Re: [Python-Dev] Getting importlib into the standard library for 3.1

2009-01-09 Thread Brett Cannon
OK, since no one has really said anything, I am going to assume no one has issues with importlib in terms of me checking it in or choosing a name for it (I like importlib more than imp so I will probably stick with that). So I will do some file renaming and reorganization, get the code set up to b

Re: [Python-Dev] Meet your next release manager: Benjamin Peterson

2009-01-09 Thread Aahz
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009, Barry Warsaw wrote: > > To that end, I'm happy to say that Benjamin Peterson will be the release > manager for Python 2.7 and 3.1. I will be mentoring him through the > process, but it'll be his ball of snake wax. Please join me in helping > him make the 2.7 and 3.1 relea

Re: [Python-Dev] exec documentation

2009-01-09 Thread Nick Coghlan
Glenn Linderman wrote: > On approximately 1/9/2009 3:40 PM, came the following characters from > the keyboard of Terry Reedy: >> Glenn Linderman wrote: >>> in 2.6 and before execfile is listed in builtin functions, and is not >>> marked deprecated, and exec is in the simple statements, and is not >

Re: [Python-Dev] exec documentation

2009-01-09 Thread Glenn Linderman
On approximately 1/9/2009 3:40 PM, came the following characters from the keyboard of Terry Reedy: Glenn Linderman wrote: in 2.6 and before execfile is listed in builtin functions, and is not marked deprecated, and exec is in the simple statements, and is not marked deprecated. Because they a

Re: [Python-Dev] exec documentation

2009-01-09 Thread Terry Reedy
Glenn Linderman wrote: in 2.6 and before execfile is listed in builtin functions, and is not marked deprecated, and exec is in the simple statements, and is not marked deprecated. Because they are not going away in 2.7. in 3.0 execfile is not listed in builtin functions, exec is. exec is no

[Python-Dev] Meet your next release manager: Benjamin Peterson

2009-01-09 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Now that Python 2.6 and 3.0 are in maintenance mode, it's time to start thinking about Python 2.7 and 3.1. While I've enjoyed my redux service as your release manager for 2.6 and 3.0, I believe it's time to get some new blood in here. To that

[Python-Dev] exec documentation

2009-01-09 Thread Glenn Linderman
in 2.6 and before execfile is listed in builtin functions, and is not marked deprecated, and exec is in the simple statements, and is not marked deprecated. in 3.0 execfile is not listed in builtin functions, exec is. exec is not listed in simple statements. I guess this is an intended 3.0

Re: [Python-Dev] new pep index

2009-01-09 Thread Brett Cannon
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 09:50, Benjamin Peterson wrote: > This is just a note that the PEP index (PEP 0) is now automatically > generated, so you need not bother to update any more. Thanks for getting this done! -Brett ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python

[Python-Dev] new pep index

2009-01-09 Thread Benjamin Peterson
This is just a note that the PEP index (PEP 0) is now automatically generated, so you need not bother to update any more. -- Regards, Benjamin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscri

Re: [Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue3628

2009-01-09 Thread Robert Brewer
Glenn Linderman wrote: > I'm getting an error similar to that in > http://bugs.python.org/issue3628 > when I try to run python2.6 and cherrypy 3.1.1. > > I'm too new to see any connection between the symptom and the cure > described in the above issue... I'd guess that somehow threads imply an > e

[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

2009-01-09 Thread Python tracker
ACTIVITY SUMMARY (01/02/09 - 01/09/09) Python tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue number. Do NOT respond to this message. 2304 open (+65) / 14418 closed (+24) / 16722 total (+89) Open issues with patches: 797 Average

Re: [Python-Dev] I would like an svn account

2009-01-09 Thread Ondrej Certik
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Giovanni Bajo wrote: > On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:50:09 +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > >> "Martin v. Löwis" writes: >> >> > If "switching to a modern DVCS" means that users now need to start >> > compiling their VCS before they can check out Python, >> >> It does

Re: [Python-Dev] compiling python2.5 on linux under wine

2009-01-09 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:07 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> i'd just ... much rather be completely independent of proprietary >> software when it comes to building free software. > > I guess my question is then: why do you want to use Windows in the > first place? ha ha :) the same question wa

Re: [Python-Dev] I would like an svn account

2009-01-09 Thread Giovanni Bajo
On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:50:09 +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > "Martin v. Löwis" writes: > > > If "switching to a modern DVCS" means that users now need to start > > compiling their VCS before they can check out Python, > > It doesn't mean that. All of the DVCS contenders have Windows and M

Re: [Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue3628

2009-01-09 Thread Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
Hello, On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 09:07, Glenn Linderman wrote: > I'm getting an error similar to that in http://bugs.python.org/issue3628 > when I try to run python2.6 and cherrypy 3.1.1. Please use the issue tracker for this. For help with python, you should ask on the comp.lang.python newsgroup.

Re: [Python-Dev] [patch 0/8] [RFC] cross compiling python 3.0

2009-01-09 Thread Tarek Ziadé
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Robert Schwebel wrote: > > Yup, will do. > > I suspect that some of the design decisions need discussions; should > that also take place in the issue tracker, or here on the mailing list? For the distutils part, you can use the distutils mailing list if you wish,

Re: [Python-Dev] [patch 0/8] [RFC] cross compiling python 3.0

2009-01-09 Thread Robert Schwebel
Hi Antoine, [sorry for the double post, the mails didn't show up in the archive and my procmail had missing slash at the end of the rule...] > Thanks for those patches, but please post them to the issue tracker instead > (http://bugs.python.org/). If each patch is for a distinct purpose, then ope

[Python-Dev] http://bugs.python.org/issue3628

2009-01-09 Thread Glenn Linderman
I'm getting an error similar to that in http://bugs.python.org/issue3628 when I try to run python2.6 and cherrypy 3.1.1. I'm too new to see any connection between the symptom and the cure described in the above issue... I'd guess that somehow threads imply an extra parameter? It also seems th