Re: [Python-Dev] devguide: Add myself to developer log and as a Windows expert.

2014-05-17 Thread Dr. Brett Cannon
I don't think you meant me for helping to build Windows binaries. :) On Sunday, May 11, 2014 9:58:16 AM, Steve Dower wrote: Thanks. For those who missed the earlier discussions, Martin v. Löwis has handed over responsibility for the Windows installers. It sounds like Brett Cannon and I are both

Re: [Python-Dev] devguide: Add note about Kushal Das' privs

2014-04-18 Thread Dr. Brett Cannon
On Friday, April 18, 2014 3:10:54 PM, Zachary Ware < zachary.ware+py...@gmail.com> wrote: On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Brett Cannon gmail.com > wrote: > On Friday, April 18, 2014 2:35:32 PM, Benjamin Peterson > @ > python.org> wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014, at 11:29, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >

Re: [Python-Dev] this is what happens if you freeze all the modules required for startup

2014-04-16 Thread Dr. Brett Cannon
Is this Python 2 or 3? In Python 2 it means an attempt to perform a relative import failed but an absolute in succeeded, e.g. from idlelib you imported os, so import tried idlelib.is and then os. You should definitely consider using a future import to guarantee absolute imports. On Wednesday, Apri