[Python-Dev] How do I get commit access?

2009-02-27 Thread Chris Withers
Hi All, I want to work on these issues: http://bugs.python.org/issue1823 http://bugs.python.org/issue1874 ...and I'd also like to commit the patch I submitted with this one: http://bugs.python.org/issue1974 How do I go about getting commit access? When I do, I take it I work against the vers

Re: [Python-Dev] How do I get commit access?

2009-02-27 Thread Raymond Hettinger
[Chris Withers] I want to work on these issues: http://bugs.python.org/issue1823 http://bugs.python.org/issue1874 ...and I'd also like to commit the patch I submitted with this one: http://bugs.python.org/issue1974 Barry usually takes ownership of changes to the email package. Do you have p

Re: [Python-Dev] How do I get commit access?

2009-02-27 Thread Chris Withers
Raymond Hettinger wrote: [Chris Withers] I want to work on these issues: http://bugs.python.org/issue1823 http://bugs.python.org/issue1874 ...and I'd also like to commit the patch I submitted with this one: http://bugs.python.org/issue1974 Barry usually takes ownership of changes to the em

Re: [Python-Dev] How do I get commit access?

2009-02-27 Thread Raymond Hettinger
[Chris Withers] Barry usually takes ownership of changes to the email package. Do you have patches ready for him to review? Not yet for 1974, but given that I submitted a patch for this issue: http://bugs.python.org/issue4308 ...some months ago, and nothing has happened with it, I want to ge

Re: [Python-Dev] How do I get commit access?

2009-02-27 Thread Chris Withers
Raymond Hettinger wrote: Being proactive with that package probably means submitting patches and waiting. When there are active module maintainers, other contributors (including committers) generally refrain from committing semantic changes and defer to the package owner (effbot for ElementTre

Re: [Python-Dev] How do I get commit access?

2009-02-27 Thread Nick Coghlan
Chris Withers wrote: > But still, no answer to my original question... Largely, by being patient and waiting :) As to what you're actually waiting for - usually for an existing developer to suggest granting you commit privileges. The exact reasons an existing developer may suggest that are many a

Re: [Python-Dev] How do I get commit access?

2009-02-27 Thread Christian Heimes
Chris Withers wrote: > But still, no answer to my original question... Hey Chris, long time no see! Your question is covered by the developer FAQ http://python.org/dev/faq/#how-can-i-become-a-developer. You can get write privileges by providing a constant flow of good patches. Eventually you get

Re: [Python-Dev] How do I get commit access?

2009-02-27 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 27, 2009, at 4:08 AM, Chris Withers wrote: Raymond Hettinger wrote: [Chris Withers] I want to work on these issues: http://bugs.python.org/issue1823 http://bugs.python.org/issue1874 ...and I'd also like to commit the patch I submitted wit

Re: [Python-Dev] Instructions on using git mirror

2009-02-27 Thread Brad Miller
when I get to the step git svn fetch I get the following error: zsh-% git svn fetch Permission denied (publickey). Network connection closed unexpectedly: Connection closed unexpectedly at /opt/local/bin/git-svn line 1385 Is there a prerequisite that I get some kind of ssh key pair setup with th

Re: [Python-Dev] Instructions on using git mirror

2009-02-27 Thread Neil Schemenauer
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 08:36:08AM -0600, Brad Miller wrote: > when I get to the step git svn fetch I get the following error: > zsh-% git svn fetch > Permission denied (publickey). > Network connection closed unexpectedly: Connection closed unexpectedly at > /opt/local/bin/git-svn line 1385 > >

[Python-Dev] Fwd: require python rpms for fc8

2009-02-27 Thread shashidhar velagandula
-- Forwarded message -- From: shashidhar velagandula Date: Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:21 PM Subject: Fwd: require python rpms for fc8 To: python-dev@python.org -- Forwarded message -- From: Date: Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:38 PM Subject: require python rpms for fc8 To:

Re: [Python-Dev] How do I get commit access?

2009-02-27 Thread Chris Withers
Barry Warsaw wrote: Chris, are you going to be at Pycon? I'm sorry I haven't had time to review email package changes. I will try to take a look this weekend, but if you're going to be at Pycon perhaps we can find some sprinting time? Sure, I'm around for the whole conference once I'm done g

[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

2009-02-27 Thread Python tracker
ACTIVITY SUMMARY (02/20/09 - 02/27/09) Python 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. 2363 open (+33) / 14843 closed (+19) / 17206 total (+52) Open issues with patches: 825 Average

Re: [Python-Dev] Fwd: require python rpms for fc8

2009-02-27 Thread Aahz
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009, shashidhar velagandula wrote: > > [...] python-dev is the wrong place for this kind of question, please use comp.lang.python In addition, it's not even clear what your question is, please see http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com)

Re: [Python-Dev] How do I get commit access?

2009-02-27 Thread skip
Christian> CPython has a stricter policy than most other Python related Christian> projects. Indeed. I'd be willing to grant you checkin privileges for SpamBayes simply because because Christian recognized you and you seem willing to roll up your sleeves. Do you do Windows? Skip _

Re: [Python-Dev] Instructions on using git mirror

2009-02-27 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 27, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Neil Schemenauer wrote: On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 08:36:08AM -0600, Brad Miller wrote: when I get to the step git svn fetch I get the following error: zsh-% git svn fetch Permission denied (publickey). Network connectio

Re: [Python-Dev] Attention Bazaar mirror users

2009-02-27 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 25, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Mark Dickinson wrote: On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote: This is now done. Please let me know if you have any problems with the mirrors. Is the cron job that's supposed to update the bzr reposit

Re: [Python-Dev] Attention Bazaar mirror users

2009-02-27 Thread Mark Dickinson
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote: > On Feb 25, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Mark Dickinson wrote: >> Is the cron job that's supposed to update the bzr repository still >> running? > I think I have this fixed now.  The branch updater is running on dinsdale > now, but I'm currently staggerin

Re: [Python-Dev] Instructions on using git mirror

2009-02-27 Thread Brett Cannon
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:00, Barry Warsaw wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Feb 27, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Neil Schemenauer wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 08:36:08AM -0600, Brad Miller wrote: >> >>> when I get to the step git svn fetch I get the following error:

[Python-Dev] Patch Ready for review

2009-02-27 Thread Heracles
I have a patch submitted, with docs changes etc. The patch is to the curses library module, and adds support for color_set, addchstr, addchnstr, mvaddchstr, mvaddchnstr, mvwaddchstr, mvwaddchnstr, waddchstr, and waddchnstr. I am wondering what to expect next. How long will it be before it is ap

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding support to curses library

2009-02-27 Thread Heracles
Ok, I think I have followed the process and submitted the patch via bug tracker. I also note that you have made some minor changes to the issue. The patch is ready for review and feedback. Thanks for your help. A.M. Kuchling wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 01:52:29PM -0800, st...@inte

Re: [Python-Dev] Patch Ready for review

2009-02-27 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> I am wondering what to expect next. How long will it be before it is > applied etc. This is my first attempt to submit a patch to Python. Unfortunately, it may take any time between a day and five years, see below. > Also, does anyone know who the main person is for running changes to the > c

Re: [Python-Dev] draft 3.1 release schedule

2009-02-27 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Benjamin, > > You might also want to collect a list of serious changes that you want > > in this release; I know I/O in C is on the list (and without it I > > wouldn't consider it worth releasing) but there may be others. The > > developers of such features ought to be on board with delivering the

Re: [Python-Dev] draft 3.1 release schedule

2009-02-27 Thread Raymond Hettinger
> You might also want to collect a list of serious changes that you want > in this release; I know I/O in C is on the list (and without it I > wouldn't consider it worth releasing) but there may be others. The > developers of such features ought to be on board with delivering their > code before

Re: [Python-Dev] draft 3.1 release schedule

2009-02-27 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2009/2/27 Raymond Hettinger : > >>> > You might also want to collect a list of serious changes that you want >>> > in this release; I know I/O in C is on the list (and without it I >>> > wouldn't consider it worth releasing) but there may be others. The >>> > developers of such features ought to be

Re: [Python-Dev] Instructions on using git mirror

2009-02-27 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 27, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Brett Cannon wrote: Until we are willing to say these mirrors are not experimental all the instructions should probably go in the wiki. Where's a good place for this? I'm thinking three bullets under "Core Developm

Re: [Python-Dev] Instructions on using git mirror

2009-02-27 Thread David Ripton
On 2009.02.27 09:48:17 -0600, Neil Schemenauer wrote: > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 08:36:08AM -0600, Brad Miller wrote: > > when I get to the step git svn fetch I get the following error: > > zsh-% git svn fetch > > Permission denied (publickey). > > Network connection closed unexpectedly: Connection

Re: [Python-Dev] Instructions on using git mirror

2009-02-27 Thread Brett Cannon
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 14:19, Barry Warsaw wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Feb 27, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Brett Cannon wrote: > > Until we are willing to say these mirrors are not experimental all the >> instructions should probably go in the wiki. >> > > Where's a go

Re: [Python-Dev] draft 3.1 release schedule

2009-02-27 Thread Nick Coghlan
Benjamin Peterson wrote: > 2009/2/27 Raymond Hettinger : > You might also want to collect a list of serious changes that you want > in this release; I know I/O in C is on the list (and without it I > wouldn't consider it worth releasing) but there may be others. The > developers of

Re: [Python-Dev] draft 3.1 release schedule

2009-02-27 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2009/2/27 Nick Coghlan schrieb: > > I should have a PEP (and implementation) ready for alpha 2 to address > the current discrepancy between contextlib.nested and actual nested with > statements: > http://bugs.python.org/issue5251 > > If you do add a reference to that bug report to the release PEP,

Re: [Python-Dev] Duck-typing self

2009-02-27 Thread Sebastian Rittau
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:32:09PM +0100, Sebastian Rittau wrote: > I am curious why the following will not work in Python: > > class foo(object): > def bar(self): > print self.attr > > class duck(object): > attr = 3.14 > > foo.bar(duck()) Thanks to ever

[Python-Dev] Googlebot and the mail.python.org python-dev archive

2009-02-27 Thread Nick Coghlan
Is anyone else having trouble getting the python.org mail archive to turn up in Google searches for python-dev messages? I prefer to use that archive rather than one of the multitude of 3rd party archives when linking posts from PEPs and tracker issues, but for the last few weeks I've had to go fi

Re: [Python-Dev] Googlebot and the mail.python.org python-dev archive

2009-02-27 Thread Guido van Rossum
I think the better syntax would be to add site:mail.python.org to the query, but you're right, that doesn't seem to find recent messages. Maybe the absence of a robots.txt file on mail.python.org could be a partial explanation? (Disclaimer: I may work for Google, and Google's first crawler may hav

Re: [Python-Dev] Instructions on using git mirror

2009-02-27 Thread Zvezdan Petkovic
On Feb 27, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Brett Cannon wrote: We should probably put these, and the Mercurial information on the python.org website, perhaps as siblings of the Bazaar information. Or maybe it should all move to the wiki. Until we are willing to say these mirrors are not experimental all

Re: [Python-Dev] Instructions on using git mirror

2009-02-27 Thread Neil Schemenauer
David Ripton wrote: > I don't see any point to using Neil's complicated dual-remote git + > git-svn setup if you don't have commit access. Good point. I will write another, hopefully simpler, set of instructions for read-only access. Neil ___ Pytho