Re: [Python-Dev] ubuntu buildbot

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Benjamin Peterson wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2014, at 00:33, David Bolen wrote: >> Yeah, it definitely needs it. Historically it was intentional as my own >> servers were all on 8.04, but the last of those moved 12.04 last year. >> >> I think there's already a 12

Re: [Python-Dev] Request for Pronouncement: PEP 441 - Improving Python ZIP Application Support

On 25 February 2015 at 20:12, Jim J. Jewett wrote: > On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Paul Moore wrote: >> On 25 February 2015 at 17:06, Paul Moore wrote: > >> I've included the resulting API >> documentation below. It looks pretty good to me. > > Me too. I have a few nits anyhow. > >> .. funct

Re: [Python-Dev] Request for Pronouncement: PEP 441 - Improving Python ZIP Application Support

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Paul Moore wrote: > On 25 February 2015 at 17:06, Paul Moore wrote: > I've included the resulting API > documentation below. It looks pretty good to me. Me too. I have a few nits anyhow. > .. function:: create_archive(directory, target=None, interpreter=None,

Re: [Python-Dev] Request for Pronouncement: PEP 441 - Improving Python ZIP Application Support

On Feb 25, 2015, at 07:33 PM, Paul Moore wrote: >The module defines two convenience functions: > > >.. function:: create_archive(directory, target=None, interpreter=None, >main=None) > > Create an application archive from *source*. The source can be any > of the following: I think you meant

[Python-Dev] PEP 448 review

I'm back, I've re-read the PEP, and I've re-read the long thread with "(no subject)". I think Georg Brandl nailed it: """ *I like the "sequence and dict flattening" part of the PEP, mostly because itis consistent and should be easy to understand, but the comprehension syntaxenhancements s

Re: [Python-Dev] Request for Pronouncement: PEP 441 - Improving Python ZIP Application Support

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 2:33 PM Paul Moore wrote: > On 25 February 2015 at 17:06, Paul Moore wrote: > >> Is the difference between create and copy important? e.g., is there > >> anything wrong with > >> > >> create_archive(old_archive, output=new_archive) working as well as > >> create_archive(

Re: [Python-Dev] Request for Pronouncement: PEP 441 - Improving Python ZIP Application Support

On 25 February 2015 at 17:06, Paul Moore wrote: >> Is the difference between create and copy important? e.g., is there >> anything wrong with >> >> create_archive(old_archive, output=new_archive) working as well as >> create_archive(directory, archive)? > > Probably not, now. The semantics have c

[Python-Dev] Working on issue 23496: should I use a macro test or an edit to configure.ac?

So... There was a recent discussion here on porting Python to Android. Well, for those of you who saw too many unread messages and marked the whole thread as read like I usually do, I helped Cyd figure out some patches that make it work. Cyd then opened Issue 23496

Re: [Python-Dev] Request for Pronouncement: PEP 441 - Improving Python ZIP Application Support

On 25 February 2015 at 16:02, Jim J. Jewett wrote: > On 24 February 2015 at 18:58, Guido van Rossum wrote: >> The naming of the functions feels inconsistent -- maybe pack(directory, >> target) -> create_archive(directory, archive), and set_interpreter() -> >> copy_archive(archive, new_archive)? >

Re: [Python-Dev] Request for Pronouncement: PEP 441 - Improving Python ZIP Application Support

On 24 February 2015 at 18:58, Guido van Rossum wrote: > The naming of the functions feels inconsistent -- maybe pack(directory, > target) -> create_archive(directory, archive), and set_interpreter() -> > copy_archive(archive, new_archive)? Paul Moore wrote: > One possible source of confusion w

Re: [Python-Dev] how to inspect if something includes a bound first param

On 02/24/2015 05:56 PM, Gregory P. Smith wrote: inspect.getargspec(method) and inspect.signature(method) both include the 'self' parameter but how are we to figure out from method itself that it is actually bound and that its first parameter is expected to be a bound instance? Given the mec

Re: [Python-Dev] ?s re documentation of Python features

On 25 February 2015 at 11:43, Ryan Gonzalez wrote: > Ask on python-list. Also check out the FAQ and the Help page. Not sure what > your problem is; Python is EXTREMELY well documented. The core Python docs aren't bad, but getting the full scientific Python stack up and running is still challengin

Re: [Python-Dev] Request for Pronouncement: PEP 441 - Improving Python ZIP Application Support

On 24 February 2015 at 18:58, Guido van Rossum wrote: > The naming of the functions feels inconsistent -- maybe pack(directory, > target) -> create_archive(directory, archive), and set_interpreter() -> > copy_archive(archive, new_archive)? One possible source of confusion with copy_archive (and i

Re: [Python-Dev] Request for Pronouncement: PEP 441 - Improving Python ZIP Application Support

On 24.02.15 21:01, Guido van Rossum wrote: On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Paul Moore mailto:p.f.mo...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 24 February 2015 at 18:24, Guido van Rossum mailto:gu...@python.org>> wrote: > I'd specify that when the output argument is a file open for writing, it is >