Re: [Python-Dev] Request for pronouncement on PEP 493 (HTTPS verification backport guidance)

2015-11-30 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Nov 27, 2015, at 04:04 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: >New draft pushed: https://hg.python.org/peps/rev/f602a47ea795 > >This is a significant rewrite that switches the PEP to a Standards Track PEP >proposing two new features for 2.7.12+: an "ssl._verify_https_certificates()" >configuration function, a

Re: [Python-Dev] Avoiding CPython performance regressions

2015-11-30 Thread Stewart, David C
On 11/30/15, 5:52 AM, "Python-Dev on behalf of R. David Murray" wrote: > >There's also an Intel project posted about here recently that checks >individual benchmarks for performance regressions and posts the results >to python-checkins. The description of the project is at https://01.org/l

Re: [Python-Dev] Help with a book

2015-11-30 Thread Jacob Zimmerman
Thanks to everyone who has offered to look at and edit my book. I have enough help now, so I won't be taking anymore requests. On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Jacob Zimmerman wrote: > Hello Python Developers! > > I'm writing a book about descriptors, and I'm hoping to make it a > comprehensive

Re: [Python-Dev] Avoiding CPython performance regressions

2015-11-30 Thread R. David Murray
On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 09:02:12 -0200, Fabio Zadrozny wrote: > Note that uploading the data to SpeedTin should be pretty straightforward > (by using https://github.com/fabioz/pyspeedtin, so, the main issue would be > setting up o machine to run the benchmarks). Thanks, but Zach almost has this worki

[Python-Dev] Avoiding CPython performance regressions

2015-11-30 Thread Fabio Zadrozny
Hi python-dev, I've seen that on and off CPython had attempts to measure benchmarks over time to avoid performance regressions (i.e.: https://speed.python.org), but had nothing concrete so far, so, I ended up creating a hosted service for that (https://www.speedtin.com) and I'd like to help in set