Re: [Python-Dev] Proposing PEP 345 : Metadata for Python Software Packages 1.2

2009-12-21 Thread Nick Coghlan
Tarek Ziadé wrote: > Hi, > > On behalf of the Distutils-SIG, I would like to propose to addition of > PEP 345 (once and *if* PEP 386 is accepted). +1 for integrating all the good work the catalog-sig folks have been doing. Some comments on PEP 345 specifically though: The deprecation of the exi

[Python-Dev] Proposing PEP 345 : Metadata for Python Software Packages 1.2

2009-12-21 Thread Tarek Ziadé
Hi, On behalf of the Distutils-SIG, I would like to propose to addition of PEP 345 (once and *if* PEP 386 is accepted). It's the metadata v1.2: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0345/ PEP 345 was initiated a while ago by Richard Jones, and reworked since then together with PEP 386, at Pycon las

Re: [Python-Dev] x86 osx 5 buildbot slave

2009-12-21 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Thomas Heller wrote: > I have to shutdown the x86 osx 5 buildbot slave permanently, because > the machine is getting a new role. Martin, please remove it from > the configuration. Thanks for the notice; I have now removed it from the list. Regards, Martin

Re: [Python-Dev] Disallow float arguments where an integer is expected in Python 2.7.

2009-12-21 Thread Brett Cannon
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 07:02, Mark Dickinson wrote: > In Python 2.7, PyArg_ParseTuple and friends currently accept a float > argument where an integer is expected, but produce a > DeprecationWarning in this case. This can be seen in various places > in Python proper: > > >>> itertools.combinati

[Python-Dev] Disallow float arguments where an integer is expected in Python 2.7.

2009-12-21 Thread Mark Dickinson
In Python 2.7, PyArg_ParseTuple and friends currently accept a float argument where an integer is expected, but produce a DeprecationWarning in this case. This can be seen in various places in Python proper: >>> itertools.combinations(range(5), 2.0) __main__:1: DeprecationWarning: integer argumen

Re: [Python-Dev] Providing support files to assist 3.x extension authors

2009-12-21 Thread Case Vanhorsen
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 12:49 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> Several questions come to mind: >> >> 1) Is it reasonable to provide backward compatibility files (either as >> .h or .c) to provide support to new API calls to extension authors? > > I'm skeptical. In my experience, each extension has

[Python-Dev] x86 osx 5 buildbot slave

2009-12-21 Thread Thomas Heller
I have to shutdown the x86 osx 5 buildbot slave permanently, because the machine is getting a new role. Martin, please remove it from the configuration. -- Thanks, Thomas ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman