Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-08 Thread Tim Golden
On 08/07/2010 03:17, imageguy wrote: I, too, have multiple versions installed -- newer ones for running code I haven't upgraded; older ones for compatibility testing where needed. I just install to the default c:\pythonxy directories (although I like the idea of a common root) and I put NTFS

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-08 Thread Aahz
In article 1450078b-d5ee-437f-bd8b-8da26900f...@x27g2000yqb.googlegroups.com, imageguy imageguy1...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry to be daft here, but what do you mean by a hardlink ? A windows Shortcut ? Just to be clear, a hardlink on NTFS functions almost exactly the same as a hardlink on a Unix

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-08 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-07-08, Aahz a...@pythoncraft.com wrote: In article 1450078b-d5ee-437f-bd8b-8da26900f...@x27g2000yqb.googlegroups.com, imageguy imageguy1...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry to be daft here, but what do you mean by a hardlink ? A windows Shortcut ? Just to be clear, a hardlink on NTFS

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-08 Thread Stephen Hansen
On 7/8/10 8:07 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2010-07-08, Aahz a...@pythoncraft.com wrote: In article 1450078b-d5ee-437f-bd8b-8da26900f...@x27g2000yqb.googlegroups.com, imageguy imageguy1...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry to be daft here, but what do you mean by a hardlink ? A windows Shortcut ?

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-08 Thread Tim Golden
On 08/07/2010 16:07, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2010-07-08, Aahza...@pythoncraft.com wrote: In article1450078b-d5ee-437f-bd8b-8da26900f...@x27g2000yqb.googlegroups.com, imageguyimageguy1...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry to be daft here, but what do you mean by a hardlink ? A windows Shortcut ? Just

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-07 Thread imageguy
I, too, have multiple versions installed -- newer ones for running code I haven't upgraded; older ones for compatibility testing where needed. I just install to the default c:\pythonxy directories (although I like the idea of a common root) and I put NTFS hardlinks into my general c:\tools

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-07 Thread Martin v. Loewis
Am 08.07.2010 04:17, schrieb imageguy: I, too, have multiple versions installed -- newer ones for running code I haven't upgraded; older ones for compatibility testing where needed. I just install to the default c:\pythonxy directories (although I like the idea of a common root) and I put

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-06 Thread David Bolen
Martineau ggrp2.20.martin...@dfgh.net writes: Some clarification. I meant installed 2.7 on top of 2.6.x. Doing so would have interfered with the currently installed version because I always install Python in the same directory, one named just Python, to minimize the number of changes I have

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-06 Thread Tim Golden
On 06/07/2010 07:06, David Bolen wrote: I tend to need multiple versions around when developing, so I keep a bunch of versions all installed in separate directories as \Python\x.y (so I only have a single root directory). With 2.7, my current box has 6 Python interpreters (2.4-3.1) installed at

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-05 Thread Benjamin Kaplan
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 7:58 PM, John Machin sjmac...@lexicon.net wrote: On Jul 5, 12:27 pm, Martineau ggrp2.20.martin...@dfgh.net wrote: On Jul 4, 8:34 am, Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.org wrote: On behalf of the Python development team, I'm jocund to announce the second release

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-05 Thread Martineau
On Jul 5, 1:12 am, Benjamin Kaplan benjamin.kap...@case.edu wrote: On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 7:58 PM, John Machin sjmac...@lexicon.net wrote: On Jul 5, 12:27 pm, Martineau ggrp2.20.martin...@dfgh.net wrote: On Jul 4, 8:34 am, Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.org wrote: On behalf of the

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-05 Thread Alexander Kapps
Martineau wrote: Perhaps it's hidden somewhere, but I couldn't find the .chm help file in the python-2.7.msi file using 7-zip, nor saw anything that looked like a Doc folder embedded within it -- so I doubt installing it on a Windows machine would work any better. I don't know much about the

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-05 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:59:00 -0700, Martineau wrote: I'd like to view the contents of the help file without actually installing the release which would wipe out any currently installed version (I'm one of those rare people who actually reads manuals *before* using or installing most things.)

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-05 Thread David Robinow
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Steven D'Aprano st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au wrote: On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:59:00 -0700, Martineau wrote: I'd like to view the contents of the help file without actually installing the release which would wipe out any currently installed version (I'm one

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-05 Thread Martineau
On Jul 5, 1:31 pm, Alexander Kapps alex.ka...@web.de wrote: Martineau wrote: Perhaps it's hidden somewhere, but I couldn't find the .chm help file in the python-2.7.msi file using 7-zip, nor saw anything that looked like a Doc folder embedded within it -- so I doubt installing it on a

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-05 Thread Martineau
On Jul 5, 5:53 pm, David Robinow drobi...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Steven D'Apranost...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au wrote: On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:59:00 -0700, Martineau wrote: I'd like to view the contents of the help file without actually installing the

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-05 Thread Martin v. Loewis
Benjamin (or anyone else), do you know where I can get the Compiled Windows Help file -- python27.chm -- for this release? I have now put that file separately on the release page. Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

[RELEASE] Python 2.7 released

2010-07-04 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On behalf of the Python development team, I'm jocund to announce the second release candidate of Python 2.7. Python 2.7 will be the last major version in the 2.x series. However, it will also have an extended period of bugfix maintenance. 2.7 includes many features that were first released in

Re: [RELEASE] Python 2.7 released

2010-07-04 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2010/7/4 Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.org: On behalf of the Python development team, I'm jocund to announce the second release candidate of Python 2.7. Arg!!! This should, of course, be final release. -- Regards, Benjamin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list

[RELEASE] Python 2.7 released

2010-07-04 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On behalf of the Python development team, I'm jocund to announce the second release candidate of Python 2.7. Python 2.7 will be the last major version in the 2.x series. However, it will also have an extended period of bugfix maintenance. 2.7 includes many features that were first released in

Re: [RELEASE] Python 2.7 released

2010-07-04 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2010/7/4 Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.org: On behalf of the Python development team, I'm jocund to announce the second release candidate of Python 2.7. Arg!!! This should, of course, be final release. -- Regards, Benjamin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-04 Thread Martineau
On Jul 4, 8:34 am, Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.org wrote: On behalf of the Python development team, I'm jocund to announce the second release candidate of Python 2.7. Python 2.7 will be the last major version in the 2.x series. However, it will also have an extended period of bugfix

Re: Python 2.7 released

2010-07-04 Thread John Machin
On Jul 5, 12:27 pm, Martineau ggrp2.20.martin...@dfgh.net wrote: On Jul 4, 8:34 am, Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.org wrote: On behalf of the Python development team, I'm jocund to announce the second release candidate of Python 2.7. Python 2.7 will be the last major version in the