Re: [Python-Dev] Move selected documentation repos to PSF BitBucket account?

2014-11-21 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > Like it or not, github is easily winning this race. Are you considering moving CPython development to Github? ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/l

Re: [Python-Dev] The Argument Clinic Derby is drawing to a close

2014-01-26 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 2:24 AM, Larry Hastings wrote: > > > The first release candidate of Python 3.4 will be tagged in about two weeks. > We need to be completely done with the Derby by then. And it's going to > take a while to review and iterate on the patches we've got. > > Therefore: I'm goi

Re: [Python-Dev] The end of 2.7

2013-04-07 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > For what is worth, we'll maintain the stdlib part of 2.7 past 2 years. You mean 2 years beyond 2015 (assuming that will be end-of-bugfix date)? PS: I only noticed you were talking about PyPy because I recognized your name; others won't.

Re: [Python-Dev] help with knowledge on how to find which release a fix will land in

2013-02-08 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Chris Withers wrote: > On 08/02/2013 11:17, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >> >> Le Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:58:36 +, >> Chris Withers a écrit : >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Where would I look to find out which release a fix for an issue >>> (http://bugs.python.org/issue15822 if

Re: [Python-Dev] help with knowledge on how to find which release a fix will land in

2013-02-08 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Chris Withers wrote: >> On 08/02/2013 11:17, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >>> >>> Le Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:58:36 +, >>> Chris Withers a écrit : >>>> >&

Re: [Python-Dev] Debian wheezy, amd64: make not finding files for bz2 and other packages

2012-05-05 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > This is likely  because you don't have dpkg-dev installed. http://bugs.python.org/issue13956 ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinf

Re: [Python-Dev] Debian wheezy, amd64: make not finding files for bz2 and other packages

2012-05-05 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
This is likely because you don't have dpkg-dev installed. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

[Python-Dev] suggestion regarding the contributor agreement form

2012-04-30 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
Hi, It's not very obvious that printing this page http://www.python.org/psf/contrib/contrib-form/ actually prints only the form. Can you rather offer a downloadable image/pdf. As an aside, on Chromium, it appears on 2 separate pages, when there's enough space on the first. ___

Re: [Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #11750: The Windows API functions scattered in the _subprocess and

2012-04-19 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 18:55, Guido van Rossum wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe > wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 17:51, Guido van Rossum wrote: >>> and I'm not sure we'd like to >>> accept code from convicted fellons (

Re: [Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #11750: The Windows API functions scattered in the _subprocess and

2012-04-19 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 17:51, Guido van Rossum wrote: > and I'm not sure we'd like to > accept code from convicted fellons (though I'd consider that a gray > area). This makes me curious... why would that be a problem at all (assuming the felony is not related to the computing field)? __

Re: [Python-Dev] Suggested addition to PEP 8 for context managers

2012-04-19 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
was sent to Barry-only by mistake On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 17:20, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 17:15, Barry Warsaw wrote: >> If I change that phrase to "Use your own judgement" does that help? > > I would prefer "This is a matter of tast

Re: [Python-Dev] Bug tracker outage

2012-03-29 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 19:47, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Am 27.03.2012 23:11, schrieb "Martin v. Löwis": >> Upfront hosting (Izak Burger) is going to do a Debian upgrade of the bug >> tracker machine "soon" (likely tomorrow). This may cause some outage, >> since there is a lot of custom stuff on

Re: [Python-Dev] regarding HTML mail

2012-03-20 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 20:20, Barry Warsaw wrote: >>Can we have some guideline to allow only plain text emails, so as to >>avoid cases like >>http://mail.python.org/pipermail/docs/2012-March/007999.html, where >>you are forced to scroll horizontally in order to read the text. > > docs is a differ

[Python-Dev] regarding HTML mail

2012-03-19 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
apology: I searched for a few minutes and could not find a code of conduct regarding HTML mail. Can we have some guideline to allow only plain text emails, so as to avoid cases like http://mail.python.org/pipermail/docs/2012-March/007999.html, where you are forced to scroll horizontally in order t

Re: [Python-Dev] Marking packaging-related PEPs as Finished after fixing some bugs in them

2012-02-27 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:40, Éric Araujo wrote: >  In PEP 386, the rule that versions using an 'rc' marker should sort > after 'c' is buggy: I don’t think anyone will disagree that 1.0rc1 == > 1.0c1 and 1.0rc1 < 1.0c2.  The 'rc' marker was added by Tarek shortly > before the PEP was accepted (se

Re: [Python-Dev] Status regarding Old vs. Advanced String Formating

2012-02-25 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 12:20, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> I find that strange, especially for an expert Python dev. I, a newbie, >> find it far friendlier (and easier for a new programmer to grasp). >> Maybe it's because I use it all the time, and you don't? > > That is most likely the case. You

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 413: Faster evolution of the Python Standard Library

2012-02-25 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 05:32, Matt Joiner wrote: > There are so many third party modules languishing because inferior forms > exist in the stdlib, and no centralized method for their recommendation and > discovery. That's interesting. Do you have a list of these? Maybe a blog post somewhere? ___

Re: [Python-Dev] Status regarding Old vs. Advanced String Formating

2012-02-25 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 02:20, wrote: > Zitat von Tshepang Lekhonkhobe : >> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 23:39, "Martin v. Löwis" >>> If that issue was getting serious, I would prefer if the .format method >>> was deprecated, and only % formatting was kept. >

Re: [Python-Dev] Status regarding Old vs. Advanced String Formating

2012-02-25 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 05:10, Ned Batchelder wrote: >  Has Python *ever* removed a feature except in X.0 releases? I thought this happens all the time, but with deprecations first. Is that not the case? ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org

Re: [Python-Dev] Status regarding Old vs. Advanced String Formating

2012-02-24 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 23:39, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> It is a burden for some people to learn and remember the exact details >> of both systems and exactly how they differ. Having both in the stdlib >> hurts readability for such people. I would prefer that the stdlib only >> used {} formattin

[Python-Dev] Status regarding Old vs. Advanced String Formating

2012-02-24 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
Hi, I was of the thought that Old String Formatting |"%s" % foo| was to be phased out by Advanced String Formatting |"{}.format(foo)|. I however keep seeing new code committed into the main VCS using the old style. Is this okay? Is there a policy? I ask also because I expect CPython to lead by exa