Re: [Python-Dev] Upcoming 2.5.2 release

2008-02-01 Thread Jaroslav Pachola
It would be very nice if http://bugs.python.org/issue1692335 fix was included in 2.5.2. The patch exists, have been tested, reviewed by Georg Brandl, who says he needs some other developer to review the patches (there is a separate patch for 2.6). Could please someone look at the issue and help

Re: [Python-Dev] Tracker marks my messages as spam :-)

2008-02-01 Thread Nicko van Someren
Perhaps it has to do with the low signal to noise ratio of your messages... Nicko On 31 Jan 2008, at 10:07, Jesus Cea wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > This will be my last email today, I don't want to waste (more of) your *valuable* time. > >

Re: [Python-Dev] Upcoming 2.5.2 release

2008-02-01 Thread Gregory P. Smith
On 1/31/08, Christian Heimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jesus Cea wrote: > > My guess is that 2.5 branch is still open to more patches than pure > > security/stability patches, so "backporting" BerkeleyDB 4.6 support > > seems reasonable (to me). If I'm wrong, please educate me :-). > > I think

[Python-Dev] Summary of Tracker Issues

2008-02-01 Thread Tracker
ACTIVITY SUMMARY (01/25/08 - 02/01/08) Tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue number. Do NOT respond to this message. 1680 open (+31) / 12172 closed (+21) / 13852 total (+52) Open issues with patches: 434 Average durati

Re: [Python-Dev] Tracker marks my messages as spam :-)

2008-02-01 Thread Jeffrey Yasskin
On Feb 1, 2008 6:43 AM, Nicko van Someren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps it has to do with the low signal to noise ratio of your > messages... That was a little uncalled for. Be polite. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.

Re: [Python-Dev] Tracker marks my messages as spam :-)

2008-02-01 Thread Steve Holden
Jeffrey Yasskin wrote: > On Feb 1, 2008 6:43 AM, Nicko van Someren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Perhaps it has to do with the low signal to noise ratio of your >> messages... > > That was a little uncalled for. Be polite. I don't believe it was at all impolite: It was a literal observation of a

Re: [Python-Dev] Tracker marks my messages as spam :-)

2008-02-01 Thread Guido van Rossum
No. The message Jesus added to the tracer was, in its entirety: """ Oracle confirms the issue. They will provide a patch. """ That's just small, but has a high S/N ratio. The contents of Jesus' email has nothing to do with this issue. On Feb 1, 2008 10:37 AM, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Python-Dev] Tracker marks my messages as spam :-)

2008-02-01 Thread Nicko van Someren
On 1 Feb 2008, at 18:37, Steve Holden wrote: > Jeffrey Yasskin wrote: >> On Feb 1, 2008 6:43 AM, Nicko van Someren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Perhaps it has to do with the low signal to noise ratio of your >>> messages... >> >> That was a little uncalled for. Be polite. > > I don't believe it

[Python-Dev] Python on non IEEE-754 platforms: plea for information.

2008-02-01 Thread Mark Dickinson
A request for information: What non IEEE 754 platforms exist that people care about running Python 2.6, Python 3.0 and higher on? By non IEEE 754 platform, I mean a platform where either the C double is not the usual 64-bit IEEE floating-point format, or where the C double is IEEE format but the p

Re: [Python-Dev] Python on non IEEE-754 platforms: plea for information.

2008-02-01 Thread Christian Heimes
Mark Dickinson wrote: > At the other end of the spectrum are embedded devices and cellphones. Here > I have no idea what the situation is at all---any information would be > valuable. I know two mobile phone platforms for Python: Nokia S60 and Pippy for Palm. I haven't had time to study Python on

Re: [Python-Dev] Python on non IEEE-754 platforms: plea for information.

2008-02-01 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> What non IEEE 754 platforms exist that people care about running Python > 2.6, Python 3.0 and higher on? VMS, that's even supported to some degree in the source tree, and OS/390 (aka z/OS); patches to support it have been rejected, but people will likely maintain a fork themselves. > The major

Re: [Python-Dev] Python on non IEEE-754 platforms: plea for information.

2008-02-01 Thread Christian Heimes
Mark Dickinson wrote: > At the other end of the spectrum are embedded devices and cellphones. Here > I have no idea what the situation is at all---any information would be > valuable. I spoke to Mikko Ohtamaa (Moo-- on #pys60) and he gave me the name of a Nokia developer and this link http://disc

Re: [Python-Dev] Python on non IEEE-754 platforms: plea for information.

2008-02-01 Thread Mark Dickinson
On Feb 1, 2008 7:56 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mostly. For VAX, there exist two double formats: the D format, and the > G format - not sure whether you counted them as two. > I didn't. Thanks. > They run Linux, so yes. Notice that other people also run Python on z/OS. >

Re: [Python-Dev] Python on non IEEE-754 platforms: plea for information.

2008-02-01 Thread Neal Norwitz
On Feb 1, 2008 2:52 PM, Mark Dickinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The IBM format is particularly troublesome because > it's base 16 instead of base 2 (so e.g. multiplying a float by 2 can lose > bits), but it appears that recent IBM machines do both IBM format and IEEE > format floating-point.

Re: [Python-Dev] Python on non IEEE-754 platforms: plea for information.

2008-02-01 Thread Mark Dickinson
On Feb 1, 2008 8:04 PM, Christian Heimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I spoke to Mikko Ohtamaa (Moo-- on #pys60) and he gave me the name of a > Nokia developer and this link > http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97263. I > already contacted the developer and asked him to reply

Re: [Python-Dev] Python on non IEEE-754 platforms: plea for information.

2008-02-01 Thread Jeffrey Yasskin
On Feb 1, 2008 6:31 PM, Neal Norwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 1, 2008 2:52 PM, Mark Dickinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The IBM format is particularly troublesome because > > it's base 16 instead of base 2 (so e.g. multiplying a float by 2 can lose > > bits), but it appears that re

Re: [Python-Dev] Tracker marks my messages as spam :-)

2008-02-01 Thread skip
Guido> """ Guido> Oracle confirms the issue. They will provide a patch. Guido> """ Guido> That's just small, but has a high S/N ratio. The contents of Jesus' Guido> email has nothing to do with this issue. As Martin pointed out, small messages tend to get classified as eith