[Python-3000] io deadlock, use of RLock, issues 3618 & 3001 thoughts

2008-08-20 Thread Gregory P. Smith
http://bugs.python.org/issue3618 is a release blocker due to deadlock in the io library. and the related C RLock implementation in http://bugs.python.org/issue3001 at this point in the release process. Its obviously missed beta3 which is why I suggested in 3001 that it was too late. That was bef

[Python-3000] RELEASED Python 2.6b3 and 3.0b3

2008-08-20 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I am happy to announce the third and last planned beta releases of Python 2.6 and Python 3.0. Please note that these are beta releases, and as such are not suitable for production envi

Re: [Python-3000] PEPs 3106 and 3119

2008-08-20 Thread Levi
Greg Ewing wrote: Levi wrote: Recently I've taken some interest in PEP 3106 (revamping dick.keys, ^ Is this a feature related to some kind of chastity belt for men? :-) I didn't notice that until I recived the message from the list. Truely an embarrasssing typo to say the least.

Re: [Python-3000] PEPs 3106 and 3119

2008-08-20 Thread Christian Heimes
Greg Ewing wrote: Levi wrote: Recently I've taken some interest in PEP 3106 (revamping dick.keys, ^ Is this a feature related to some kind of chastity belt for men? :-) Maybe it's a brand new, special feature when a dict cont

Re: [Python-3000] PEPs 3106 and 3119

2008-08-20 Thread Greg Ewing
Levi wrote: Recently I've taken some interest in PEP 3106 (revamping dick.keys, ^ Is this a feature related to some kind of chastity belt for men? :-) -- Greg ___ Python-3000 mailing

[Python-3000] Releasing beta 3's tonight

2008-08-20 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pending a resolution of bug 3611 (which has an attached patch that we're testing now), I plan on releasing 2.6 and 3.0 beta 3 tonight. Please do not make any commits to the trees unless you ask me first, until further notice. I am on #python-de

[Python-3000] PEPs 3106 and 3119

2008-08-20 Thread Levi
Recently I've taken some interest in PEP 3106 (revamping dick.keys, etc.) and wrote a rough draft of an experimental implementation in Python. Along the way I noticed a few things that I think need some discussion. A lot of them have to do with the interaction with PEP 3119 (Abstract Base Class

Re: [Python-3000] 2to3 docs? Py2.6 -3 warnings

2008-08-20 Thread Brett Cannon
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Edward K. Ream <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am I missing something in front of my nose? Where are the docs for > 2to3? I've tried, and failed, several times to run this script. > > Also, python2.6 -3 did not seem to warn about xrange. > Warnings with the -3 flag o

[Python-3000] 2to3 docs? Py2.6 -3 warnings

2008-08-20 Thread Edward K. Ream
Am I missing something in front of my nose? Where are the docs for 2to3? I've tried, and failed, several times to run this script. Also, python2.6 -3 did not seem to warn about xrange. Edward Edward K. Ream email: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Python-3000] Beta 3 planned for this Wednesday

2008-08-20 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Hello Nick, > At some stage, we should probably put a simple type in the C API testing > module that we can use to test some of the extra indexing and buffer > interface features that aren't exercised within the standard library. Yes, I think that's what we should do. The only problem is that ou

Re: [Python-3000] Beta 3 planned for this Wednesday

2008-08-20 Thread Nick Coghlan
Antoine Pitrou wrote: > Hi, > > Guido van Rossum python.org> writes: >>> 2394[Py3k] Finish the memoryview object implementation >>> - - High priority >>> - - This one is serious enough to hold up the release. I really do not > think we >>> should be finishing this implementation in the rc p

Re: [Python-3000] Workaround for py3k build problem on CJK MacOS X?

2008-08-20 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
On 2008-08-20 08:15, Hye-Shik Chang wrote: On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:24 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm -1 on taking this approach this late in the release process. You are adding a completely new codec, which hasn't received enough testing. Furthermore, the concept of relying

[Python-3000] Fwd: Beta 3 planned for this Wednesday (OT: Beta 3 planned for this Wednesday)

2008-08-20 Thread Anand Balachandran Pillai
Hi, I think the patches for issue 3492 should also be merged in for this beta. It affects the behaviour of zlib module. I have submitted patches for zlibmodule.c and test_zlib.py a few weeks back and they are ready to be merged anytime. I am forwarding a message where I discussed this with An