[Python-Dev] Reminder: checkins into 3.5 after rc1 won't automatically go into final

2015-11-22 Thread Larry Hastings
3.5.1rc1 is tagged, merged, and pushed back into the central repo. At this point I don't plan to merge further changes from hg.python.org into 3.5.1 final. If you have an important bug fix that didn't make it into 3.5.1rc1 and *has* to go into 3.5.1 final, add me to the issue and we'll

[Python-Dev] collections.Counter __add__ implementation quirk

2015-11-22 Thread Alexander Walters
collections.Counter.__add__ as a bit of a quirk. Counters allow for negative numbers. You can subtract from a counter into the negative no problem. However, if you have a counter with a negative value and add it to another counter, and if that value, after addition, would still be

[Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.5.1rc1 is now available

2015-11-22 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Python 3.5.1rc1. Python 3.5.1 will be the first update for Python 3.5. Python 3.5 is the newest version of the Python language, and it contains many exciting new

[Python-Dev] Release schedule for 3.4.4

2015-11-22 Thread Larry Hastings
Sorry for the short notice of this schedule, but... here goes: Sat Dec 05 - tag 3.4.4rc1 Sun Dec 06 - release 3.4.4rc1 Sat Dec 19 - tag 3.4.4 final Sun Dec 20 - release 3.4.4 final The reason for the short notice: we may have to change personnel for this release, and we need to