Re: [Python-Dev] Implementing PEP 382, Namespace Packages

2010-05-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
g our time by designing and (eventually) coding before this issue is resolved? Yes, and yes. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailm

Re: [Python-Dev] Implementing PEP 382, Namespace Packages

2010-05-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 29.05.2010 21:06, schrieb P.J. Eby: At 08:45 PM 5/29/2010 +0200, Martin v. Löwis wrote: In it he says that PEP 382 is being deferred until it can address PEP 302 loaders. I can't find any follow-up to this. I don't see any discussion in PEP 382 about PEP 302 loaders, so I assume

Re: [Python-Dev] Implementing PEP 382, Namespace Packages

2010-05-31 Thread Martin v. Löwis
n module > >pc = get_pth_contents(importer) Assuming we always get here with a loader, I'd rather call this on the loader. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] Implementing PEP 382, Namespace Packages

2010-05-31 Thread Martin v. Löwis
For finders, their search algorithm is changed in a couple of ways. One is that modules are given priority over packages (is that intentional, Martin, or just an oversight?). That's an oversight. Notice, however, that it's really not the case that currently directories have prece

Re: [Python-Dev] Implementing PEP 382, Namespace Packages

2010-05-31 Thread Martin v. Löwis
same directory, and dpkg is happy. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] Bugfix releases should not change APIs

2010-05-31 Thread Martin v. Löwis
e to get a diff between at least the .rst versions of the docs for version x and version y? That's most certainly possible, using "svn diff -rX:Y". Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.o

[Python-Dev] _XOPEN_SOURCE on Solaris

2010-05-31 Thread Martin v. Löwis
). So how should I go about fixing that? a) revert the patch for #1759169, documentating that Python compilation actually requires _XOPEN_SOURCE to be defined, or b) define _XOPEN_SOURCE only for the multiprocessing module. Any input appreciated. Regards, Martin

Re: [Python-Dev] ssl

2010-06-05 Thread Martin v. Löwis
In general, gettin all those „external“ projects seem to be complex to build. Is there a fast way? Run Tools\buildbot\external.bat. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev

Re: [Python-Dev] ssl

2010-06-07 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 07.06.2010 12:44, schrieb Kristján Valur Jónsson: Thanks martin. I did as you suggested, and by installing nasm (creating nasmw.exe as a copy of nasm.exe) and without installing perl, was able to build the 32 bit debug version. The 64 bit version didn't want to build, probably becau

Re: [Python-Dev] Reintroduce or drop completly hex, bz2, rot13, ... codecs

2010-06-09 Thread Martin v. Löwis
r (binary -> ASCII), but then it may not because ASCII actually *also* implies "bytes" (it's an encoding). So what would you propose to change: b2a_hex should return a Unicode string? or this future transform method should return a Unicode string, whereas the module returns bytes

Re: [Python-Dev] Future of 2.x.

2010-06-09 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ther group will, and losing existing context for that would kinda suck. Roundup keeps track of all status changes, see the bottom of an arbitrary issue for an example. So I don't think any additional recording is necessary. Regards, Martin ___

Re: [Python-Dev] Future of 2.x.

2010-06-09 Thread Martin v. Löwis
e 2.7 release (after determining that they won't apply to 3.x, of course). There aren't that many backport requests, anyway, are there? Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/list

Re: [Python-Dev] debug and release python

2010-06-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Some external software comes with proprietary .pyd bindings. Can you please explain what a "proprietary .pyd binding" is? Do you mean they come with extension modules? If so, there is no chance of using them in debug mode, anyway, right? So what specifically is the problem? Regar

Re: [Python-Dev] Sharing functions between C extension modules in stdlib

2010-06-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
, I'd rather put that function into a separate C file that gets included twice, instead of including the full timemodule.c into datetimemodule.c. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Python-Dev] debug and release python

2010-06-15 Thread Martin v. Löwis
extensions. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] debug and release python

2010-06-17 Thread Martin v. Löwis
#x27;t there if you don't. So extensions compiled with it are incompatible with extensions compiled without it. If you define COUNT_ALLOCS, every type object will have additional slots; again, you can't mix extensions that have a different set

Re: [Python-Dev] Mercurial

2010-06-19 Thread Martin v. Löwis
to see a /final/ demo installation *before* the switchover; because these things are all missing, the final demo installation is missing, as well. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/list

Re: [Python-Dev] Python Library Support in 3.x (Was: email package status in 3.X)

2010-06-19 Thread Martin v. Löwis
us on fixing the 3.x bugs. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] Mercurial

2010-06-19 Thread Martin v. Löwis
o if you manage to get it working somehow, don't forget to post what you think the status is. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mail

Re: [Python-Dev] Python Library Support in 3.x (Was: email package status in 3.X)

2010-06-20 Thread Martin v. Löwis
th the web content editor community? Sorry for a naive question, but what is the web content editor community? I think he's talking about the editors of www.python.org. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.pyt

Re: [Python-Dev] #Python3 ! ? (was Python Library Support in 3.x)

2010-06-20 Thread Martin v. Löwis
, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] email package status in 3.X

2010-06-20 Thread Martin v. Löwis
er (*)). For numbers, programmers are forced to accept the abstraction. For character strings, they apparently resist much more. Regards, Martin (*) An anecdotal dialog may read like this Teacher: "How are numbers represented in Python?&

Re: [Python-Dev] #Python3 ! ? (was Python Library Support in 3.x)

2010-06-20 Thread Martin v. Löwis
s, is a work in progress How about "Python 3 is a work in progress" for the topic? I wouldn't say that, either - not more than Python 2 was a work in progress over the last 10 years. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Pytho

Re: [Python-Dev] red buildbots on 2.7

2010-06-21 Thread Martin v. Löwis
, who has the ultimate say to whether the problem is important or not. As for OSX, it seems that the only test that is failing is the ctypes test suite, and there only a single test. I don't think this is sufficient reason to block the release. Regards, Martin ___

Re: [Python-Dev] red buildbots on 2.7

2010-06-21 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ave is red is a bad idea. FWIW, nobody has requested changing any of the build slaves to "stable" for the last two years or so. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/lis

Re: [Python-Dev] red buildbots on 2.7

2010-06-21 Thread Martin v. Löwis
that it was supported actually doesn't make it so. If the test failure *isn't* a regression, I think it shouldn't block the release. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/m

Re: [Python-Dev] red buildbots on 2.7

2010-06-21 Thread Martin v. Löwis
) there is no clear solution in sight. So if we wait for it resolved, it could take months until we get a 2.7 release. b) it's only about getgroups - a fairly minor API. c) IIUC, it only occurs to users which are member of more than 16 groups - a fairly uncommon setup. Regards, M

Re: [Python-Dev] red buildbots on 2.7

2010-06-22 Thread Martin v. Löwis
perfectly fine, as long as there is an autoconf test for it (plain ifdefs are gruntingly accepted also). Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org

Re: [Python-Dev] os.getgroups() on MacOS X Was: red buildbots on 2.7

2010-06-23 Thread Martin v. Löwis
technically possible). Just my 0.02€. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] "2 or 3" link on python.org

2010-06-24 Thread Martin v. Löwis
gt; I am extremely keen for this to happen. Does anyone have ownership of this > project? There was some discussion of it up-list but the discussion fizzled. Can you please explain what "this project" is, in the context of your message? GSoC? GHOP? Regards, Martin _

Re: [Python-Dev] "2 or 3" link on python.org

2010-06-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
y has taken ownership of that project, and likely, nobody actually will - unless you volunteer. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] docs - Copy

2010-06-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ion is a bug, just like any other bug, and deserves being discussed here. Furthermore, a sufficient condition for mis-wording is if a user read it in full, and still managed to misunderstand (as happened here). Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev maili

Re: [Python-Dev] docs - Copy

2010-06-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> My apologies guys, I see now. > > I will see if I can think of a less ambiguous way to word this and submit a > bug. Please don't take out or rephrase the word "shallow", though. This has a long CS tradition of meaning exactly what is m

Re: [Python-Dev] Schedule for Python 2.6.6

2010-06-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
elease into end-of-September (but the days as proposed are fine). Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] "2 or 3" link on python.org

2010-06-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
utton. > I'll move the discussion to pydotorg-www I'll predict that this is its death :-( Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.p

Re: [Python-Dev] Schedule for Python 2.6.6

2010-06-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
. OTOH, I can't go much earlier so if > September is bad for you, then we'll stick to the above dates. I think we can strive for your original proposal. If it slips, we let it slip by a month or two. Regards, Martin ___ Pytho

Re: [Python-Dev] "2 or 3" link on python.org

2010-06-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 26.06.2010 02:41, schrieb Stephen Thorne: > On 2010-06-25, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >>> What page were we suggesting linking to? >> >> I don't think anybody proposed anything specific. Steve Holden >> suggested it should go to "reasoned dis

Re: [Python-Dev] #Python3 ! ? (was Python Library Support in 3.x)

2010-06-27 Thread Martin v. Löwis
rently be accomplished by clicking "Python" > and then "3"). Or you can use the link "Python 3 packages" on PyPI's main menu. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.pytho

Re: [Python-Dev] OS X buildbots: why am I skipping these tests?

2010-06-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
igger a build through the web. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

[Python-Dev] Taking over the Mercurial Migration

2010-06-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Mercurial migration next year. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] OS X buildbots: why am I skipping these tests?

2010-06-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
rations should be supported. I'm not sure. It uses TIOCGPGRP, basically to establish that ioctl can also put results into a Python array (IIUC). This goes back to http://bugs.python.org/555817 Somebody rewriting it would need to make sure the original test purpose is still met. Regards, Martin

Re: [Python-Dev] OS X buildbots: why am I skipping these tests?

2010-06-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
tests on Windows, and Windows tests on Unix. Otherwise, if you can get it to pass by installing additional software, Tim did *not* mean this to be an expected skip. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/

Re: [Python-Dev] OS X buildbots: why am I skipping these tests?

2010-06-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
the final release). Independent of that, I also decided to entirely ignore the notion of expected skipped test (so even if I would run the test suite, I wouldn't bother if one was reported as skipped). Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Pyth

Re: [Python-Dev] How are the bdist_wininst binaries built ?

2010-06-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> I would like to modify the code of the bdist installers, but I don't > see any VS project for VS 9.0. How are the wininst-9.0*exe built ? See PC/bdist_wininst. HTH, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail

Re: [Python-Dev] Taking over the Mercurial Migration

2010-06-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ires immediate attention is that r21112 fails to convert. For details, see http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-committers/2010-June/000977.html So somebody please reproduce the problem, propose a patch, and get in contact with Dirkjan to integrate it. R

Re: [Python-Dev] How are the bdist_wininst binaries built ?

2010-06-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
>> See PC/bdist_wininst. > > Hm, my question may not have been clear: *how* is the wininst-9.0 > built from the bdist_wininst sources ? I see 6, 7.0, 7.1 and 8.0 > versions of the visual studio build scripts, but nothing for VS 9.0. Ah. See PCbuild/bdist_wininst.vcproj

Re: [Python-Dev] Mercurial migration readiness

2010-07-01 Thread Martin v. Löwis
issues alread). Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] Can Python implementations reject semantically invalid expressions?

2010-07-01 Thread Martin v. Löwis
re only a runtime concept. If you were to reject code at startup more restrictively, you might end up rejecting the standard library, as it contains syntax errors in code that isn't being imported normally (test/badsyntax*). Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev

Re: [Python-Dev] Can Python implementations reject semantically invalid expressions?

2010-07-02 Thread Martin v. Löwis
it's an implementation detail (as is the func_code attribute, and the code object). So the question really is: can you tell the difference, using only mechanisms not explicitly documented as implementation-specific? Regards, Martin (*) Unfortunately, the documentation fails to mention that, proba

Re: [Python-Dev] Mercurial migration readiness

2010-07-02 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Mercurial, or whether the build identification patch is able to learn about tags in the first place. Finally, I wonder how the documentation build process will continue to integrate subversion. I guess you just need to have an svn binary around when building the documentation. Regards, Martin __

Re: [Python-Dev] Mercurial migration readiness

2010-07-02 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ayout). > > I'd love to see a more detailed description of this, including why > someone new to Mercurial would choose one over the other. I think someone new to Mercurial shouldn't choose either one. Just sit back and wait for the re

Re: [Python-Dev] Mercurial migration readiness

2010-07-02 Thread Martin v. Löwis
o on, so we finally switched it of (in favor of the Launchpad mirror that also existed). Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options

Re: [Python-Dev] Are you ready for Mercurial migration?

2010-07-02 Thread Martin v. Löwis
is link to other contributors you may know: > > Am I the only one to think this should really stop? You are certainly not alone. However, I've given up responding to anatoly techtonik, knowing that it will be futile, and a waste of time. Regards, Martin ___

Re: [Python-Dev] More detailed build instructions for Windows

2010-07-03 Thread Martin v. Löwis
. > I downloaded Visual > C++ 2010 Express, and it needs to convert the .vcproj files into > .vcxproj files, but it fails. Please take a look at PCbuild/readme.txt. It tells you to install one of the Visual Studio 2008 editions. Regards, Martin __

Re: [Python-Dev] More detailed build instructions for Windows

2010-07-03 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 03.07.2010 16:34, schrieb Christian Heimes: > Am 03.07.2010 09:00, schrieb "Martin v. Löwis": >>> I'm trying to test out a patch to add a timeout in subprocess.py on >>> Windows, so I need to build Python with Visual Studio. The docs say >>> t

Re: [Python-Dev] Mercurial migration readiness

2010-07-03 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ll have a chance to learn how to use it without fear of breaking anything. Until then, they should just remain patient. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] Mercurial migration readiness

2010-07-03 Thread Martin v. Löwis
x27;t cluttered your pristine copy. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] Mercurial migration readiness

2010-07-03 Thread Martin v. Löwis
l changes from one branch into another: can somebody kindly explain the commands that would be required? Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.

Re: [Python-Dev] Mercurial migration readiness

2010-07-03 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 04.07.2010 00:56, schrieb Antoine Pitrou: > On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:51:58 +0200 > "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >>>>> I'd love to see a more detailed description of this, including why >>>>> someone new to Mercurial would choose one over the other.

Re: [Python-Dev] Mercurial migration readiness

2010-07-05 Thread Martin v. Löwis
27;d rather recommend to use hg on an entirely independent project. That worked for me. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman

Re: [Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-11 Thread Martin v. Löwis
are very few people who both have the time and the expertise to evaluate them. FWIW, I don't consider a few months as a "long" time for a patch review. At the moment, I'm personally able to perhaps review one issue per week (sometimes less); at this rate, it

Re: [Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-11 Thread Martin v. Löwis
to the core, and we >> surely should trust those folks with commit privileges. >> > > Can I take a really big liberty and volunteer Terry Reedy for the job. It doesn't work that way. You can't volunteer somebody else (*). If Terry would volunteer himself, he'd g

Re: [Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-11 Thread Martin v. Löwis
, I would > say that you can never possibly get to "everything". Right, I was trying to put things positively :-) Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] [Idle-dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-11 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ndard distribution. Again, Guilherme could commit his changes any time. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-11 Thread Martin v. Löwis
. Unfortunately, they happen more often than you think. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] [Idle-dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-11 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> I think Martin has always supported me in some way and I really > appreciate that. But, maybe because I won commit privileges solely > based on GSoC work, I felt other developers wouldn't approve my > commits without previous discussion and that is the major reason for > no

Re: [Python-Dev] [Idle-dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-11 Thread Martin v. Löwis
bly, make to lists: bug fixes, and new features. The bug fixes could be either for 2.x or 3.x; the new features would preferably be for just 3.x. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/list

Re: [Python-Dev] [Idle-dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-11 Thread Martin v. Löwis
t "release candidates" are an utter waste of time. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-11 Thread Martin v. Löwis
I see. What copy have you been using specifically? I think I need to remove myself from these lists. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.pytho

Re: [Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-11 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> What I specifically want right now is Commit Authorization Privilege, > especially for IDLE, Not sure who could grant that, but as far as I can: you have it. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.pyth

Re: [Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
should be removed? If we removed all modules that somebody is not using, the standard library would be empty. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] [Idle-dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 12.07.2010 13:01, schrieb Tal Einat: > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:41 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >>> My point is that I don't think I am exaggerating IDLE's flaws. I'm not >>> saying that it is no longer usable or useful, but I am saying that its

Re: [Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
the association from long ago, before IDLE > was available, or at least so usable. I have thought of changing that, > but I do not know what the replacement incantation would be. There should be an "Edit with IDLE" (sic) context menu item. Regards, Martin _

Re: [Python-Dev] [Idle-dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
>> Not normally, no - there's no easy way to connect a checkin message to >> a committer's email address, > > There's a one-to-one mapping somewhere. Unfortunately, no: we don't have email addresses of all committers. Regards, Martin

Re: [Python-Dev] [Idle-dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 12.07.2010 23:57, schrieb Benjamin Peterson: > 2010/7/12 "Martin v. Löwis" : >>>> Not normally, no - there's no easy way to connect a checkin message to >>>> a committer's email address, >>> >>> There's a one-to-one mappin

Re: [Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 13.07.2010 00:00, schrieb Terry Reedy: > On 7/12/2010 5:43 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> Am 12.07.2010 23:21, schrieb Terry Reedy: >>> On 7/12/2010 5:46 AM, Kurt B. Kaiser wrote: >>> >>>> On Windows, IDLE opens when you right click / edit

Re: [Python-Dev] [Idle-dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
s could be set to python-dev. Not > sure if that's a mailman feature, though. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong: I think we had this, at one point, and then switched it to the status quo. I can surely try switching it back if desired. Regards, Martin _

Re: [Python-Dev] What to do with languishing patches?

2010-07-18 Thread Martin v. Löwis
so that if Lib is selected, you can then find the appropriate module? If you think any specific feature is missing in the tracker, please post a report to the meta-tracker. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.

Re: [Python-Dev] OpenID login for Roundup bug trackers

2010-07-20 Thread Martin v. Löwis
n foundation is an openid library that I wrote (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/openid2rp). As for the roundup integration, I likely won't have much time to contribute it back. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org ht

Re: [Python-Dev] Python-dev signal-to-noise processing question

2010-07-21 Thread Martin v. Löwis
wanted to know how Python handles SIGKILL, when the hole point of SIGKILL is that you cannot handle it. So he shouldn't have been surprised that he couldn't find a place in Python where it's handled. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing

Re: [Python-Dev] Python Language Summit EuroPython 2010

2010-07-21 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 21.07.10 17:47, schrieb Dirkjan Ochtman: Martin& Tim brought up the issue of externals which the buildbots use on Windows to bring in and build slightly patched versions of external libraries such as OpenSSL and sqlite3. The issue in hgsubversion (which is different from hgsvn) has

[Python-Dev] PEP 382 progress: import hooks

2010-07-22 Thread Martin v. Löwis
all .pth files, and a loader will need to support a load_module_with_path method, to initialize __path__. Please comment if you think that this needs further changes; I'll hope to start implementing it soon. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing

Re: [Python-Dev] Python profiler and other tools

2010-07-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
n the other hand, posting actual patches that fix actual bugs can make a lot of a difference. Also, having a maintainer who is willing to look into these patches and accept the good ones will make a lot of a difference. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev maili

Re: [Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue231540

2010-07-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
spoken to like this in an voluntary environment. Do note that I do > understand where your feelings come from. +1. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http

Re: [Python-Dev] [Idle-dev] IDLE contributors and committers

2010-07-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
lished enhancements. If you want commit access, please send me your ssh key. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] IDLE contributors and committers

2010-07-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
esponses. If you are then still interested in getting commit access, please send me your SSH key. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/o

Re: [Python-Dev] View tracker patches with ViewVC?

2010-07-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
k and see a nice, colored, side-by-side web-pace view > created by ViewVC. Is there any way a 'view' button could be added, > along with the current edit and remove buttons, to produce the same web > page and make it easier to review patches *before* commitment? You should

Re: [Python-Dev] View tracker patches with ViewVC?

2010-07-26 Thread Martin v. Löwis
y 'round actually works: if you put rep...@bugs.python.org into the reviewer list when uploading to Rietveld, Rietveld changes get automatically posted to the tracker. If you then also chose a sensible title (ie. one that includes [issueXXX]), Roundup will be able to associate it with the r

Re: [Python-Dev] Thoughts fresh after EuroPython

2010-07-26 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Basically, I think what you'd like to have is Martin saying "I'm going to > work on this feature", in addition to "I implemented this feature now" > afterwards. That shouldn't be too hard. I'm not very good at blogging (more specifically, I neve

Re: [Python-Dev] Thoughts fresh after EuroPython

2010-07-26 Thread Martin v. Löwis
y present your plans for important or major > changes in catalog-SIG > prior to starting them, so we can discuss them. So would you consider the addition of JSON a major feature (as it introduces a new API)? I doubt Richard would have been willing to wait for the end of some discussion before imp

Re: [Python-Dev] View tracker patches with ViewVC?

2010-07-26 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Should I open a tracker issue to add something to the tracker doc? I recommend that you use it for some time before changing anything. I also suggest that, instead of uploading the patch to Rietveld yourself, you can ask the submitter to do it. Regards, Mar

Re: [Python-Dev] View tracker patches with ViewVC?

2010-07-27 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 27.07.2010 16:56, schrieb Terry Reedy: > On 7/27/2010 1:42 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >>> Should I open a tracker issue to add something to the tracker doc? >> >> I recommend that you use it for some time before changing anything. > > How is someon

Re: [Python-Dev] View tracker patches with ViewVC?

2010-07-27 Thread Martin v. Löwis
eant to apply to. It would be nice if the patch author gets notified when a patch becomes stale, but that would require to be certain what branches a patch is targetted for. In any case: contributions are welcome. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing lis

Re: [Python-Dev] No response to posts

2010-08-02 Thread Martin v. Löwis
his to get help from you - I'm willing to work on other issues to expedite processing of this one - The issue is not urgent, take your time Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyth

Re: [Python-Dev] pickle output not unique

2010-08-03 Thread Martin v. Löwis
nk there are many other instances where values that compare equal pickle differently in Python. By relying on this property for hashing, you are really operating on thin ice. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mai

Re: [Python-Dev] Windows

2010-08-04 Thread Martin v. Löwis
python Lib\test\regrtest.py" or some such. So I assume you are asking for something else. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] Windows

2010-08-04 Thread Martin v. Löwis
above document. Perl shouldn't be a requirement if you use the OpenSSL copy from svn.python.org. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.pytho

Re: [Python-Dev] [python-committers] (Windows) buildbots on 3.x

2010-08-04 Thread Martin v. Löwis
s. If it does, drop tests from the test sequence until you end up with the minimum number of tests that you need to run in sequence (and yes, I had interworkings of three test modules at some point). Of course, educated guessing can accelerate the process. Regards, Martin __

Re: [Python-Dev] Looking after the buildbots (in general)

2010-08-04 Thread Martin v. Löwis
s skills that have eluded me through a > fairly lengthy technical career. So it also boils down to shortage of > manpower of a particular kind. People with programming skill would, > understandably, rather invest their time in something they are good at. I think you are belittling the cont

Re: [Python-Dev] Windows

2010-08-04 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 04.08.2010 21:03, schrieb Paul Moore: > On 4 August 2010 18:42, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >>> I don't really have any answer to this problem right now. Is it >>> possible to set up a local buildslave-like environment (so I can run >>> the test suit

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