Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 426 is now the draft spec for distribution metadata 2.0

2013-02-17 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 18 Feb 2013 08:36, "Fred Drake" wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: > > As Daniel pointed out, easy_install and pip also don't follow this rule yet, > > so it won't really have any impact if we never get to metadata 3.0. > > Actually, my point was that using a separ

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 426 is now the draft spec for distribution metadata 2.0

2013-02-17 Thread Fred Drake
On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: > As Daniel pointed out, easy_install and pip also don't follow this rule yet, > so it won't really have any impact if we never get to metadata 3.0. Actually, my point was that using a separate filename for version 2.0 would allow provision of

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 426 is now the draft spec for distribution metadata 2.0

2013-02-17 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 18 Feb 2013 04:54, "Fred Drake" wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Daniel Holth wrote: > > Not likely to matter for a while as the current md v1 tools don't understand > > this new obsolescence rule :-) > > Using a separate file for post-obsolescence-rule metadata versions would > all

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 426 is now the draft spec for distribution metadata 2.0

2013-02-17 Thread Fred Drake
On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Daniel Holth wrote: > Not likely to matter for a while as the current md v1 tools don't understand > this new obsolescence rule :-) Using a separate file for post-obsolescence-rule metadata versions would allow coexistance, which would likely improve adoption.

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 426 is now the draft spec for distribution metadata 2.0

2013-02-17 Thread Daniel Holth
On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:11:23 +1000 Nick Coghlan wrote: > > Major changes since the last draft: > > 1. Metadata-Version is 2.0 rather than 1.3, and the field now has the > same major.minor semantics as are defined for wheel versions in PEP > 427 (i.e. if a tool sees a major version number it doesn'

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 426 is now the draft spec for distribution metadata 2.0

2013-02-17 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:11:23 +1000 Nick Coghlan wrote: > > Major changes since the last draft: > > 1. Metadata-Version is 2.0 rather than 1.3, and the field now has the > same major.minor semantics as are defined for wheel versions in PEP > 427 (i.e. if a tool sees a major version number it does

Re: [Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #15022: Add pickle and comparison support to types.SimpleNamespace.

2013-02-17 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:20:14 -0700 > Eric Snow wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Eric Snow >> wrote: >> > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Antoine Pitrou >> > wrote: >> >> I think you should test with all pickle protocols. >> >

Re: [Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #15022: Add pickle and comparison support to types.SimpleNamespace.

2013-02-17 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:20:14 -0700 Eric Snow wrote: > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Eric Snow > wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > >> I think you should test with all pickle protocols. > > > > I'll do that. > > Out of curiousity, how critical is it to suppor

Re: [Python-Dev] BDFL delegation for PEP 426 (PyPI metadata 1.3)

2013-02-17 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > I don't know or care much about PyPI metadata, so do what you feel is > right. If you are uncomfortable being PEP-uncle *and* -author, find > another author or another uncle. But since it doesn't affect the > language or library, it's fine

Re: [Python-Dev] Cut/Copy/Paste items in IDLE right click context menu

2013-02-17 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 4:56 PM, R. David Murray wrote: > On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:00:24 +1100, Neil Hodgson wrote: >> Nick Coghlan: >> >> > - no need for extensive cross-OS testing prior to commit, that's a key >> > part of the role of the buildbots >> >>Are the buildbots able to test UI featu