[Python-Dev] PEP 587 (Python Initialization Configuration) updated to be future proof again

2019-09-27 Thread Victor Stinner
Hi, I dislike having to do that, but I had to make a last minute change in my PEP 587 "Python Initialization Configuration" to allow to modify the structure in the future without breaking the backward compatibility. I added a "struct_size" field to PyPreConfig and PyConfig: *

[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

2019-09-27 Thread Python tracker
ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2019-09-20 - 2019-09-27) 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: open7046 ( +3) closed 43001 (+56) total 50047 (+59) Open issues

[Python-Dev] ATTENTION: Python 3.8.0rc1 is due on Monday, Sep 30th

2019-09-27 Thread Ɓukasz Langa
Hello fellow core developers and testers, as documented in PEP 569, we're less than 72 hours away from tagging the release candidate of Python 3.8.0. Ideally we'd only need one. Sadly, at the moment we're looking rather miserable release-blocker wise: