[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Mac/OSX fixapplepython23.py, 1.1, 1.2

2004-12-28 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Dec 28, 2004, at 4:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Mac/OSX In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv9229 Modified Files: fixapplepython23.py Log Message: Just passing -undefined dynamic_lookup isn't enough: we also need to set the MACOSX_D

Re: [Python-Dev] Zipfile needs?

2004-12-28 Thread Brett C.
Scott David Daniels wrote: I'm hoping to add BZIP2 compression to zipfile for 2.5. My primary motivation is that Project Gutenberg seems to be starting to use BZIP2 compression for some of its zips. What other wish list things do people around here have for zipfile? I thought I'd collect input h

Re: [Python-Dev] Zipfile needs?

2004-12-28 Thread "Martin v. Löwis"
Scott David Daniels wrote: I'm hoping to add BZIP2 compression to zipfile for 2.5. My primary motivation is that Project Gutenberg seems to be starting to use BZIP2 compression for some of its zips. What other wish list things do people around here have for zipfile? I thought I'd collect input h

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] The versioning question...

2004-12-28 Thread "Martin v. Löwis"
Chris Barker wrote: This really doesn't work well for complex packages. I was quite involved with the debate about versioning for wxPython (and helped drive it happening) and that was what I originally proposed. The problem is that you have a whole pile of modules and libs and user code that all

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] The versioning question...

2004-12-28 Thread Skip Montanaro
Eric> Unless you are doing comparison tests, where it would be nice to Eric> be able to state in a generic way that the new implementation Eric> should not change answers. May be something like: Eric> import spam[1] as spamnext# next version Eric> import spam[0]

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] The versioning question...

2004-12-28 Thread Eric Nieuwland
Martin v. Löwis wrote: Eric Nieuwland wrote: Would it be an idea to submit a PEP for extending the 'import' keyword? No. Normally, packages should aim for backwards compatibility, so that applications would only want to specify a minimum version, such as import xml assert xml.version_info > (0,8,2