[Python-Dev] what is the significance of "plat-linux2" in the python build process?

2011-08-05 Thread Robert P. J. Day
(note: i'm not a python dev subscriber so please make sure you CC me with any advice and i'm hoping this desperate plea for assistance is at least enough on-point for this list that someone can help me out. and, yes, this is rather verbose but i wanted to supply all of the relevant details in

Re: [Python-Dev] what is the significance of "plat-linux2" in the python build process?

2011-08-05 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 09:01:01 -0400 (EDT) "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > > this build process works just fine for everyone else on the planet > but it fails for me because i'm doing something apparently no one else > has tried -- i'm running a (hand-rolled) linux 3.x kernel on my build > host and it

[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

2011-08-05 Thread Python tracker
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Re: [Python-Dev] cpython (2.7): note Ellipsis syntax

2011-08-05 Thread Chris Withers
On 31/07/2011 07:47, Raymond Hettinger wrote: It's really nice for stub functions: def foo(x): ... I guess pass is too pass-é? ;-) Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Batch Processing & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk _

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: #11572: improvements to copy module tests along with removal of old test suite

2011-08-05 Thread Jim Jewett
Why was the old test suite removed? Even if everything is covered by the test file (and that isn't clear from this checkin), I don't see anything wrong with a quick test that doesn't require loading the whole testing apparatus. (I would have no objection to including a comment saying that the maj

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: #11572: improvements to copy module tests along with removal of old test suite

2011-08-05 Thread Sandro Tosi
Hi Jim, On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 23:55, Jim Jewett wrote: > Why was the old test suite removed? > > Even if everything is covered by the test file (and that isn't clear > from this checkin), I don't see anything wrong with a quick test that > doesn't require loading the whole testing apparatus.  (I

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: #11572: improvements to copy module tests along with removal of old test suite

2011-08-05 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 17:55:33 -0400 Jim Jewett wrote: > Why was the old test suite removed? > > Even if everything is covered by the test file (and that isn't clear > from this checkin), I don't see anything wrong with a quick test that > doesn't require loading the whole testing apparatus. (I wou