Re: [Python-Dev] Where is our official policy of what platforms we do support?

2014-05-18 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 15.05.14 16:20, schrieb Skip Montanaro: > On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >> We already have such buildbots, they are in the "unstable" category. >> You can browse through existing buildbots here: >> https://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/ > > I can't see how to distinguish

Re: [Python-Dev] Where is our official policy of what platforms we do support?

2014-05-18 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 14.05.14 16:28, schrieb Barry Warsaw: > On May 14, 2014, at 02:20 PM, Brett Cannon wrote: > >> Do we want an official policy written down in a PEP (yes, I can write it)? >> Should I keep closing these patches and saying that we are not adding >> support for new operating systems and be hand-wav

[Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 2.7.7 release candidate 1

2014-05-18 Thread Benjamin Peterson
Greetings Python users, Python 2.7.7 release candidate 1 is now available for download. Python 2.7.7 is a regularly scheduled bugfix release for the Python 2.7 series. The 2.7.7 release contains fixes for two severe, if arcane, potential security vulnerabilities. The first was the possibility of re

[Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote: > Greetings Python users, > Python 2.7.7 release candidate 1 is now available for download. [...] > > http://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/e32e3a9f3902/Misc/NEWS > So what became of PEP 466? This Misc/NEWS only mentions hmac.compare_d

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On Sun, May 18, 2014, at 18:53, Guido van Rossum wrote: > On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Benjamin Peterson > wrote: > > > Greetings Python users, > > Python 2.7.7 release candidate 1 is now available for download. [...] > > > > http://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/e32e3a9f3902/Misc/NEWS > >

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On Sun, May 18, 2014, at 18:53, Guido van Rossum wrote: > On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Benjamin Peterson > wrote: > > > Greetings Python users, > > Python 2.7.7 release candidate 1 is now available for download. [...] > > > > http://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/e32e3a9f3902/Misc/NEWS > >

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On Sun, May 18, 2014, at 18:53, Guido van Rossum wrote: > On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Benjamin Peterson > wrote: > > > Greetings Python users, > > Python 2.7.7 release candidate 1 is now available for download. [...] > > > > http://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/e32e3a9f3902/Misc/NEWS > >

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Donald Stufft
On May 18, 2014, at 9:53 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Benjamin Peterson > wrote: > Greetings Python users, > Python 2.7.7 release candidate 1 is now available for download. [...] > > http://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/e32e3a9f3902/Misc/NEWS > > So wha

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Guido van Rossum
Thanks for the update, Donald. Did anyone get any help from Red Hat or other distros? On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Donald Stufft wrote: > > On May 18, 2014, at 9:53 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > > On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote: > >> Greetings Python users, >> Pyt

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Donald Stufft
Well I believe Alex did what he did during his work day @ Rackspace. Distros specifically I don’t believe so, although both Alex and myself agreed that it made sense for the SSL changes to wait until after the other changes since it was the largest and most complicated. I think that’s the one wh

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Guido van Rossum
At the very least PEP 466 needs to be updated to admit the failure -- it would be a shame if people read the PEP and assumed the promised features actually landed in 2.7.7 (which the PEP explicitly lists). ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 19 May 2014 12:35, Guido van Rossum wrote: > At the very least PEP 466 needs to be updated to admit the failure -- it > would be a shame if people read the PEP and assumed the promised features > actually landed in 2.7.7 (which the PEP explicitly lists). Will do - I'll update that to reference

[Python-Dev] Merge conflicts from unmerged 3.4 commits, what do I do?

2014-05-18 Thread Terry Reedy
An hour ago, I pulled recent commits to my local repository. I edited a couple of files, wrote commit messages, and pulled again, nothing new. I then did the usual: commit 2.7, commit 3.4, merge to 3.5. Problem: merge conflicts from 6 files I have never touched. Include/patchlevel.h Lib/distuti

Re: [Python-Dev] Merge conflicts from unmerged 3.4 commits, what do I do?

2014-05-18 Thread Raymond Hettinger
On May 19, 2014, at 5:52 AM, Terry Reedy wrote: > I stopped at this point and ran diskcheck. I then looked at the DAG and > noticed 5 previous 3.4 patches that were not merged into 3.5: rev 90750 and > 90751, Larry Hastings, 2 weeks ago!, rev > 90752 and 90753 by Larry a day ago, and 90755 by

Re: [Python-Dev] Merge conflicts from unmerged 3.4 commits, what do I do?

2014-05-18 Thread Terry Reedy
On 5/19/2014 1:31 AM, Raymond Hettinger wrote: On May 19, 2014, at 5:52 AM, Terry Reedy mailto:tjre...@udel.edu>> wrote: I stopped at this point and ran diskcheck. I then looked at the DAG and noticed 5 previous 3.4 patches that were not merged into 3.5: rev 90750 and 90751, Larry Hastings, 2

Re: [Python-Dev] Merge conflicts from unmerged 3.4 commits, what do I do?

2014-05-18 Thread Larry Hastings
On 05/18/2014 10:31 PM, Raymond Hettinger wrote: On May 19, 2014, at 5:52 AM, Terry Reedy > wrote: I stopped at this point and ran diskcheck. I then looked at the DAG and noticed 5 previous 3.4 patches that were not merged into 3.5: rev 90750 and 90751, Larry Hasting