[Python-Dev] Last-minute request: please backport bpo-33329 fix to 3.4 and 3.5

This bug in bpo-33329: https://bugs.python.org/issue33329 was fixed for 3.6+, but it also affects 3.4 and 3.5.  The bug is that with newer versions of glibc--which I'm pretty sure has shipped on all major Linux distros by now--the test suite may send signals that are invalid somehow.  As

Re: [Python-Dev] Compile-time resolution of packages [Was: Another update for PEP 394...]

On Mar 1, 2019, at 02:41, Petr Viktorin wrote: > Currently, in RHEL/Fedora: > - "sudo pip" installs to /usr/local/, RPM packages install to /usr/ > - with "-I", the interpreter does not look into /usr/local/. > AFAIK, Debian/Ubuntu have something very similar, and were first to do it. Debuntu’s

[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2019-02-22 - 2019-03-01) Python tracker at https://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue. Do NOT respond to this message. Issues counts and deltas: open7012 (+13) closed 40898 (+64) total 47910 (+77) Open issues

[Python-Dev] Update from the Python Steering Council about CPython Development

The Python Steering Council is pleased to provide an update to the Python community about Steering Council activity and CPython development. We've created a GitHub repo for Steering Council updates and helpful documents: https://github.com/python/steering-council Here's the latest update

Re: [Python-Dev] before I open an issue re: posix.stat and/or os.stat

Shortening the original mail to something shorter. The reason I am starting here, in -dev, rather than as an issue directly, is because I would like some direction/recommendation from concerned individuals before I take a "outsider" approach. Too often I have learned that I guessed wrong how

Re: [Python-Dev] Compile-time resolution of packages [Was: Another update for PEP 394...]

On 2/28/19 6:56 PM, Gregory P. Smith wrote: On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 5:12 PM Toshio Kuratomi > wrote: On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 2:07 PM Neil Schemenauer mailto:nas-pyt...@arctrix.com>> wrote: On 2019-02-26, Gregory P. Smith wrote: > On Tue,