Re: [Python-Dev] Convention on functions that shadow existing stdlib functions

2011-07-29 Thread Barry Warsaw
of sync. It's hard enough to keep stdlib code and stdlib docs in sync, but I think it will be even harder to keep stdlib code in sync with devguide documentation. It will also be harder to know what version of the devguide corresponds to what

Re: [Python-Dev] Convention on functions that shadow existing stdlib functions

2011-07-29 Thread Barry Warsaw
t's an internal implementation detail. Then you can remove the entire section from the stdlib docs and just document it in the code. -Barry signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mai

Re: [Python-Dev] Convention on functions that shadow existing stdlib functions

2011-07-29 Thread Barry Warsaw
want it versioned along side Python, >but I still don't see why that would be a problem. +1 -Barry signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsu

Re: [Python-Dev] Convention on functions that shadow existing stdlib functions

2011-07-30 Thread Barry Warsaw
27;m objecting to moving documentation for code to a different repo than the code. If/when the stdlib is split out (which I support), then the documentation should go with it. Cheers, -Barry signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Python-Dev mailing li

Re: [Python-Dev] The docs, reloaded

2007-05-21 Thread Barry Warsaw
y used for third party applications. Mailman uses howtos for example. BTW, Georg excellent work. I'm a big latex fan and long-time user, but I do think that using reST will open the door to a lot more contributions. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4

Re: [Python-Dev] The docs, reloaded

2007-05-22 Thread Barry Warsaw
ed to build the documentation properly installed. A pure-Python solution, even a lesser one, would be a win if we can still produce top quality online and written documentation from one source. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRlMC7XEjvBPtnXf

Re: [Python-Dev] nodef

2007-05-23 Thread Barry Warsaw
built-ins because any built-in could potentially be a value in a mapping or a default argument. Have some super-secret module global instantiated just for the purpose prevents that. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRlTf

Re: [Python-Dev] removing use of mimetools, multifile, and rfc822

2007-05-31 Thread Barry Warsaw
gs can finally go in. +1 for deprecating these. I don't have time to slog through the stdlib and do the work, but I would be happy to help answer questions about alternatives. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwU

Re: [Python-Dev] Python for embedding?

2007-07-07 Thread Barry Warsaw
gt; implementation of > current python. Thanks. There is also the new C/API sig: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/capi-sig - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRo+XZHEjvBPtnXfVAQLjlwP/bv88BGiPr/A9jxFEHuiscCb1viEelnA9 R6zHiWHt4JkeR65P8Vtc20Ev+rigm

Re: [Python-Dev] Subversion branch merging

2007-07-13 Thread Barry Warsaw
sier for the core to review and accept contributions. diffs are so 20th century. :) - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRpeZYnEjvBPtnXfVAQL0ugQArei77bNsmv1hdrfs6RGinNiBdhNvSet8 vprjc3JgdV0iBltSX2KvHj+xOEd49ImDtKSws1uQNDLzIGMzv65/P03d3udwd2fy Vr

Re: [Python-Dev] Subversion branch merging

2007-07-13 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jul 13, 2007, at 11:25 AM, Barry Warsaw wrote: > I'll see if I can set up some public bzr mirrors of our svn > repository for people to try it out. Or you could just use the bzr- > svn plugin to get a local repository. Silly me

Re: [Python-Dev] Subversion branch merging

2007-07-13 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jul 13, 2007, at 11:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Barry> diffs are so 20th century. :) > > How do you compare two versions of something without some sort of > diff? Well okay, you caught me being flippant. :) Sure, you v

Re: [Python-Dev] Subversion branch merging

2007-07-13 Thread Barry Warsaw
ssary IIUC). Having access is easy. Self-publishing might not be something people want to do (it's certainly not something I want to do), but that's not a requirement. - -Barry [1] <http://www.launchpad.net> which is a service provided by Canonical. Full disclosure: I w

Re: [Python-Dev] Subversion branch merging

2007-07-13 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jul 13, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Facundo Batista wrote: > 2007/7/13, Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> with merges. This means the end of posting patches because instead >> what you would do is post the url to a branch

Re: [Python-Dev] Subversion branch merging

2007-07-13 Thread Barry Warsaw
OnPureWindows There's also a Tortoise-like extension available: http://bazaar-vcs.org/TortoiseBzr - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRpfckHEjvBPtnXfVAQKArwP/aS20z5EcNT7GJSMepCORo34tE5SpF1g/ OMvRTervNDuUmjulgAHM9w9Chi3lOibM6eX0nJ8kHHzoaPrFDQkzh1/Gc+OZqfSA

Re: [Python-Dev] Two spaces or one?

2007-07-24 Thread Barry Warsaw
quot;should" in PEP 9 would encourage but not enforce consistency, and I think that would be fine. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRqXs7nEjvBPtnXfVAQLZWAP/UGGslCnGukFXJOvXoOyQE34baFAxKEyY NmXmZnpGfnhNOgASG1zxpAzPd6PtHQUMzwk0FXwlHVHpwg9Lb+IxFGZ

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Universal newlines support in Python 3.0

2007-08-14 Thread Barry Warsaw
d have been perfect, I think, if I could have opened the file in text mode so that read() gave me strings, with universal newlines and preservation of line endings (i.e. no translation to \n). - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Python 3000 Sprint @ Google

2007-08-15 Thread Barry Warsaw
an awesome sprint topic . - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRsPVQnEjvBPtnXfVAQIp9QP/Y9DCqvBdbDdVvTQp8gt4so2HW/AqRyZU IF3SI/rrzMneslZRbU9PBlKbhq7oE/zwThpPss73W+64CoF2Z7N2dEGJJZncp+RK bo1jyzG2bituz1ZqXRFW8t373XAWLrMusABXNAD5Ypfd1PfbmziFaa6ttyu2jl5O 4QWxPaw4qU

Re: [Python-Dev] summaries not arriving

2007-09-10 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sep 10, 2007, at 1:30 AM, Paul Dubois wrote: > The weekly summaries from the new bug tracker are disappearing > somewhere > between the tracker and python-dev. My attempt to post one by hand was > rejected by python-dev-owner (

Re: [Python-Dev] summaries not arriving

2007-09-10 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sep 10, 2007, at 1:43 AM, Anthony Baxter wrote: > On Monday 10 September 2007, Paul Dubois wrote: >> As a small boy I once knew wrote, I must not use bad words. (:-> > > It's OK to use them about Barry, though, surely? >

Re: [Python-Dev] adding a "test" fork to a setup.py package

2007-09-11 Thread Barry Warsaw
regrtest. The standalone package has a testall script, but that should really be converted to nosetests or some such. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRubgtXEjvBPtnXfVAQIGJgP/aeCOlybJj0sA3k6WOWMCOhugggLHHtO2 lu5v7hZZG5nqe5iApwxjbiyl

Re: [Python-Dev] SSL-protected server on python.org for testing?

2007-09-12 Thread Barry Warsaw
.org somewhere. Are there > any HTTPS servers, or SSL-protected POP or IMAP servers, currently > running on python.org already that I could use? The "use" is an SSL > handshake with the server, once or twice per test run. svn.python.org? - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE--

Re: [Python-Dev] base64 -- should b64encode introduce line breaks?

2007-09-14 Thread Barry Warsaw
or arguments). I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to new functions that did the line splitting, but ideally, you could design an API that provided that behavior for any of the existing alternatives in the base64 module, without duplicating them all. It's not clear to me how you&#

Re: [Python-Dev] base64 -- should b64encode introduce line breaks?

2007-09-14 Thread Barry Warsaw
ding a utility > function, wrap_lines(), or some such to the module would suffice. Does anything in textwrap already do the trick? If not, that might be the best place to refactor similar code to. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRurm8HEjvBPtn

Re: [Python-Dev] base64 -- should b64encode introduce line breaks?

2007-09-14 Thread Barry Warsaw
s to remember that for Py3k's email package. ;) - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRusNRnEjvBPtnXfVAQIpNgP/SosDYX/GDMolxcv3U2WrGzMjQa+gd8ai J/Oaw2vdSf8H84eU9ziKaWHQtK0obS9XrnUTLUDyfAKObNffZVvldG1KUV9vAKhr 3JuNJ3xiIk7RKXdkKd5mA7SXXqRd80NVN26Za0H8b

Re: [Python-Dev] Does Python need a file locking module (slightly higher level)?

2007-10-22 Thread Barry Warsaw
be interested in, but it is, or can be, mostly de-Mailmanized for use as a general library module. In the particular use case it is designed for, it's been quite stable for many years. Essentially it provides an NFS-safe lock file implementation. - -Barry http://codebrowse.launc

Re: [Python-Dev] Does Python need a file locking module (slightly higher level)?

2007-10-25 Thread Barry Warsaw
e them in the stdlib, we could put them all in a package and let the user decide which features they need. I'm still planning on de-Mailman-ifying LockFile.py sometime soon. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRyFh4XEjvBPtnXfVAQIAgwQAk0Hf8df6zVGE0sMEfDGF

Re: [Python-Dev] Does Python need a file locking module (slightly higher level)?

2007-10-29 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Oct 26, 2007, at 4:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Barry> I don't think any one solution will work for everybody. > I'm not > Barry> even sure we can define a common API a la the DBAPI, but if > B

Re: [Python-Dev] Declaring setters with getters

2007-10-31 Thread Barry Warsaw
of support, it could be implemented by this afternoon! > (and backported to 2.4 within a week. ;-) I know you're joking about the backporting. Neal, no sneaking this into 2.5.2 now! :) BTW, +1 on this. I like Fred's suggestion of property.set(). - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [Python-Dev] Declaring setters with getters

2007-11-01 Thread Barry Warsaw
if I had approved of that technique I would have > adopted one long ago. It's also not as if you're writing some string value the second time, so any typos in the name will be caught early on. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRyoLjnEjvB

Re: [Python-Dev] [poll] New name for __builtins__

2007-11-28 Thread Barry Warsaw
orks fine for me too. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR02gvXEjvBPtnXfVAQJ4CQP+MuBSyL13DwLjFPon4l/lSXEBEa2XZ40U LZMB/KF+VpgV8dNz/f1Bv7FA9pc/cIAU7qKKP8/vdAFQkkIPZhKzAgLlpBiOmK47 muNGYT5GsczfgM90/vzNqi2JQ8hWxpR/DIB+/59u2p/2zrADSdhVARt3tmJfivhI 9OY1e4VZk

Re: [Python-Dev] [poll] New name for __builtins__

2007-11-29 Thread Barry Warsaw
ould be called __bruce__. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR07aaXEjvBPtnXfVAQLlawQApbUkTl9BHm31evewnpn8OCqpz5RM4k6N f4wfJ2HIZgDrFVkQLnBvWKp1t4b+HD+VGYHWxZgAjJ6+CFCFklkhOvxuDoyphuVu bJLxUMrkra9PyM4Mrs6O8lc+z0YyqW/gGyEqtkXu/YVDK8bcEtVo6vQg9cjbtfSj a7TLnkoBdUk=

Re: [Python-Dev] [poll] New name for __builtins__

2007-11-30 Thread Barry Warsaw
s__ > alone and rename the __builtin__ module instead. Hi Guido, I saw it, and I like that change much better! There's no real need to underscorify the module name. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR1CaVnEjvBPtnXfVAQJk6Q

Re: [Python-Dev] Syntax suggestion for imports

2008-01-02 Thread Barry Warsaw
a bit heavier, that would be much better. I tend to agree. The little bit of syntactic sugar doesn't really seem worth it. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR3xT9nEjvBPtnXfVAQIX/QQAmg9RczTAxHUe3qsry3F9DcUQZX32C9HS VMETbSnoVS0Xrdm5J7cCYqjpHlPXLKRoF

Re: [Python-Dev] pkgutil, pkg_resource and Python 3.0 name space packages

2008-01-07 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jan 7, 2008, at 9:01 AM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > We could easily resolve that issue, if we add a per-user site-packages > dir to sys.path in site.py (this is already done for Macs). +1. I've advocated that for years. - -Barry ---

Re: [Python-Dev] pkgutil, pkg_resource and Python 3.0 name space packages

2008-01-07 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jan 7, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > On Jan 7, 2008 6:32 AM, Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Jan 7, 2008, at 9:01 AM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >>> We could easily resolve that issue, i

Re: [Python-Dev] pkgutil, pkg_resource and Python 3.0 name space packages

2008-01-07 Thread Barry Warsaw
moved. >> >> I think that's all that's needed. It would make playing with >> easy_install/setuptools nicer to have this. > > Assuming that this is a true "site" directory (i.e., .pth files are > recognized), then yes. IMO, it should b

Re: [Python-Dev] pkgutil, pkg_resource and Python 3.0 name space packages

2008-01-07 Thread Barry Warsaw
gt; resources as well, e.g. an optional sys.path lookup cache (pickled > dictionary of known package/module file locations to reduces Python > startup time). Sure, why not? - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR4KTn3EjvBPtnXfVAQLQlAP/R887WX0k3VNPoiyVs3qer

Re: [Python-Dev] pkgutil, pkg_resource and Python 3.0 name space packages

2008-01-09 Thread Barry Warsaw
in use by various > systems > / people, so it would fit in better with existing practice. I like the former path. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR4VoJ3EjvBPtnXfVAQK9zQP/dup8RHQha0v9ZkYee+L5/8/fhvIHBEoP MGkBxZUv79SmtnY4WWovS66NYAu

Re: [Python-Dev] Backporting PEP 3101 to 2.6

2008-01-10 Thread Barry Warsaw
t;> was >> pretty easy, because everything was unicode. > > Since this is a new feature, why bother with strings at all > (even in 2.6) ? > > Use Unicode throughout and be done with it. +1 - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR4

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP: per user site-packages directory

2008-01-14 Thread Barry Warsaw
, unless you > like > my ideas and have specific questions, I will try to refrain from > commenting further, lest I dig my own bike shed here :). I feel pretty strongly that ~/bin should *not* be used. It makes sense to me that ~/.local would mirror /usr/local. - -Barry -B

Re: [Python-Dev] Upcoming 2.4.5 and 2.3.7 releases

2008-01-28 Thread Barry Warsaw
changes in. I mean, a vendor is going to cherry pick the ones they want anyway, so let's just make it easy for them to do this. That might mean publishing the svn logs a long with the source release, or publishing each diff and log message separately. I would be bummed to rollback the

Re: [Python-Dev] Upcoming 2.4.5 and 2.3.7 releases

2008-01-28 Thread Barry Warsaw
il package from these branches, so that means that email 3.0.3 or 2.5.10 will have regressions. Unless you're offering to also re-apply these changes after you make the Python releases . -Barry ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http:/

Re: [Python-Dev] Upcoming 2.4.5 and 2.3.7 releases

2008-01-28 Thread Barry Warsaw
to be clear it's a different branch. 4.1.0 would be a fine number even if it's mostly just a bookkeeping trick. > Please let me know what you think. What do you think of the above? Thanks! - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUB

Re: [Python-Dev] Upcoming 2.4.5 and 2.3.7 releases

2008-01-29 Thread Barry Warsaw
try to get to this today. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR58c+nEjvBPtnXfVAQI1XgP/S9YUtkAC/x77alsmBYXtaoGZNrQ/QvtR bziE1zzQ/Luexe9nt41JEaSbVyWb1dw0KZvpoDzqhqbLfhYAXCvJVFIlbw0U94bh pf1G42L3U1YauzzUQL1Q9g0IT4jRMc3D3G8hwX4iOECEW8uHla9uAiqSl5r/V5af K8BcRt

Re: [Python-Dev] Upcoming 2.4.5 and 2.3.7 releases

2008-01-29 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jan 29, 2008, at 1:01 AM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: >> What do you think of the above? > > Sounds fine to me. I won't touch this then for the moment, > please let me know when you are done rearranging things. All done! Thanks.

Re: [Python-Dev] Any Emacs tips for core developers?

2008-02-04 Thread Barry Warsaw
s. It basically tracks pdb prompts in a shell buffer so it makes it really easy to just add a break point, run your code from the command line, and get dual-window tracing from the shell. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR6d4gHEjvB

Re: [Python-Dev] Any Emacs tips for core developers?

2008-02-04 Thread Barry Warsaw
eep maintaining python-mode.el and I intend to update its syntax highlighting for Python 3 at some point. But for the most part, it just works well enough for me. The reason there are two Python modes is the same reason there is FSF Emacs and XEmacs . - -Barry

Re: [Python-Dev] Any Emacs tips for core developers?

2008-02-04 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 4, 2008, at 5:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Barry> The reason there are two Python modes is the same reason > there is >Barry> FSF Emacs and XEmacs . > > I remember something about some GNU perso

Re: [Python-Dev] Any Emacs tips for core developers?

2008-02-04 Thread Barry Warsaw
elopment? > >Brett> Usually the core has keywords, built-ins, etc. that have > not been >Brett> pushed to the release versions for various editors. > > Ah, okay. Barry mentioned something about adjusting the python-mode > syntax > tables to include Python 3.

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-21 Thread Barry Warsaw
you have to do a bunch of manual crud to support these guidelines. I recommend removing the guideline of 72 characters, and just say everything, code, comments, and docstrings should be no wider than 79 characters. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Versio

[Python-Dev] Python 2.6 and 3.0

2008-02-22 Thread Barry Warsaw
lease the last Friday of every month. For the alphas, it's basically what's in svn. This gives us some time to experiment with the process out and see if we like it enough to keep it going through the betas and final releases. Comments? - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-22 Thread Barry Warsaw
e case. I agree >> with >> Amaury. > > -1. There's just no way that 78 is enforceable. At Google, sticking to > 80 is a continuous battle, and we use 2-space indents! At my last job, I had a hard enough time getting people to stick with / any/ limit! I ev

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-22 Thread Barry Warsaw
>> enough to >> view it without wrapping. > > Yes, but svn/cvs diff is a particularly common use case. I agree with > Amaury. My main concern is that we have only one line length limit for everything. If we want that to be 78 or 72 or whatever, okay (though I still think 7

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-22 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Why should docstrings and comments be limited to 72 characters when >> code is limited

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r60919 - peps/trunk/pep-0008.txt

2008-02-22 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:33 PM, Ron Adam wrote: > Barry Warsaw wrote: > >> Why should docstrings and comments be limited to 72 characters when >> code is limited to 79 characters? I ask because there is an ongoing >> debate

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Python 2.6 and 3.0

2008-02-24 Thread Barry Warsaw
e release going to make more sense than > doing binary builds? It very well might. See Christian Heimes's follow up re: Windows builds. OTOH, I'm okay if at least for the alphas, the binary builds lag behind the source releases, though I'd like to get the process as streaml

Re: [Python-Dev] February bug day outcome

2008-02-25 Thread Barry Warsaw
nd few people not at PyCon will be available >> during >> the work week. OTOH, if we scheduled a bug day for the 29th, that's >> two weeks after the conference, and we may have recovered from our >> PyCon burnout at that point. What do people think? > > I'd r

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.6 and 3.0

2008-02-25 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 24, 2008, at 9:19 AM, Christian Heimes wrote: > Barry Warsaw wrote: >> I'd also like for us to consider doing regular monthly releases. >> Several other FLOSS projects I'm involved with are doing this to very >>

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Python 2.6 and 3.0

2008-02-25 Thread Barry Warsaw
ce releases, though I'd like to get the >> process as streamlined as possible. > > I can continue to provide Windows binaries if desired. Great, thanks! - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR8MuDXEjvBPtnXfVAQJeJwP/R8MMAhOsyRtpxIIS

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.6 and 3.0 ...and applink.c?

2008-02-25 Thread Barry Warsaw
Windows machines so really have no way of testing this either. Maybe one of the other Windows gurus on this list can answer the question. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR8NFB3EjvBPtnXfVAQKZ1wP8Dv1aMdcbLM2NqpbWDdZLoeL7+91zVfTk

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.6 and 3.0

2008-02-26 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 25, 2008, at 7:11 PM, Christian Heimes wrote: > Barry Warsaw wrote: >> From the follow ups, it sounds like others can pitch in here. A >> question though: is it reasonable to hold up the monthly release >> because &g

[Python-Dev] Buildbot health (was Re: February bug day outcome)

2008-02-26 Thread Barry Warsaw
st_profile fail consistently for me on x86 Ubuntu Gutsy and Intel OS X 10.5.2. It looks like the buildbots are failing here too -- does anybody have time to fix these two tests? - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR8QaeXEj

Re: [Python-Dev] Buildbots for trunk are all red

2008-02-28 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Feb 27, 2008, at 10:45 PM, Fred Drake wrote: > On Feb 27, 2008, at 9:13 AM, A.M. Kuchling wrote: >> Doing a code search finds a fair number of users of the module: >> Zope's >> BDBStorage, ... > > The BDBStorage is long gone at this point. Few are so unfortunate as > to remember it (though a

Re: [Python-Dev] Code freeze?

2008-02-28 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 28, 2008, at 2:49 PM, Christian Heimes wrote: > Hey Barry! Hi Christian! > When are you planing to freeze the code of the trunk and branches/py3k > for the upcoming alpha releases? I'll merge the last modifications > from

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Code freeze?

2008-02-28 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 28, 2008, at 3:03 PM, Chris Mellon wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Christian Heimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Hey Barry! >> >> When are you planing to freeze the code of the trunk and branches

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Code freeze?

2008-02-28 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 28, 2008, at 4:03 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > Barry Warsaw wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> On Feb 28, 2008, at 2:49 PM, Christian Heimes wrote: >>> Hey Barry! >> Hi Christian! &g

Re: [Python-Dev] Code freeze?

2008-02-28 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 28, 2008, at 5:07 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > Barry Warsaw writes: > >> I plan on cutting the alphas for 2.6 and 3.0 at about 6pm Eastern >> (UTC-5) time or 2300 UTC. Let's freeze the tree one hour prior to >

Re: [Python-Dev] Code freeze?

2008-02-29 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 29, 2008, at 5:21 AM, Georg Brandl wrote: > Scott Dial schrieb: >> Barry Warsaw wrote: >>>> Alterntaively, I guess you could just suggest that people check the >>>> buildbot page for their platforms before d

Re: [Python-Dev] Code freeze?

2008-02-29 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 29, 2008, at 7:39 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote: > Barry Warsaw wrote: >> Think of it this way: the alphas are for /us/ as much as for our >> users. > > In that vein, I think the monthly alphas may also help as a means &

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Code freeze?

2008-02-29 Thread Barry Warsaw
that's not something I think we're ready for. The bigger question though is whether we as a development community would change the way we work so that nothing lands if it doesn't pass all the tests. We'd be trading some inconvenience (and administrative headaches) for b

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Code freeze?

2008-02-29 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 29, 2008, at 1:08 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > Barry Warsaw wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> On Feb 28, 2008, at 4:03 PM, Eric Smith wrote: >>> Barry Warsaw wrote: >>>> -BEG

[Python-Dev] No releases tonight

2008-02-29 Thread Barry Warsaw
ciated. I will cut 3.0a3 tomorrow (Saturday) as early as possible. time-to-start-drinking-ly y'rs, - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR8jdyXEjvBPtnXfVAQJSowQAgIqqYKYPvzEMtvtAHiNC+OkMpO3vxelh 9kcAgXClhCS47wAMc9viJsb5Uo12f7TlOURkEjuMZ13jrBri+HCFtrAG

Re: [Python-Dev] No releases tonight

2008-03-01 Thread Barry Warsaw
s do you take when you need to expose a new major release on the website? - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR8lkF3EjvBPtnXfVAQLjtQP/cyIu6i/3hL7RMyJjwi5UWaVelq+6+DjX c8P6aLT0Gq2jIIacwt2P5lWYGx5D2nahoLCkLoA4M3avHM6UiT

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] No releases tonight

2008-03-01 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mar 1, 2008, at 10:38 AM, Steve Holden wrote: > Barry Warsaw wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On Mar 1, 2008, at 12:36 AM, Steve Holden wrote: >> >>> If you can document the

[Python-Dev] RELEASED Python 2.6a1 and 3.0a3

2008-03-01 Thread Barry Warsaw
ll to be determined. Enjoy, - -Barry Barry Warsaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Python 2.6/3.0 Release Manager (on behalf of the entire python-dev team) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR8mlu3EjvBPtnXfVAQKePAQAgx6w9wztfJaSWkbKrbwur2U6t6o5aIY5 pyMa00CZWY06p8099BztcSjgp5

[Python-Dev] The release process

2008-03-01 Thread Barry Warsaw
d stale too. If you know anything about distutils version numbers and the process for updating them, please contact me. There's no Misc/RPM/python-3.0.spec file so I skipped that step too. Sean, do you know anything about that? That's it. See you again next time :). Let me know if

Re: [Python-Dev] No releases tonight

2008-03-01 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mar 1, 2008, at 1:56 PM, Christian Heimes wrote: > Barry Warsaw wrote: >> In this case, there was a lot more work to do because 2.6 wasn't tied >> in at all. Add to the fact that I didn't have any experience

Re: [Python-Dev] The release process

2008-03-01 Thread Barry Warsaw
w/ is. Only a > couple of people - mostly Georg and Andrew - are updating the files. I think it's okay if these lag behind during the alphas, but it would be good to start whipping these in shape by the time we start releasing betas. Thanks, - -Barry --

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] RELEASED Python 2.6a1 and 3.0a3

2008-03-01 Thread Barry Warsaw
.l.p. announcement. > > I just fixed that. The files were there; just the links were wrong. Thanks for fixing these Martin! - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR8nY1HEjvBPtnXfVAQJ3YgP/TYr0X5vRqvVDEMgsHxHuiSuYZCIr8y36 ibAh3RAGeLLK7C7NiOyAfxkesf91

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] The release process

2008-03-01 Thread Barry Warsaw
101. Anyway, that's the kind of tool I plan on building (or perhaps with help from others -- hi Benjamin) for the next alpha round. Cheers, - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR8ngyHEjvBPtnXfVAQKYaAP+JzIj8HiwVYIJLMyxh+Glq57YQozOh2bB XI

Re: [Python-Dev] [ANN] Python 2.3.7 and 2.4.5, release candidate 1

2008-03-03 Thread Barry Warsaw
I definitely won't change > it to work out of the box. If 2.4.4 compiled out of the box on this > box, > it would have been a regression and would have to be fixed. IIUC, > 2.4.4 > won't compile on 10.5, either, and Python 2.4.5 will have no code to > port it to

Re: [Python-Dev] RELEASED Python 2.6a1 and 3.0a3

2008-03-03 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mar 2, 2008, at 1:21 AM, Stefan Behnel wrote: > Barry Warsaw wrote: >> On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, >> I'm >> happy to announce the first alpha release of Python 2.6, and the &g

Re: [Python-Dev] Upcoming 2.4.5 and 2.3.7 releases

2008-03-03 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jan 28, 2008, at 4:56 PM, Fred Drake wrote: > On Jan 28, 2008, at 4:47 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote: >> The problem is that I make separate releases of the standalone email >> package from these branches, so that means that email 3.0.3 or

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] The release process

2008-03-03 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mar 1, 2008, at 7:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Barry> The dependency on gtk is unnecessary and means it can > effectively >Barry> only be run on Linux. Specifically it means I can't do > releases >

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] The release process

2008-03-03 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mar 1, 2008, at 10:29 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > The fact that Barry found Anthony's process unusable is IMO not a > reflection on either Barry or Anthony's code. Release processes seem > to be highly personal, even with

Re: [Python-Dev] The release process

2008-03-03 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mar 2, 2008, at 1:54 AM, Georg Brandl wrote: > Barry Warsaw schrieb: > >> PEP 101 is sorely out of date, especially with regards to updating >> web >> content and the Python documentation. I think I now know how to >

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] No releases tonight

2008-03-03 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mar 1, 2008, at 9:00 PM, Alex Martelli wrote: > On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > ... >>> I also propose translations of the shorter text to important >>> languages

Re: [Python-Dev] 3.0 buildbots all red

2008-03-16 Thread Barry Warsaw
you want the next monthly alphas to be? :) - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR91OWHEjvBPtnXfVAQIL/gP/T5TqGLt6Z7LD3/vEKt/0qjZErkOQmmFH BciuGOs6CCud//N4fsSev2CBmeAQ/RspHhjLSSKBd6H4rimZWv5ePo0gMC2N7nGY 1wpUvixaZpYol4zywjBQRO+bjlnZtdt4WG09DdMrn0MsYHNpVFaAPTWx4X

Re: [Python-Dev] 2.6 and 3.0 project management

2008-03-16 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mar 16, 2008, at 8:51 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > Python 3.0 and 2.6 are coming along really nice. I am optimistic that > we can make the projected August date for the final releases of 2.6 > and 3.0. As you may remember, Barry (the ne

Re: [Python-Dev] 2.6 and 3.0 project management

2008-03-16 Thread Barry Warsaw
that we should plan to release a first > beta in June and a second one in July. That means we have time for > only two more alpha releases (April and May). I'm thinking of 1-2 > release candidates 1-2 weeks ahead of the final release. Barry can > make up a more detailed timetab

Re: [Python-Dev] 2.6 and 3.0 project management

2008-03-16 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mar 16, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I mentioned this to Guido and got a positive response, so let me >> state >> my pr

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] 2.6 and 3.0 project management

2008-03-17 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mar 16, 2008, at 6:46 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote: > > 'critical' is fine (or 'immediate'). My problem before was that I > couldn't do one query that gave me all the critical issues for both > 2.6 and 3.0. That ce

Re: [Python-Dev] Currently adding known 2.6 showstoppers to the tracker

2008-03-17 Thread Barry Warsaw
these issues up higher if we want to fix them before the next alpha of course. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR97KeXEjvBPtnXfVAQKcCAP/YxZ7LQJepi9pg5IONjg1NePJSWwqggG7 rdFexmeHVockllBr5GMMmYgnr+jytnNDtRMTdy/uBvn3Ocl8+JRUHb5g/sDz2KQr usHcHnqIgkoQIgBnH

[Python-Dev] PEP 361: Python 2.6/3.0 release schedule

2008-03-17 Thread Barry Warsaw
s red. Embarrassing Pycon pictures of you will be posted if such broken revisions cause us to slip a release, and remember, we know how to use GIMP. On behalf of everyone, here's to an awesome release! -Barry Python 2.6/3.0 release manager PEP: 361 Title: Python 2.6 and 3.0 Release Schedule Version:

Re: [Python-Dev] Change in priority fields

2008-03-17 Thread Barry Warsaw
h and ignored, or it gets moved to release blocker and gets fixed. - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR99JvnEjvBPtnXfVAQJwuwQAh5mhXdwg7t9FAsNXJ69OoPM6qj37OjP4 +3SjZMn9A1qObFB7biUV6P47KwydzDskMaswifMv9eV94+ccb0mIlDC/SgdjB9h8 JtuJq6mZ1nIUqQSLtX4W6op4G/

Re: [Python-Dev] Change in priority fields

2008-03-18 Thread Barry Warsaw
.g. stuff checked in that doesn't even build). I think neither of these use cases should get that far. Neal and I talked it over and we're in agreement that if a commit makes the buildbots go red or breaks the build, we're going to just revert it. Tough luck Joe Dev, p

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] PEP 361: Python 2.6/3.0 release schedule

2008-03-18 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mar 18, 2008, at 2:04 AM, Travis Oliphant wrote: > > Hey Barry, > > Thanks for putting this PEP together. This is really helpful. Hi Travis... thanks! > I didn't see discussion of PEP 3118 and it's features back-port

Re: [Python-Dev] unittest's redundant assertions: asserts vs. failIf/Unlesses

2008-03-19 Thread Barry Warsaw
'm in the camp that Gabriel describes. I prefer assertEqual/ assertRaises and failIf/failUnless. I like the latter because it reads nicely: fail unless [this thing is true], fail if [this thing is true]. OTOH, I'd rather there be OOWTDI so whatever the consensus is is fine with me.

Re: [Python-Dev] Capsule Summary of Some Packaging/Deployment Technology Concerns

2008-03-19 Thread Barry Warsaw
privileges can commit to it and help further develop setuptools. If not, why not and what is the sandbox setuptools used for? - -Barry -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR+Eca3EjvBPtnXfVAQLabwP9F8NtQX6YsDXJMHiByCGILPAQ2NgtaIzg en6yYbhl5IAweTr0DtWzxRXjSGMifK/D

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