[Python-Dev] Re: Python for Windows (python-3.7.4.exe) location confusing

2019-09-09 Thread Glenn Linderman
On 9/9/2019 2:48 AM, Steve Dower wrote: User with administrative privileges are by implication better able to handle decisions such as this. If they are not, they should not be administrating a machine. Most home machines are administered by people that should not be "administrating" a machine

[Python-Dev] Re: The Python 2 death march

2019-09-09 Thread Steve Holden
It's not dead, it's just restin' after a particularly heavy release process. regards Steve Holden On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 4:24 PM Rhodri James wrote: > On 09/09/2019 15:51, brian.sk...@gmail.com wrote: > > it's getting better? > > No it's not, it'll be stone dead in a moment. > > -- > Rhod

[Python-Dev] Re: The Python 2 death march

2019-09-09 Thread Rhodri James
On 09/09/2019 15:51, brian.sk...@gmail.com wrote: it's getting better? No it's not, it'll be stone dead in a moment. -- Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd ___ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-

[Python-Dev] Re: The Python 2 death march

2019-09-09 Thread brian . skinn
it's getting better? ___ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/

[Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.5.8rc1 is released

2019-09-09 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development community, I'm chuffed to announce the availability of Python 3.5.8rc1. Python 3.5 is in "security fixes only" mode.  This new version only contains security fixes, not conventional bug fixes, and it is a source-only release. You can find Python 3.5.8rc1

[Python-Dev] Re: The Python 2 death march

2019-09-09 Thread Antoine Pitrou
It says it's feeling fine ;-) Regards Antoine. On Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:29:51 +0100 "Benjamin Peterson" wrote: > Hi all, > It's finally time to schedule the last releases in Python 2's life. There > will be two more releases of Python 2.7: Python 2.7.17 and Python 2.7.18. > > Python 2.7.17 r

[Python-Dev] The Python 2 death march

2019-09-09 Thread Benjamin Peterson
Hi all, It's finally time to schedule the last releases in Python 2's life. There will be two more releases of Python 2.7: Python 2.7.17 and Python 2.7.18. Python 2.7.17 release candidate 1 will happen on October 5th followed by the final release on October 19th. I'm going to time Python 2.7.18

[Python-Dev] 3.7.5rc1 cutoff ahead

2019-09-09 Thread Ned Deily
https://discuss.python.org/t/3-7-5rc1-cutoff-ahead/2288 A reminder: it is time for the next quarterly maintenance release of Python 3.7. The cutoff for **3.7.5rc1** is scheduled for this coming Monday (2019-09-16) by the end of day AOE. Please review open issues and ensure that any that you bel

[Python-Dev] Re: Python for Windows (python-3.7.4.exe) location confusing

2019-09-09 Thread Steve Dower
Paul answered sufficiently for the venv part, but I wanted to address this point. On 09Sep2019 0621, Kyle Stanley wrote: +1, Particularly on this part. If the user installing Python has administrative access, I don't see much of a reason for them to have to install a separate launcher and ins

[Python-Dev] Re: Python for Windows (python-3.7.4.exe) location confusing

2019-09-09 Thread Paul Moore
On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 at 06:28, Kyle Stanley wrote: > Steve Dower wrote: > > It also means that regular users can install packages without needing to be > > admin, and without corrupting other user's installs. > > Does this have any advantage over using a virtual environment? I can imagine > this m