[issue11921] distutils2 should be able to compile an Extension based on the Python implementation version

dholth added the comment: Yes, putting implementation-specific environment markers in the Extensions section is the idea (instead of the haphazard and occasionally-applied 'Python code in setup.py appends to a list of extensions' method). An Extension can only be optional whe

[issue11921] distutils2 should be able to compile an Extension based on the Python implementation version

New submission from dholth : It might be useful to be able to declare optional Extensions that for example won't attempt to compile on Jython or any implementation of Python for which the extension (a) doesn't work or (b) would be slower than the Python fallback. I suppose thi

[issue11880] add a {dist-info} category to distutils2

New submission from dholth : In distutils2 there is currently no way to add files such as egg_info.txt that should be part of the package metadata. A new category named the same as the .dist-info directory would be a nice way to do it. distutils2 should raise an error if any of the reserved

[issue10740] sqlite3 module should allow DDL statements in transactions

dholth added the comment: Torsten basically you are suggesting that PRAGMA would never work at all with my 'do not strcmp() the sql at all, always begin a transaction' approach? -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.o

[issue11624] distutils should support a custom list of exported symbols for Windows dlls.

New submission from dholth : I would like to be able to use distutils to compile a shared library with a different set of exported symbols than the default. In Windows, distutils only exports certain symbols needed for the Python module initialization API when it compiles a shared module. It

[issue9924] sqlite3 SELECT does not BEGIN a transaction, but should according to spec

dholth added the comment: What should this option be called? connect(strict=True) ? -- nosy: +dholth ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue9

[issue10740] sqlite3 module should allow DDL statements in transactions

dholth added the comment: I want transactional DDL too. I was tremendously surprised that I could not duplicate the way sqlite3 behaves on the command line from witin pysqlite. Instead of this patch, I would rather be able to instruct pysqlite to always begin a transaction for any kind of

[issue8713] multiprocessing needs option to eschew fork() under Linux

dholth added the comment: +1 -- nosy: +dholth ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue8713> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe:

[issue7791] Python 2.6 standard library "sees also" something not in the standard library

dholth added the comment: Also ipaddr.BaseIP.packed is a property, not a method, so no () -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue7791> ___ ___ Pytho

[issue7791] Python 2.6 standard library "sees also" something not in the standard library

New submission from dholth : I thought it was really odd that the standard library documentation references ipaddr, a module from pypi, not something else in the standard library. The documentation should explain that the referenced package is not a standard part of Python. http

[issue7748] unicode supported in distutils register but not distutils upload

New submission from dholth : # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*- # Will not 'python setup.py upload': setup(name='acute_e', version='0.1', description=u'é') It looks like someone fixed this for register but forgot to copy it into upload: +# Bui