python-dev Summary for 2006-04-01 through 2006-04-15
python-dev Summary for 2006-04-01 through 2006-04-15 .. contents:: [The HTML version of this Summary is available at http://www.python.org/dev/summary/2006-04-01_2006-04-15] = Announcements = - Python 2.5a1 Released - Python 2.5 alpha 1 was released on April 5th. Please download it and try it out, particularly if you are an extension writer or you embed Python -- you may want to change things to support 64-bit sequences, and if you have been using mismatched PyMem_* and PyObject_* allocation calls, you will need to fix these as well. Contributing threads: - `TRUNK FREEZE. 2.5a1, 00:00 UTC, Wednesday 5th of April. http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063324.html`__ - `outstanding items for 2.5 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063328.html`__ - `chilling svn for 2.5a1 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063403.html`__ - `Reminder: TRUNK FREEZE. 2.5a1, 00:00 UTC, Wednesday 5th of April. http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063426.html`__ - `RELEASED Python 2.5 (alpha 1) http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063441.html`__ - `TRUNK is UNFROZEN http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063443.html`__ - `segfault (double free?) when '''-string crosses line http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063572.html`__ - `pdb segfaults in 2.5 trunk? http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063591.html`__ - `IMPORTANT 2.5 API changes for C Extension Modules and Embedders http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063637.html`__ -- Contributor agreements -- If you're listed in the `Python acknowledgments`_, and you haven't signed a `contributor agreement`_, please submit one as soon as possible. Note that this includes even the folks that have been around forever -- the PSF would like to be as careful as possible on this one. .. _Python acknowledgments: http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk/Misc/ACKS .. _contributor agreement: http://www.python.org/psf/contrib-form-python.html Contributing threads: - `PSF Contributor Agreement for pysqlite http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063578.html`__ --- Firefox Python bug searches --- Anthony Baxter has created a `Firefox searchbar`_ for finding Python bugs by their SourceForge IDs. There are also two Firefox sidebar options: `Mark Hammond's`_ and `Daniel Lundin's`_. .. _Firefox searchbar: http://www.python.org/~anthony/searchbar/ .. _Mark Hammond's: http://starship.python.net/~skippy/mozilla/ .. _Daniel Lundin's: http://projects.edgewall.com/python-sidebar/ Contributing thread: - `Firefox searchbar engine for Python bugs http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063285.html`__ - Building Python with the free MS Toolkit compiler - Paul Moore documented how to build Python on Windows with the free MS Toolkit C++ compiler `on the wiki`_. The most up-to-date version of these instructions is in `PCbuild/readme.txt`_. .. _on the wiki: http://wiki.python.org/moin/Building_Python_with_the_free_MS_C_Toolkit .. _PCbuild/readme.txt: http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk/PCbuild/readme.txt Contributing thread: - `Building Python with the free MS Toolkit compiler http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063719.html`__ -- Please login to the wiki when you make changes -- Skip Montanaro has requested that anyone posting to the wiki sign in first, as this makes things easier for those monitoring changes to the wiki. When you're logged in, your changes appear with your name, and so can be immediately recognized as not being wiki-spam. Contributing thread: - `Suggestion: Please login to wiki when you make changes http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063447.html`__ --- Checking an older blamelist --- While the buildbot blamelist may scroll off the `main page`_ in a matter of hours, you can still see the blamelist for a particular revision by checking a particular build number, e.g. to see build 800 of the trunk on the G4 OSX, you could check http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/trunk/g4%20osx.4%20trunk/builds/800. .. _main page: http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/all/ Contributing threads: - `Preserving the blamelist http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063633.html`__ - `TODO Wiki (was: Preserving the blamelist) http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063673.html`__ = Summaries = - Garbage collection issues - One
Re: python-dev Summary for 2006-04-01 through 2006-04-15
- Python 2.5a1 Released - Python 2.5 alpha 1 was released on April 5th. Please download it and try it out, particularly if you are an extension writer or you embed Python -- you may want to change things to support 64-bit sequences, and if you have been using mismatched PyMem_* and PyObject_* allocation calls, you will need to fix these as well. gotta do something about the lag, really ;-) for the record, 2.5 alpha 2 was released in late april; get it here: http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/ the rest of the summary blurb still applies; extension writers should read PEP 353: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0353 http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0353/#conversion-guidelines /F -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
python-dev Summary for 2006-04-01 through 2006-04-15
python-dev Summary for 2006-04-01 through 2006-04-15 .. contents:: [The HTML version of this Summary is available at http://www.python.org/dev/summary/2006-04-01_2006-04-15] = Announcements = - Python 2.5a1 Released - Python 2.5 alpha 1 was released on April 5th. Please download it and try it out, particularly if you are an extension writer or you embed Python -- you may want to change things to support 64-bit sequences, and if you have been using mismatched PyMem_* and PyObject_* allocation calls, you will need to fix these as well. Contributing threads: - `TRUNK FREEZE. 2.5a1, 00:00 UTC, Wednesday 5th of April. http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063324.html`__ - `outstanding items for 2.5 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063328.html`__ - `chilling svn for 2.5a1 http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063403.html`__ - `Reminder: TRUNK FREEZE. 2.5a1, 00:00 UTC, Wednesday 5th of April. http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063426.html`__ - `RELEASED Python 2.5 (alpha 1) http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063441.html`__ - `TRUNK is UNFROZEN http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063443.html`__ - `segfault (double free?) when '''-string crosses line http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063572.html`__ - `pdb segfaults in 2.5 trunk? http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063591.html`__ - `IMPORTANT 2.5 API changes for C Extension Modules and Embedders http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063637.html`__ -- Contributor agreements -- If you're listed in the `Python acknowledgments`_, and you haven't signed a `contributor agreement`_, please submit one as soon as possible. Note that this includes even the folks that have been around forever -- the PSF would like to be as careful as possible on this one. .. _Python acknowledgments: http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk/Misc/ACKS .. _contributor agreement: http://www.python.org/psf/contrib-form-python.html Contributing threads: - `PSF Contributor Agreement for pysqlite http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063578.html`__ --- Firefox Python bug searches --- Anthony Baxter has created a `Firefox searchbar`_ for finding Python bugs by their SourceForge IDs. There are also two Firefox sidebar options: `Mark Hammond's`_ and `Daniel Lundin's`_. .. _Firefox searchbar: http://www.python.org/~anthony/searchbar/ .. _Mark Hammond's: http://starship.python.net/~skippy/mozilla/ .. _Daniel Lundin's: http://projects.edgewall.com/python-sidebar/ Contributing thread: - `Firefox searchbar engine for Python bugs http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063285.html`__ - Building Python with the free MS Toolkit compiler - Paul Moore documented how to build Python on Windows with the free MS Toolkit C++ compiler `on the wiki`_. The most up-to-date version of these instructions is in `PCbuild/readme.txt`_. .. _on the wiki: http://wiki.python.org/moin/Building_Python_with_the_free_MS_C_Toolkit .. _PCbuild/readme.txt: http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk/PCbuild/readme.txt Contributing thread: - `Building Python with the free MS Toolkit compiler http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063719.html`__ -- Please login to the wiki when you make changes -- Skip Montanaro has requested that anyone posting to the wiki sign in first, as this makes things easier for those monitoring changes to the wiki. When you're logged in, your changes appear with your name, and so can be immediately recognized as not being wiki-spam. Contributing thread: - `Suggestion: Please login to wiki when you make changes http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063447.html`__ --- Checking an older blamelist --- While the buildbot blamelist may scroll off the `main page`_ in a matter of hours, you can still see the blamelist for a particular revision by checking a particular build number, e.g. to see build 800 of the trunk on the G4 OSX, you could check http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/trunk/g4%20osx.4%20trunk/builds/800. .. _main page: http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/all/ Contributing threads: - `Preserving the blamelist http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063633.html`__ - `TODO Wiki (was: Preserving the blamelist) http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/063673.html`__ = Summaries = - Garbage collection issues - One
