Re: [Python-Dev] We should be using a tool for code reviews

2010-09-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
t communication, referring people to Roundup when they need to be authenticated to Rietveld (in particular when commenting). Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe

Re: [Python-Dev] We should be using a tool for code reviews

2010-09-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ietveld can deal with multiple patch sets fine (not sure how it fares when they are unrelated patches, since it also computes deltas between subsets - but apparently only for the same files). Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Pytho

Re: [Python-Dev] hg conversion: tags

2010-09-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
o subversion usage. Given that the "public" usage of the CVS started in 2000, we should start to look into the hg successor around 2013, for a switchover in Oktober 2015 :-). Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.or

Re: [Python-Dev] We should be using a tool for code reviews

2010-09-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 30.09.2010 00:12, schrieb Antoine Pitrou: > On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:58:05 +0200 > "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >>> That shouldn't be too hard. Someone just has to create an App Engine >>> project and handle the deployment. I guess the trickiest part is &

Re: [Python-Dev] We should be using a tool for code reviews

2010-09-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
7;t commit unreviewed changes, and also require that you can't commit unless you have reviewed somebody else's changes. So if you do 10 reviews, you are entitled to 10 commits... Of course, that would put more burden on those people who al

Re: [Python-Dev] We should be using a tool for code reviews

2010-09-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
it's really a quality vs. quantity thing. It would be easy to just commit all patches that are uploaded to roundup, but of course, it would horribly break Python. With mandatory code review, even less patches get reviewed than today. Regards, Martin ___

[Python-Dev] Celebrating issue #10000

2010-09-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
rld's most advanced open source database. Kind 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] issue 9807 - a glitch in coexisting builds of different types

2010-10-02 Thread Martin v. Löwis
uot;peter" has write access into site-packages? I could accept that a suffix is parameter to configure (or some such), and then gets used throughout. By default, Python will not add a suffix. However, I still wonder why people couldn't just install Python in a different prefix if they w

[Python-Dev] Rietveld integration into Roundup

2010-10-02 Thread Martin v. Löwis
sts should go to the meta tracker. Contributions are welcome; I won't be able to work on this much for the next four days. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubs

Re: [Python-Dev] sad state of OS X Python testing...

2010-10-02 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ull of old eMacs and a > G5 running PPC buildbots.) Perhaps we could get Apple to contribute > some "seconds"? I believe donations to the PSF are deductible. The issue isn't really to get the hardware. The issue is to find somebody to v

Re: [Python-Dev] [Pythonmac-SIG] sad state of OS X Python testing...

2010-10-02 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> I'm already running a Jython buildslave on an Intel Mac Pro which is > pretty underused - I'd be happy to run a CPython one there too, if > it'd be worthwhile. I think Bill was specifically after Snow Leopard - what system are you

Re: [Python-Dev] We should be using a tool for code reviews

2010-10-02 Thread Martin v. Löwis
uptime is only around > 99.7% (half an hour per week). Don't worry. It's hosted on bugs.python.org now. 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] Rietveld integration into Roundup

2010-10-02 Thread Martin v. Löwis
e to fix this by manually filling out the branch on the file. I'll have to come up with a better way to determine the branch which a patch was created on. Perhaps going back in history and taking the first branch where the patch cleanly applies can do the trick. Regards, Martin

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r85152 - tracker/instances/python-dev/config.ini.template

2010-10-03 Thread Martin v. Löwis
replace it with some value, if you care about the secrecy (which I did). 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

[Python-Dev] Who wants to donate an AMD64 Linux build slave?

2010-10-05 Thread Martin v. Löwis
main requirement is that the machine is always connected to the internet, although not necessarily with a fixed IP address. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe:

Re: [Python-Dev] Who wants to donate an AMD64 Linux build slave?

2010-10-05 Thread Martin v. Löwis
I can probably run a build slave on one of my boxes (Gentoo, Athlon 64 x2). Where are the setup docs? http://wiki.python.org/moin/BuildBot Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Python-Dev] Rietveld integration into Roundup

2010-10-05 Thread Martin v. Löwis
I feel that, only if a roundup issue has patch, the corresponding rietveld issue be created, it is more helpful there and avoids needless duplication. I have changed that now. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http

Re: [Python-Dev] [Pythonmac-SIG] sad state of OS X Python testing...

2010-10-05 Thread Martin v. Löwis
tell buildbot to connect to, right? Correct. However, I wouldn't want to create that unless you had all the software in place already - else I find myself often waiting for some time, then removing the slave again. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev ma

Re: [Python-Dev] Rietveld integration into Roundup

2010-10-05 Thread Martin v. Löwis
t;Tracker Branch" shows /branches/release27-maint even though the patch is for py3k. Yes - it miscomputed it, based on the revision number in the patch (which was a revision in which 2.7 was modified). Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing lis

Re: [Python-Dev] stable builders

2010-10-05 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 05.10.10 19:07, schrieb Antoine Pitrou: On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:06:40 +0200 "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: I can probably run a build slave on one of my boxes (Gentoo, Athlon 64 x2). Where are the setup docs? http://wiki.python.org/moin/BuildBot By the way, is the distinction betwe

Re: [Python-Dev] stable builders

2010-10-05 Thread Martin v. Löwis
find it difficult to determine the email address of any specific operator? Who? If you really need to broadcast a message to all owners, let me know and I can forward it to them (or you can collect the addresses yourself). Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mai

Re: [Python-Dev] Rietveld integration into Roundup

2010-10-05 Thread Martin v. Löwis
s with the Rietveld integration into the meta tracker. 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] Rietveld integration into Roundup

2010-10-07 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 04.10.2010 03:56, schrieb Daniel Stutzbach: > On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 3:55 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <mailto:mar...@v.loewis.de>> wrote: > > I'll have to come up with a better way to determine the branch > which a patch was created on. > > &g

Re: [Python-Dev] Rietveld integration into Roundup

2010-10-07 Thread Martin v. Löwis
back in py3k until giving up? 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] python.org going down?

2010-10-07 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 08.10.2010 00:00, schrieb geremy condra: > Seems like python.org has gone down and come back up a couple of times > in the last few minutes, is this intentional? Nothing on python.org suggests that this has actually happened. Could it be that the issue is on your end? Regards,

Re: [Python-Dev] python.org going down?

2010-10-07 Thread Martin v. Löwis
th have had the same problem at the same time under those > conditions, doesn't it? True. However, I really cannot see anything on the machines that indicates some outage. I'm still unsure what "it" is that was happening, so it&

Re: [Python-Dev] python.org going down?

2010-10-07 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> FWIW, PyPI was inaccessible for some longish period of time this morning. That I can confirm (assuming you are talking about the UTC night). However, it stopped around 5:00 UTC, so it's clearly unrelated to anything that happened reportedly 2 hours ago. Regards

Re: [Python-Dev] python.org going down?

2010-10-08 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 08.10.2010 09:21, schrieb Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven: > -On [20101008 01:22], "Martin v. Löwis" (mar...@v.loewis.de) wrote: >> True. However, I really cannot see anything on the machines that >> indicates some outage. I'm still unsure what "it"

Re: [Python-Dev] Another relative imports question

2010-10-09 Thread Martin v. Löwis
. So import .dom shouldn't give you dom, but . (which is nonsensical, of course). 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] [Python-ideas] minmax() function returning (minimum, maximum) tuple of a sequence

2010-10-10 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Any comments? For 3.2, this is out of scope, because of the moratorium. For later versions, I'd rather not see a builtin name polluting the global namespace for this. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.

Re: [Python-Dev] Distutils2 scripts

2010-10-11 Thread Martin v. Löwis
for me" given the > context... ;-) Not being a native speaker (of English), I had actually assumed that Barry is proposing to call the script "wfm". Although, in retrospect, "/usr/bin/wfm!" might work as well :-) Regards, Martin _

Re: [Python-Dev] Distutils2 scripts

2010-10-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
me machine). 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] Distutils2 scripts

2010-10-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
it's not such an easy choice: the old entry may have been manually added, or it may have been added by the previous installer. Replacing it in the second case is again a straight-forward choice, but we don't know (unless we record somewhere - in the registry - that we added a PATH en

[Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Martin v. Löwis
be considered as release blockers (demoting a slave to unstable may be a resolution, though). Of course, release managers can deliberately chose to ignore specific blockers, anyway. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http

Re: [Python-Dev] sad state of OS X Python testing...

2010-10-13 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ne, and he'll arrange it. 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] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Windows poses its own challenges. Often, builds or testsuite runs end up with popup windows, which then hang subsequent builds. You often get dozens of them to click away. So operating a Windows slave is much more tedious than a Unix one. Regards, Martin __

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Martin v. Löwis
rading our Python to 64-bit > in the next few months, so! I'm motivated. That won't work, will it? VC Express doesn't come with an AMD64 compiler (I *think* it's possible to use the SDK one, but this again is more complicated). Regards, Martin

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> #python-dev thought that VS express was all that was needed; then here, > it seemed to me that Martin said that you needed the full version of VS > or perhaps a complex setup with the SDK compiler; but you seem to be > interpreting Martin that the SDK provides everything and not

Re: [Python-Dev] A new warning category?

2010-10-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ange The standard library As the standard library is not directly tied to the language definition it is not covered by this moratorium. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r85486 - python/branches/py3k/configure

2010-10-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ith changing autoconf versions, the actual configure script will change forth and back, confusing attributions (svn blame). Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe:

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r85486 - python/branches/py3k/configure

2010-10-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
dy tests a configure change correctly, but it then breaks with an older autoconf version?) However, if people don't see this as a problem, we can also give up the strictness of requiring an exact autoconf version (and autoconf will already check for a minimum). Regards, Martin

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r85486 - python/branches/py3k/configure

2010-10-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> I don't see it as any more of a problem than upgrading against other > dependencies (like gcc?). Ok, so let's drop the requirement then. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r85486 - python/branches/py3k/configure

2010-10-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
fine. Now Benjamin has ruled that we stop pinning it. I still have my reservations, but no real objective objection (i.e. -0) Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscri

Re: [Python-Dev] Locked-in defect? 32-bit hash values on 64-bit builds

2010-10-17 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ple, also, but would like to see some analysis on existing third-party modules. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/optio

Re: [Python-Dev] Support for async read/write

2010-10-19 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ports (say) may be quite a challenge (but then, JP may have some view on this). 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] Support for async read/write

2010-10-19 Thread Martin v. Löwis
to the library (and possibly the kernel, in turn). People readily accept that explanation. 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] Support for async read/write

2010-10-19 Thread Martin v. Löwis
aps it would be valuable to stress this support and propose any > interesting patches for fixing and/or improving it. I think that's entirely independent. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mail

Re: [Python-Dev] python-2.6.6 coredump running newspipe

2010-10-21 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Any ideas what could cause this or how to fix this? It could be a compiler bug; try disabling optimization. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: h

Re: [Python-Dev] 3.1.3 and 2.7.1 release schedule

2010-10-23 Thread Martin v. Löwis
figured out before or after the release. FWIW, I'm pondering to do all remaining 2.5 release from svn, despite the switchover to Mercurial, just so that the build identification does not get harmed. As a side note - I don't think two release candidates are really necessa

Re: [Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

2010-10-23 Thread Martin v. Löwis
pen issues than last week, but that 32 issue have been opened-and-not-closed in the week. You can see these 32 issues further down in the message. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/lis

Re: [Python-Dev] Multiprocessing maintenance

2010-10-23 Thread Martin v. Löwis
address them :-)) You mean: actively feeling responsible for it? I guess nobody - as for many other modules in the standard library. Or do you mean: who is willing to work on it, in principle? The last committers are georg.brandl, gregory.p.smith, martin.v.loewis, and anto

Re: [Python-Dev] Multiprocessing maintenance

2010-10-23 Thread Martin v. Löwis
lingering issues: explain to people that they need to submit patches if they want these issues fixed. Of course, this is then the same situation as with all the other patches that stay unreviewed (i.e. some get committed soon, some after some time, some never). Regard

Re: [Python-Dev] 3.1.3 and 2.7.1 release schedule

2010-10-23 Thread Martin v. Löwis
to see a Mercurial branch for 2.5 established, and will then move any commits to it myself to the svn branch (there shouldn't be that many). Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-d

Re: [Python-Dev] Multiprocessing maintenance

2010-10-24 Thread Martin v. Löwis
the patches. Also, submitting many small changes is preferred over patch bombs. So it might be better to start committing what is complete, rather than first completing all work in progress. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@pyth

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r85822 - python/branches/py3k/Modules/ossaudiodev.c

2010-10-24 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ave implemented for 3.2. It would be better, IMO, if these casts get avoided everywhere, even if that means that the functions get a line longer. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyt

Re: [Python-Dev] Issue 10194 - Adding a gc.remap() function

2010-10-26 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ough. Or, if you want to be able to change the class of all instances of that class, why you can't track all instances explicitly. In the PEP, you should then also explain what the limitations of the feature should. I.e. the feature should not be specified by its implem

Re: [Python-Dev] Issue 10194 - Adding a gc.remap() function

2010-10-26 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 26.10.2010 22:28, schrieb Peter Ingebretson: > --- On Tue, 10/26/10, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> I think this then mandates a PEP; I'm -1 on the feature also. > > I am happy to write up a PEP for this feature. I'll start that > process now, though

Re: [Python-Dev] Continuing 2.x

2010-10-28 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ake Windows binaries for such a release. Also, if you do plan to make a release, please also indicate how you would label it. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-de

Re: [Python-Dev] MemoryError... how much memory?

2010-10-28 Thread Martin v. Löwis
efore, allocating more objects or doing string formatting will likely fail (unless the requested size is much larger than the memory required for these operations). So the chance increases that you trigger a fatal error. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev

Re: [Python-Dev] Buildbot for AIX

2010-10-28 Thread Martin v. Löwis
em, which I haven't been able to, yet. 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] Continuing 2.x

2010-10-28 Thread Martin v. Löwis
asses, > two parallel buffer APIs, misleading implicit conversions...) I completely agree with that point. I find it unlikely that those who do regular maintenance of Python will join a continuing-2.x effort. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing

Re: [Python-Dev] Continuing 2.x

2010-10-28 Thread Martin v. Löwis
features in 2.x anymore - but many haven't switched to 2.7, either. Debian still ships with 2.5, and the next Debian release will be shipping with 2.6. So any theoretical 2.8 release would be just as irrelevant to existing users for many years to come (e.g. the *next* Debian release would

Re: [Python-Dev] Continuing 2.x

2010-10-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ink 2.x is > going to necessitate another release must /necessarily/ be wrong. Predictions are always difficult to make. It may be that 2.x will necessitate another release (by some criteria), but I truly hope that you are wrong in predicting that such a release will actually happen. Regards, Martin __

Re: [Python-Dev] new buffer in python2.7

2010-10-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
o doesn't involve any unnecessary copies. 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] On breaking modules into packages Was: [issue10199] Move Demo/turtle under Lib/

2010-10-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
a single 2000-line file. 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] Continuing 2.x

2010-10-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
lish his changes in a branch). So despite the more general subject (which I think is still mostly hypothetical), the real issue Kristjan raised has been resolved, AFAICT (although Kristjan has not yet voiced an opinion of whether he finds that resolution acceptable

Re: [Python-Dev] Continuing 2.x

2010-10-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
on of their former employee Thomas Wouters). > For "donated" infrastructure, surely the individuals providing CPU / > bandwidth / diskspace make that call, and not python-dev. Yes, and I have already stated my opinion. Other pydotorg'ers will surely voice their opinion when the

Re: [Python-Dev] Continuing 2.x

2010-10-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ort will always ask "are you using the latest version", to which the answer will be "of course not, I am using an installation that is five weeks old". Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.py

Re: [Python-Dev] Regular scheduled releases

2010-10-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Right, the effort of those people is obviously the limiting factor > here. Automating builds sounds like a good step forward. What are the > sticky bits here? Martin, Ronald, how much of the process is not > automated, and why is automating hard? I don't feel like producing a

Re: [Python-Dev] Regular scheduled releases

2010-10-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 30.10.2010 14:29, schrieb Dirkjan Ochtman: > On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 14:09, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> I don't feel like producing a complete list of build steps; the entire >> process takes about four hours. > > So is most of this scripted, or is there

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r85934 - in python/branches/py3k: Misc/NEWS Modules/socketmodule.c

2010-10-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ize+1)) +if (GetComputerNameExW(ComputerNamePhysicalDnsHostname, + PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(result), + size+1)) return result; Py_DECREF(result);

Re: [Python-Dev] closing files and sockets in a timely manner in the stdlib

2010-10-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
m Unix V8, in 1984. In that version, each entry in /proc was a file, essentially giving access to the process' address space. Supposedly, it was still possible to find out the list of open files using that interface, see http://man.cat-v.org/unix_

Re: [Python-Dev] new buffer in python2.7

2010-10-31 Thread Martin v. Löwis
quot;.join() or > stringio.write() Assuming there are multiple recv calls. For a typical struct, all data will come out of the stream with a single recv. so no join will be necessary. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.

Re: [Python-Dev] Python-3 transition in Arch Linux

2010-11-04 Thread Martin v. Löwis
they do make bug reports. Good :-) If this gets attributed correctly (i.e. as a deliberate decision by Arch, revealing bugs in many packages that have long existed), and if Google picks the canonical resolution quickly, I don't think any harm is done - and in the long run, it will

Re: [Python-Dev] "Too many open files" errors on "x86 FreeBSD 7.2 3.x" buildbot

2010-11-06 Thread Martin v. Löwis
bot or not, or if it is a > failure in Python? Before David responds: feel free to put temporarily a "limits -a" command into the build process, or some such. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/m

Re: [Python-Dev] Python-3 transition in Arch Linux

2010-11-06 Thread Martin v. Löwis
out 3.1 - changing it again for 3.2 would require another decision, but certainly can't be ruled out categorically). Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: ht

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r86264 - python/branches/release27-maint/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py

2010-11-06 Thread Martin v. Löwis
ith code that will break under that change); however, I fail to see what good it does. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/op

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r86264 - python/branches/release27-maint/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py

2010-11-06 Thread Martin v. Löwis
matter of agreeing when moving forward: IMO, mere style changes, code cleanup etc shouldn't be applied to the bug fix branches, as their only purpose is to provide bug fixes for existing users. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Py

Re: [Python-Dev] SSH access against buildbot boxes

2010-11-06 Thread Martin v. Löwis
tact the slave operator. 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] [Python-checkins] r86264 - python/branches/release27-maint/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py

2010-11-07 Thread Martin v. Löwis
as backported. Code cleanup is in the way of such analysis, making maintenance more difficult. 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] Python-3 transition in Arch Linux

2010-11-07 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 07.11.2010 15:57, schrieb James Y Knight: > On Nov 6, 2010, at 9:41 AM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: >> So I don't recall a decision that there shouldn't be a python2 >> binary, > > The decision to make one would have to be an active decision, since > Python has ne

Re: [Python-Dev] Bug track down?

2010-11-07 Thread Martin v. Löwis
at there was some kind of networking problem. It came back, then went away again. 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/py

Re: [Python-Dev] Snakebite, buildbot and low hanging fruit -- feedback wanted! (Was Re: SSH access against buildbot boxes)

2010-11-07 Thread Martin v. Löwis
in the bush. Cooperate, don't confront. 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] Snakebite, buildbot and low hanging fruit -- feedback wanted! (Was Re: SSH access against buildbot boxes)

2010-11-07 Thread Martin v. Löwis
actually > switch the buildbots over on migration day. I'm not sure this is the right way of doing it. AFAICT, hg can have multiple handlers for the same hook, e.g. incoming.buildbot and incoming.community. Furthermore, I believe the community buildbot farm is currently dead, and unlikely

Re: [Python-Dev] Snakebite, buildbot and low hanging fruit -- feedback wanted! (Was Re: SSH access against buildbot boxes)

2010-11-08 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> That is true, however it doesn't help you: the hook takes its configuration > from the hgrc file, so you can configure exactly one host:port to send > changes to. Ah, ok. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@p

[Python-Dev] bugs.python.org migration

2010-11-09 Thread Martin v. Löwis
bugs.python.org is moving to a new hardware; this also involves a new IP address. The migration will happen on Thursday, likely around 8:00 UTC. If all goes well, outage should be very short. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev

Re: [Python-Dev] Removal of Win32 ANSI API

2010-11-11 Thread Martin v. Löwis
(i.e. to be able to access all files correctly). 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] Removal of Win32 ANSI API

2010-11-11 Thread Martin v. Löwis
quot; prefixes into the code. In case b), they will be Unicode strings in Python 3. In case c), they will be Unicode strings if the argument is a Unicode string. So by induction, file names will be typically unicode. The exception will be libraries/applications which make deliberate attemp

Re: [Python-Dev] Removal of Win32 ANSI API

2010-11-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
that you receive before using them as a file name. In a well-specified network protocol, you would know the encoding of the bytes; IETF recommends to use UTF-8 for all new protocols. Using an UTF-8 string as a filename on Windows will create mojibake.

[Python-Dev] buildbot master update

2010-11-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
version that is available in Debian stable (currently 0.7.8). 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

[Python-Dev] bugs.python.org migration complete

2010-11-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
initially a misconfiguration preventing outgoing IP traffic, particularly preventing outgoing emails from being delivered. This is all fixed now; report any remaining issues to the metatracker. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev

Re: [Python-Dev] Removal of Win32 ANSI API

2010-11-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
re useful at least for tar. No, they are not. The tarfile module decodes all file names on its own, IIUC. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.py

Re: [Python-Dev] Removal of Win32 ANSI API

2010-11-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
there applications with no hope of a sensible solution can then still intervene. 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/a

Re: [Python-Dev] buildbot master update

2010-11-12 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Thanks Martin, for all you do to keep our infrastructure humming along > smoothly, including the recent Roundup migration. I just write the announcements :-) In this case. thanks should also extend to Izak Burger of Upfront Hosting who did most of the setup (I just did the DNS changes),

Re: [Python-Dev] Removal of Win32 ANSI API

2010-11-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
on, and therefore ease maintenance. 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] Removal of Win32 ANSI API

2010-11-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
fferent string type. >> If you drop code without first deprecating it, chances are it will >> hurt someone. That's why having a deprecation period is the rule we >> usually follow (most of the time :-)). I'm in favor of deprecating it first. Regards, Martin _

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable buildbots

2010-11-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
his is what kill_python.exe is supposed to solve. So I recommend to investigate why it fails to kill the hanging Pythons. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe:

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 385: Formatting of Hg checkin notifications

2010-11-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
x27;t really bother me either way - > I'm mainly looking for info on who has the ability to change the > format in the first place :) See http://hg.python.org/hooks/ You should have push permissions to that repository. Regards, Martin ___ Python

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 385: Formatting of Hg checkin notifications

2010-11-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
problem really is that the repository doesn't exist. I guess this is because it tries to create it, and then finds that it can't. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 385: Formatting of Hg checkin notifications

2010-11-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
as a relative path to the "hg" > user's HOME. The "ssh://" scheme executes remote hg over an ssh > session, I don't think there's any additional magic. Correct. However, this just means that additional magic is required. Regards, Martin __

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