[Python-Dev] Should libpython.a go in eprefix?

2013-01-15 Thread Ben Leslie
Hi all, This issue: http://bugs.python.org/issue9807 from a couple of years ago seems to have changed the LIBPL build variable from pointing to a directory inside EPREFIX, to a directory in PREFIX. This doesn't seem ideal as LIBPL is populated with platform specific files such as libpython.a.

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 433: Add cloexec argument to functions creating file descriptors

2013-01-15 Thread Larry Hastings
On 01/14/2013 01:44 PM, Greg Ewing wrote: I think protect is *far* too vague. We don't want something so neutral that it gives no clue at all about its meaning. My shoot-from-the-hip name suggestion: sterile. (Does not produce offspring.) When a process and a file descriptor love each

[Python-Dev] PEP-431 updated.

2013-01-15 Thread Lennart Regebro
OK, here is the third major incarnation of PEP-431. I think it addresses all the concerns brought to light so far. https://raw.github.com/regebro/tz-pep/master/pep-04tz.txt Is there a simpler way of doing this than thus cut and paste updating? Is there a way to make pull requests to

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP-431 updated.

2013-01-15 Thread Brett Cannon
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Lennart Regebro rege...@gmail.com wrote: OK, here is the third major incarnation of PEP-431. I think it addresses all the concerns brought to light so far. https://raw.github.com/regebro/tz-pep/master/pep-04tz.txt Is there a simpler way of doing this than

[Python-Dev] DLLs folder on Windows

2013-01-15 Thread Piotr Dobrogost
Hi! I'm curious how dlls from the DLLs folder on Windows are being loaded? As they are not placed in the same folder where python.exe resides I guess they must be loaded by giving the path explicitly but I'm not sure. I'm asking because there's no DLLs folder being created when creating

Re: [Python-Dev] DLLs folder on Windows

2013-01-15 Thread Terry Reedy
On 1/15/2013 6:21 PM, Piotr Dobrogost wrote: I'm curious how dlls from the DLLs folder on Windows are being loaded? As they are not placed in the same folder where python.exe resides I guess they must be loaded by giving the path explicitly but I'm not sure. They are in .../DLLs, which is in