Re: [Python-Dev] Re: Re: 2.4 news reaches interesting places

2004-12-14 Thread Gregory P. Smith
> > we should be able to "sell" Python better than we do now, even without > > the need to resort to such poor measures. I'm sure the Python > > community does have good & creative people that can write a good > > "selling" FAQ for Python, emphasizing the main points of the language. > > No one di

RE: [Python-Dev] MinGW And The other Py2.4 issue

2004-12-14 Thread Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy)
"Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Not at all. I'm talking about the release process, and prerequisites > required in that process. This is worth mentioning because the list > of prerequisites you need to perform a Python release is already quite > long: Ah - sorry - misinterpreted. What is the size of

RE: [Python-Dev] MinGW And The other Py2.4 issue

2004-12-14 Thread Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy)
"Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Paul Moore wrote: >> Thanks for your comments. Your support for the viability of building >> extensions using mingw is important to me, so if you still have any >> concerns, let me know and I will do my best to address them. > > I understand that one still needs to buil

Re: [Python-Dev] MinGW And The other Py2.4 issue

2004-12-14 Thread "Martin v. Löwis"
Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy) wrote: it is ok to assume that a cygwin installation is in c:\cygwin. I think we should aim to support MSYS as well as Cygwin, but perhaps not for the first version where this goes in. Not at all. I'm talking about the release process, and prerequisites required in tha

Re: [Python-Dev] MinGW And The other Py2.4 issue

2004-12-14 Thread "Martin v. Löwis"
Paul Moore wrote: Thanks for your comments. Your support for the viability of building extensions using mingw is important to me, so if you still have any concerns, let me know and I will do my best to address them. I understand that one still needs to build libpython24.a in order to use this proce

[Python-Dev] httplib timeout patch

2004-12-14 Thread ZhangYueåå
Hi, Here is a patch for httplib. I added a timeout value for httplib.HTTPConnection, please check. (diff - CVS 1.94) Zhang Yue 2004-12-14 Index: httplib.py === RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/httplib.py,v retrieving rev

Re: [Python-Dev] httplib timeout patch

2004-12-14 Thread Brett C.
ZhangYueåå wrote: Hi, Here is a patch for httplib. I added a timeout value for httplib.HTTPConnection, please check. Thanks for the patch, but this is the wrong place for it. Please create a new patch item on SourceForge at http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=5470 . -Brett _

Re: [Python-Dev] httplib timeout patch

2004-12-14 Thread "Martin v. LÃwis"
Brett C. wrote: Here is a patch for httplib. I added a timeout value for httplib.HTTPConnection, please check. Thanks for the patch, but this is the wrong place for it. Please create a new patch item on SourceForge at http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=5470 . In addition, also avoid using