Re: [Python-Dev] libffi embedded in CPython

2014-12-18 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014, at 15:36, Jim J. Jewett wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2014, at 14:13, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > > ... http://bugs.python.org/issue23085 ... > > is there any reason any more for libffi being included in CPython? > > [And why a fork, instead of just treating it as an exter

Re: [Python-Dev] [PEPs] Fwd: fixing broken link in pep 3

2014-12-18 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > PEP 3 is listed in PEP 0 under Abandoned, Withdrawn, and Rejected PEPs > If this is proper, it does not make sense to update it. > If this is not, the header should be updated. Guido passed the request on to the pep-editors list, which I too

Re: [Python-Dev] [PEPs] Fwd: fixing broken link in pep 3

2014-12-18 Thread Terry Reedy
On 12/18/2014 4:19 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 5:39 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Victor Stinner Hi, Yes, the link is dead. It looks like the following link contains the same info: https://docs.python.org/devguide/triaging.htm

Re: [Python-Dev] Redirection of ar.pycon.org

2014-12-18 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
Hi Facunda, you should either write to webmas...@pycon.org, the conference ML or me directly, since I'm managing these the pycon.org subdomains. > On Thu, Dec 18, 2014, at 10:59, Facundo Batista wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Don't remember where to ask for changing the redirection of that >> domain name. S

Re: [Python-Dev] [PEPs] Fwd: fixing broken link in pep 3

2014-12-18 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 5:39 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote: >-- Forwarded message -- > From: Victor Stinner > > Hi, > > Yes, the link is dead. It looks like the following link contains the same > info: > https://docs.python.org/devguide/triaging.html > > Dead page: > https://web.arch

Re: [Python-Dev] datetime nanosecond support (ctd?)

2014-12-18 Thread mdcb808
done - http://bugs.python.org/issue23084 On 12/17/14 8:20 PM, Eric Snow wrote: On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Matthieu Bec wrote: Attached patch defines a new type struct_timespec for the time module. A new capsule exports the type along with to/from converters - opening a bridge for C, an

Re: [Python-Dev] libffi embedded in CPython

2014-12-18 Thread Jim J. Jewett
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014, at 14:13, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > ... http://bugs.python.org/issue23085 ... > is there any reason any more for libffi being included in CPython? [And why a fork, instead of just treating it as an external dependency] Benjamin Peterson responded: > It has some sort of

Re: [Python-Dev] Redirection of ar.pycon.org

2014-12-18 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014, at 10:59, Facundo Batista wrote: > Hi! > > Don't remember where to ask for changing the redirection of that > domain name. Somebody knows? Seems DNS for that is controlled by eGenix, so ccing mal. (We should move pycon.org DNS to use the PSF's normal DNS infrastructure.)

Re: [Python-Dev] libffi embedded in CPython

2014-12-18 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014, at 14:50, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > well, the problem is essentially that libffi gets patched (e.g. for > ARM) and it does not make it's way to CPython quickly. This is > unlikely to be a security issue (for a variety of reasons, including > ctypes), but it's still an issu

Re: [Python-Dev] libffi embedded in CPython

2014-12-18 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014, at 14:50, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > well, the problem is essentially that libffi gets patched (e.g. for > ARM) and it does not make it's way to CPython quickly. This is > unlikely to be a security issue (for a variety of reasons, including > ctypes), but it's still an issu

Re: [Python-Dev] libffi embedded in CPython

2014-12-18 Thread Maciej Fijalkowski
well, the problem is essentially that libffi gets patched (e.g. for ARM) and it does not make it's way to CPython quickly. This is unlikely to be a security issue (for a variety of reasons, including ctypes), but it's still an issue I think. Segfaults related to e.g. stack alignment are hard to deb

Re: [Python-Dev] libffi embedded in CPython

2014-12-18 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014, at 14:13, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > After reading this http://bugs.python.org/issue23085 and remembering > struggling having our own patches into cpython's libffi (but not into > libffi itself), I wonder, is there any reason any more for libffi > being included in CPython?

Re: [Python-Dev] libffi embedded in CPython

2014-12-18 Thread Maciej Fijalkowski
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 9:17 PM, Steve Dower wrote: > Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: >> After reading this http://bugs.python.org/issue23085 and remembering >> struggling >> having our own patches into cpython's libffi (but not into libffi itself), I >> wonder, is there any reason any more for libffi

Re: [Python-Dev] libffi embedded in CPython

2014-12-18 Thread Steve Dower
Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > After reading this http://bugs.python.org/issue23085 and remembering > struggling > having our own patches into cpython's libffi (but not into libffi itself), I > wonder, is there any reason any more for libffi being included in CPython? We use it for ctypes, so there'

[Python-Dev] libffi embedded in CPython

2014-12-18 Thread Maciej Fijalkowski
After reading this http://bugs.python.org/issue23085 and remembering struggling having our own patches into cpython's libffi (but not into libffi itself), I wonder, is there any reason any more for libffi being included in CPython? Cheers, fijal ___ Pyth

[Python-Dev] Redirection of ar.pycon.org

2014-12-18 Thread Facundo Batista
Hi! Don't remember where to ask for changing the redirection of that domain name. Somebody knows? I need for the redirection to be to pycon.python.org.ar (and we'll take care of proper year-by-year redirection from there). Thanks! -- .Facundo Blog: http://www.taniquetil.com.ar/plog/ PyAr:

Re: [Python-Dev] fixing broken link in pep 3

2014-12-18 Thread Victor Stinner
Hi, Yes, the link is dead. It looks like the following link contains the same info: https://docs.python.org/devguide/triaging.html Dead page: https://web.archive.org/web/20090704040931/http://www.python.org/dev/workflow/ "Core Development > Issue Workflow" Victor 2014-12-18 6:57 GMT+01:00 Raymo