias Klose a écrit : > So what I do understand, build-related issues like an arm64 or > mingw32 port are ok for 2.7, if they are stable on the trunk, and > communicated on python-dev? Making Python build on a new platform is, AFAICT, considered a new featur

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

2013-02-06 Thread Matthias Klose
Am 05.02.2013 07:13, schrieb 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

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

2013-02-06 Thread Chris Jerdonek
On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Chris Jerdonek wrote: > On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Éric Araujo wrote: >> Le 03/02/2013 07:48, Antoine Pitrou a écrit : >>> I vote for removing the "distutils is frozen" principle. >> I’ve also been thinking about that. There have been two exceptions to >> t

[Python-Dev] importlib hooray!

2013-02-06 Thread Thomas Heller
I have become a fan of the new python 3.3 importlib in the last few days. It has allowed me to write a ModuleMapper which I put into sys.metapath (in sitecustomize.py, for Python 3.3). This mapper currently does rename modules like 'Queue' or '_winreg' to the Python3 modules 'queue' or 'winreg'