Re: [Python-Dev] Open issues for 2.4.1

2005-03-13 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Anthony Baxter wrote: Ok, I'm convinced - Martin, can you check this in? Done! Martin ___ 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/arch

new-style sxceptions (was Re: [Python-Dev] Open issues for 2.4.1)

2005-03-13 Thread Michael Hudson
Robey Pointer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (I've been lurking for a while but this is my first post. I maintain > paramiko and enjoy harrassing people on sourceforge to fix the > new-style Exception bug that vexes me. Nice to meet you all.) :) Well, hey, you can review my patch if you like:

Re: [Python-Dev] Open issues for 2.4.1

2005-03-13 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Sunday 13 March 2005 18:35, Robey Pointer wrote: > [on the os.access unicode fix] Ok, I'm convinced - Martin, can you check this in? -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing li

Re: [Python-Dev] Open issues for 2.4.1

2005-03-12 Thread Alex Martelli
On Mar 13, 2005, at 08:35, Robey Pointer wrote: In other words, I don't think that the argument "users may have written code to work around the bug" is a valid reason to not fix a bug. +1, as long as the bugfix doesn't break the workaround (and os.access's bug seems to meet this criterion). Ale

Re: [Python-Dev] Open issues for 2.4.1

2005-03-12 Thread Robey Pointer
Anthony Baxter wrote: So here's a list of open items I'm thinking about for the 2.4.1 release. - os.access handling unicode filenames I'm still thinking over whether this is going to cause more problems for people who find it works for some Python 2.4 and not others. I'm leaning towards s

Re: [Python-Dev] Open issues for 2.4.1

2005-03-12 Thread Tim Peters
[Anthony Baxter] > So here's a list of open items I'm thinking about for the 2.4.1 > release. > > [... sorry, but my editor automatically deletes all paragraphs > mentioning problems with Unicode ...] > - The unitest changes>Changes to unitest to fix subclassing broke Zope's >unittes

Re: [Python-Dev] Open issues for 2.4.1

2005-03-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Anthony Baxter wrote: I'm now pretty sure we need a 2.4.1rc2 for this week, and a 2.4.1 final the week after. There's been a few too many changes for my tastes to say that going straight to a 2.4.1 final is a prudent course of action. "The week after" will by the PyCon week, in which I won't be ab