Re: [Python-3000] No rc2 tonight

2008-10-16 Thread Alexandre Vassalotti
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I deferred these but I would really like to get them fixed before rc2. > > 3664 Pickler.dump from a badly initialized Pickler segfaults > - This one needs a proper patch with a test I posted the patch for that one. Please

[Python-3000] No rc2 tonight

2008-10-16 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I was supposed to release 3.0rc2 last night, but events caught up with me. In going through the release blockers tonight, I do not think we are ready to release. Here are the issues that need addressing: Showstoppers: 3775 Update RELNOTES fil

Re: [Python-3000] Backporting multiprocessing?

2008-10-16 Thread Christian Heimes
Nick Coghlan wrote: As Jesse points out, some of that robustness comes from long-standing bugs in the core getting fixed as a result of the addition of the multiprocessing unit tests to the standard library test suite. Not trying to discourage the project, just pointing out that it may not be as

Re: [Python-3000] Backporting multiprocessing?

2008-10-16 Thread Nick Coghlan
Skip Montanaro wrote: > (Note: I'm backporting because the Python 2.6 version appears to be much more > robust than the 0.52 third-party release.) As Jesse points out, some of that robustness comes from long-standing bugs in the core getting fixed as a result of the addition of the multiprocessing

Re: [Python-3000] Backporting multiprocessing?

2008-10-16 Thread Jesse Noller
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Christian Heimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jesse Noller wrote: >> >> Do we want to start a google code project for this given all three of >> us are interested in this? :) > > Do we need (yet) another Google code project? Isn't svn.python.org > sufficient for our

Re: [Python-3000] Backporting multiprocessing?

2008-10-16 Thread Christian Heimes
Jesse Noller wrote: Do we want to start a google code project for this given all three of us are interested in this? :) Do we need (yet) another Google code project? Isn't svn.python.org sufficient for our needs? I'm -0 on a Google code project but I'll give you my gmail account if you insist

Re: [Python-3000] Backporting multiprocessing?

2008-10-16 Thread Jesse Noller
Do we want to start a google code project for this given all three of us are interested in this? :) On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Christian Heimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Skip Montanaro wrote: >> >> I'd like to try backporting the multiprocessing module to Python 2.4. My >> first >> probl

Re: [Python-3000] Backporting multiprocessing?

2008-10-16 Thread Christian Heimes
Skip Montanaro wrote: I'd like to try backporting the multiprocessing module to Python 2.4. My first problem appears to be the reliance on a complete(?) rewrite of the buffer stuff. Any clues about transforming this code would be much appreciated. (Note: I'm backporting because the Python 2.6

Re: [Python-3000] Backporting multiprocessing?

2008-10-16 Thread Jesse Noller
Also note, for python 2.4/2.5 you are going to *need* the patch to bug http://bugs.python.org/issue874900 On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Jesse Noller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Skip, > > I had been approached to do the exact same thing, are you trying to > back port the trunk version (2.6)

Re: [Python-3000] Backporting multiprocessing?

2008-10-16 Thread Skip Montanaro
> I had been approached to do the exact same thing, are you trying to > back port the trunk version (2.6) or py3000? I'm trying to backport from 2.6. It appears that the buffer stuff is completely new though (backported from Python 3.0). S ___ Python

Re: [Python-3000] Backporting multiprocessing?

2008-10-16 Thread Jesse Noller
Hi Skip, I had been approached to do the exact same thing, are you trying to back port the trunk version (2.6) or py3000? On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Skip Montanaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to try backporting the multiprocessing module to Python 2.4. My > first > problem appe

[Python-3000] Backporting multiprocessing?

2008-10-16 Thread Skip Montanaro
I'd like to try backporting the multiprocessing module to Python 2.4. My first problem appears to be the reliance on a complete(?) rewrite of the buffer stuff. Any clues about transforming this code would be much appreciated. (Note: I'm backporting because the Python 2.6 version appears to be mu