Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 493: Redistributor guidance for Python 2.7 HTTPS

2015-07-06 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Mon, 6 Jul 2015 14:22:46 +1000 Nick Coghlan ncogh...@gmail.com wrote: The main change from the last version discussed on python-ideas Was it discussed there? That list has become totally useless, I've stopped following it. * modify the ``ssl`` module to read the ``PYTHONHTTPSVERIFY``

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.5.0b3 is now available

2015-07-06 Thread Ben Hoyt
Thanks! Looking forward to trying this. I'm not sure where these descriptions come from, or whether they're carried over from b2 to b3 etc, but one small note on this bullet point: * PEP 471, os.scandir(), a faster alternative to os.walk() This isn't quite correct. os.scandir() is actually an

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 493: Redistributor guidance for Python 2.7 HTTPS

2015-07-06 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 6 Jul 2015 20:23, Antoine Pitrou solip...@pitrou.net wrote: On Mon, 6 Jul 2015 14:22:46 +1000 Nick Coghlan ncogh...@gmail.com wrote: The main change from the last version discussed on python-ideas Was it discussed there? That list has become totally useless, I've stopped following it.

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 493: Redistributor guidance for Python 2.7 HTTPS

2015-07-06 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Mon, 6 Jul 2015 23:22:09 +1000 Nick Coghlan ncogh...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 Jul 2015 20:23, Antoine Pitrou solip...@pitrou.net wrote: On Mon, 6 Jul 2015 14:22:46 +1000 Nick Coghlan ncogh...@gmail.com wrote: The main change from the last version discussed on python-ideas Was it

Re: [Python-Dev] Importance of async keyword

2015-07-06 Thread Sven R. Kunze
On 06.07.2015 03:41, Nick Coghlan wrote: That said, I think there's definitely value in providing a very simple answer to the how do I make a blocking call from a coroutine? question, so I filed an RFE to add asyncio.blocking_call: http://bugs.python.org/issue24571 Nice step forward, Nick.

[Python-Dev] raw_input prompt not printed on sys.stderr

2015-07-06 Thread Clement Rouault
Hi, While playing with non-standard sys.stdout/stderr, I noticed that the prompt of raw_input was printed on stderr (not sys.stderr) (see Parser/myreadline.c:120). I found an issue (http://bugs.python.org/issue1927) from 2008 talking about changing stderr to stdout. But nobody in the thread

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-06 Thread Serhiy Storchaka
On 05.07.15 20:52, R. David Murray wrote: Just so people aren't caught unawares, it is very unlikely that I will have time to be the final editor on What's New for 3.5 they way I was for 3.3 and 3.4. I've tried to encourage people to keep What's New up to date, but *someone* should make a final

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-06 Thread Gregory P. Smith
On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 8:38 AM David Mertz me...@gnosis.cx wrote: Hi Folks, I hereby volunteer to write What's New for Python 3.5? if folks on python-dev are fine with me taking the job (i.e. I ran it by Travis, my boss at Continuum, and he's happy to allow me to do that work within my

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-06 Thread Ethan Furman
On 07/06/2015 08:38 AM, David Mertz wrote: I hereby volunteer to write What's New for Python 3.5? if folks on python-dev are fine with me taking the job (i.e. I ran it by Travis, my boss at Continuum, and he's happy to allow me to do that work within my salaried hours... so having time isn't

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-06 Thread R. David Murray
On Mon, 06 Jul 2015 21:45:01 +0300, Serhiy Storchaka storch...@gmail.com wrote: On 05.07.15 20:52, R. David Murray wrote: Just so people aren't caught unawares, it is very unlikely that I will have time to be the final editor on What's New for 3.5 they way I was for 3.3 and 3.4. I've

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 493: Redistributor guidance for Python 2.7 HTTPS

2015-07-06 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Cross-posted to redirect discussion. Replies directed to Python-Ideas. Erik Bray writes on Python-Dev: On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 6:21 AM, Antoine Pitrou solip...@pitrou.net wrote: On Mon, 6 Jul 2015 14:22:46 +1000, Nick Coghlan ncogh...@gmail.com wrote: The main change from the last

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-06 Thread Raymond Hettinger
FWIW, it took me 100+ hours. Doing this right is a non-trivial undertaking (in modern times, there are an astonishing number of changes per release). That said, it is rewarding work that makes a difference. Raymond [David Murray] I can tell you that 3.4 took me approximately 67 hours

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New editing

2015-07-06 Thread David Mertz
Hi Folks, I hereby volunteer to write What's New for Python 3.5? if folks on python-dev are fine with me taking the job (i.e. I ran it by Travis, my boss at Continuum, and he's happy to allow me to do that work within my salaried hours... so having time isn't a problem). If this is OK with the

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 493: Redistributor guidance for Python 2.7 HTTPS

2015-07-06 Thread Erik Bray
On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 6:21 AM, Antoine Pitrou solip...@pitrou.net wrote: On Mon, 6 Jul 2015 14:22:46 +1000 Nick Coghlan ncogh...@gmail.com wrote: The main change from the last version discussed on python-ideas Was it discussed there? That list has become totally useless, I've stopped