Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.13 release dates

2016-11-29 Thread Benjamin Peterson
Okay, now that we're heard from the other side, and I lacking a concrete reason to delay the release, I'm putting 2.7.13 back at the original dates. On Tue, Nov 29, 2016, at 06:34, Matthias Klose wrote: > same here. > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianStretch shows the final Debian release > freeze fo

Re: [Python-Dev] Python private and protected variables and methods

2016-11-29 Thread Terry Reedy
On 11/29/2016 9:39 AM, Annapoornima Koppad wrote: While teaching Python protected variables, I figured out the oddity about Python. I am using Python 2.7.12+ for my teaching. There is not really a concept of protected variables in Python, is it? Only the _ convention. For a more detailed exp

[Python-Dev] Python private and protected variables and methods

2016-11-29 Thread Annapoornima Koppad
Dear All, While teaching Python protected variables, I figured out the oddity about Python. I am using Python 2.7.12+ for my teaching. There is not really a concept of protected variables in Python, is it? For a more detailed explanation of what I am trying to do, please read this article, http

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.13 release dates

2016-11-29 Thread Matthias Klose
same here. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianStretch shows the final Debian release freeze for 2016-02-05, which would be a bit close for a 2.7.13 release. On 29.11.2016 15:12, Steve Dower wrote: > I would much rather keep it in December, as I've already made scheduling > decisions around the planned

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.13 release dates

2016-11-29 Thread Matthias Klose
On 28.11.2016 20:38, Larry Hastings wrote: > On 11/28/2016 10:42 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote: >> Perhaps (un)related, is the release schedule for 3.5.3 set yet? (I'm holding >> off putting a new version of typing.py on typeshed until that's out.) > > Not set in stone, but I have a rough plan. I wa

Re: [Python-Dev] Tests breakage with latest openssl (issue28689)

2016-11-29 Thread Christian Heimes
On 2016-11-28 18:16, Charalampos Stratakis wrote: > Hi Christian and thanks for the fast reply, > > It's great to hear that the latest version is working fine. Do you have > anymore details on the fix/breakage? > > The latest commit at Fedora's rawhide openssl package is at [0]. Is it > missin

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.13 release dates

2016-11-29 Thread Steve Dower
I would much rather keep it in December, as I've already made scheduling decisions around the planned release date and there are fixes in 2.7.13 that I was expecting to be available by the end of the year. One month is highly impactful for me. Is this schedule change going to remove the month f

[Python-Dev] Last call for the Call For Proposals of PythonFOSDEM 2017

2016-11-29 Thread Stephane Wirtel
Because the deadline is imminent and because we have only received some proposals, we will extend the current deadline. The new submission deadline is 2016-12-18. Call For Proposals == This is the official call for sessions for the Python devroom at FOSDEM 2017. FOSDEM is the Fr

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.13 release dates

2016-11-29 Thread Benjamin Peterson
Okay, by popular demand, 2.7.13 now happens in January. I'm curious what people are planning to do to 2.7 with the extra 5 weeks. The 2.7 branch is a place to put occasional conservative bug fixes, which we aggregate and release every 6 months. It shouldn't really need special attention or become