[Python-Dev] Re: What is a public API?

2019-07-15 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Jul 13, 2019, at 19:09, Raymond Hettinger wrote: > > In some modules, we've been careful to use both __all__ and to use an > underscore prefix to indicate private variables and helper functions > (collections and random for example). IMO, when a module has shown that > care, future

[Python-Dev] Re: bpo-34788 needs a review

2019-07-15 Thread Terry Reedy
On 7/15/2019 3:55 AM, Sasha Pavlyuk wrote: Hello 2019-06-03 I have created PR https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/13772 , which adds IPv6 scoped addresses support to ipaddress module. It is very critical to everyone, who is dealing with IPv6  networking. For example, in salt project they

[Python-Dev] bpo-37468: make install no longer install wininst-*.exe files

2019-07-15 Thread Victor Stinner
Hi, I modified Makefile.pre.in to avoid installing wininst-*.exe files, since these files are only useful on Windows: the distutils bdist_wininst command only works on Windows. https://bugs.python.org/issue37468 I made the assumption that "make install" is only used on Unix, not on Windows. I

[Python-Dev] bpo-34788 needs a review

2019-07-15 Thread Sasha Pavlyuk
Hello 2019-06-03 I have created PR https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/13772 , which adds IPv6 scoped addresses support to ipaddress module. It is very critical to everyone, who is dealing with IPv6 networking. For example, in salt project they use patched module. So, it would be very nice to