Re: Build tools, and Python 3 dependencies (was: How keep Python 3 moving forward)

2014-05-26 Thread Roy Smith
In article mailman.10329.1401074189.18130.python-l...@python.org, Ben Finney b...@benfinney.id.au wrote: Roy Smith r...@panix.com writes: Stefan Behnel stefan...@behnel.de wrote: And I don't really see why you would consider fabric a dependency that keeps you from switching to Py3.

Re: Build tools, and Python 3 dependencies (was: How keep Python 3 moving forward)

2014-05-26 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 26 May 2014 08:44:51 -0400, Roy Smith wrote: That makes even less sense. The build system runs under whatever version of Python it needs, and your code runs under whatever version of Python you like. The two don't affect each other at run time, and don't affect each other's testing

Re: Build tools, and Python 3 dependencies (was: How keep Python 3 moving forward)

2014-05-26 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Oh, I was a bit trigger-happy with my earlier post. On Mon, 26 May 2014 08:44:51 -0400, Roy Smith wrote about his build system and production code: The are tightly integrated, and share code. [...] When you start working with large systems, reducing complexity becomes important. Every

Re: Build tools, and Python 3 dependencies (was: How keep Python 3 moving forward)

2014-05-26 Thread Rustom Mody
On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 8:29:13 AM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Mon, 26 May 2014 08:44:51 -0400, Roy Smith wrote: That makes even less sense. The build system runs under whatever version of Python it needs, and your code runs under whatever version of Python you like. The