Re: [Python-3000] Several days later: no windows installers for b3

2008-08-24 Thread wesley chun
>> No b3 installers for windows at http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/ > We know. Martin, who usually does the Windows installer, is on vacation. once they're ready and the page updated, also change the 1st sentence under "Download" to reflect beta (and future release candidate) status as

[Python-3000] what version of bsddb to use/accept for 2.6/3.0

2008-08-24 Thread Neal Norwitz
Many buildbots are running bsddb 4.7, particularly the debian/ubuntu ones (4.7.25 which seems to be the latest). Some of them are crashing, others are not. The max version we support in both 2.6 and 3.0 is 4.7. Should we allow this version or should we use a lower maximum that is more likely to

Re: [Python-3000] XML as bytes or unicode?

2008-08-24 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Well, does the parser handle it or should the code that got the XML in > the first place handle it? The parser handles encodings in XML; XML parsing is "bytes in, pieces of Unicode out". > Apparently whomever wrote the parsers originally thought it was not > the parser's job. =) Why do you thi

Re: [Python-3000] Several days later: no windows installers for b3

2008-08-24 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Brett Cannon wrote: > On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 6:29 AM, Edward K. Ream <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> No b3 installers for windows at http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/ >> > > We know. Martin, who usually does the Windows installer, is on vacation. And I will be for two more weeks - so un