[Python-Dev] Re: Deprecate support for mingw - add to PEP 11

2021-02-20 Thread Dan Stromberg
mingw-w64 might be a small change. But while one is it at, it might make sense to evaluate: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/MSVCCompatibility.html Apparently clang on Windows is working on calling convention compatibility with Visual Studio. On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 8:37 PM wrote: > I think perhaps

[Python-Dev] Deprecate support for mingw - add to PEP 11

2021-02-20 Thread ucodery
I think perhaps we should admit that this build system is no longer supported. From everything I can tell, the mingw project is no longer maintained. The project's site, mingw.org, is no longer live; the project on sourceforge, although still downloaded daily, had its last commit almost 3 years

[Python-Dev] Re: Security releases of CPython

2021-02-20 Thread Mike Miller
On Thu, 2021-02-11 at 23:24 -0500, Terry Reedy wrote: > ... Releases are not just a push of a button. On 2021-02-19 15:05, Stestagg wrote: > > The thing that stood out from this conversation, for me, is: Releases > > are too hard, and there’s a risk of not having enough volunteers as a

[Python-Dev] Re: Security releases of CPython

2021-02-20 Thread Jim J. Jewett
Looking at the other replies, I'm wondering if you fully understand python's variant of version numbering. I suggest we change the announcement template from: "Python 3.9.2 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations."

[Python-Dev] Anyone interested in leading a sprint at PyCascades tomorrow?

2021-02-20 Thread Brett Cannon
It's short notice, but PyCascades is hosting sprints on Sunday, Feb. 21 from 09:00 - 12:30 PST tomorrow and the organizers wanted to see if anyone happened to be up for leading or helping out anyone who wants to sprint on CPython. https://2021.pycascades.com/program/sprints/ __

[Python-Dev] Re: Security releases of CPython

2021-02-20 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 2/19/21 11:55 PM, Steve Holden wrote: The PSF needs needs sufficient money to hire a couple of people, so the PSF can turn release management and security maintenance from unpaid volunteers into paid fulltime jobs. Oh, is that all? Sustainability of the PSF, as has been shown ov

[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 653: Precise Semantics for Pattern Matching

2021-02-20 Thread Tobias Kohn
Hi Oscar Quoting Oscar Benjamin : On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 at 15:41, Tobias Kohn wrote: [...] It's not easy now to look back over the history of all of this. My recollection of the original version of PEP 622 (if that's the right one...) was that it had an overcomplicated protocol for __match__.

[Python-Dev] Re: Security releases of CPython

2021-02-20 Thread Victor Stinner
On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 9:44 PM Michał Górny wrote: > I feel that vulnerability fixes do not make it to end users fast enough. I think that it's time to put that into perspective with past vulnerabilities. Ok, let me look at the timeline of the discussed vulnerability, ctypes CVE-2021-3177: http

[Python-Dev] Re: Security releases of CPython

2021-02-20 Thread Michał Górny
On Fri, 2021-02-19 at 17:03 -0500, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 2/19/2021 5:11 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > > On Thu, 2021-02-11 at 23:24 -0500, Terry Reedy wrote: > > > > Releases are not just a push of a button. Make the release > > > job too onerous, and there might not be any more volunteers. > > >