[Python-Dev] Re: Which thing is "Development Mode"

2021-03-02 Thread Coyot Linden (Glenn Glazer)
On 3/1/21 08:49, Paul Moore wrote: On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 at 16:25, Coyot Linden (Glenn Glazer) wrote: This is one of those cases, where those of us who have been around Python for awhile can perhaps infer from context which his meant, but the

[Python-Dev] Re: Which thing is "Development Mode"

2021-03-02 Thread Paul Moore
I'm somewhat baffled by your comment here. "Just because something is bad or even often bad, is no reason to let it stay that way or to not try and make things better." I have no idea what gives you the impression that I think that way. *Shrug* I guess I don't understand what you expect here. But

[Python-Dev] Re: Which thing is "Development Mode"

2021-03-01 Thread Paul Moore
On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 at 16:25, Coyot Linden (Glenn Glazer) wrote: > This is one of those cases, where those of us who have been around > Python for awhile can perhaps infer from context which his meant, but > the phrase "put your Python project into development mode" is ambiguous > in a way that is

[Python-Dev] Re: Which thing is "Development Mode"

2021-03-01 Thread Coyot Linden (Glenn Glazer)
On 2/26/21 13:49, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Hi Coyot, and welcome! Can you explain the circumstances where a developer, or an end user, might be confused as to which development mode is meant? "Dev mode" is a very common term: Windows 10 has a development mode. So does the X-Box and the Samsung

[Python-Dev] Re: Which thing is "Development Mode"

2021-02-26 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Hi Coyot, and welcome! Can you explain the circumstances where a developer, or an end user, might be confused as to which development mode is meant? "Dev mode" is a very common term: Windows 10 has a development mode. So does the X-Box and the Samsung Galaxy phone. Ruby on Rails also has a

[Python-Dev] Re: Which thing is "Development Mode"

2021-02-26 Thread Paul Bryan
Perhaps refine the packaging nomenclature to be "local development mode"? On Fri, 2021-02-26 at 18:34 +, Coyot Linden wrote: > As of 3.7, there is now a python feature called Development Mode: > > https://docs.python.org/3/library/devmode.html#devmode > > Which has a confusingly similar and

[Python-Dev] Re: Which thing is "Development Mode"

2021-02-26 Thread Victor Stinner
I suggest to assign a color to each development mode to distinguish them. Victor On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 7:50 PM Coyot Linden wrote: > > As of 3.7, there is now a python feature called Development Mode: > > https://docs.python.org/3/library/devmode.html#devmode > > Which has a confusingly

[Python-Dev] Re: Which thing is "Development Mode"

2021-02-26 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 26Feb2021 18:34, Coyot Linden wrote: >As of 3.7, there is now a python feature called Development Mode: > >https://docs.python.org/3/library/devmode.html#devmode > >Which has a confusingly similar and nearly identical name to a setuptools >feature: >