Re: [Python-Dev] BDFL ruling request: should we block foreverwaiting for high-quality random bits?

2016-06-09 Thread Larry Hastings
On 06/09/2016 05:00 PM, Steve Dower wrote: If the pattern is really going to be the hasattr check you posted earlier, can we just do it for people and save them writing code that won't work on different OSs? No. That's what got us into this mess in the first place. 3.5.0 and 3.5.1 *already*

Re: [Python-Dev] BDFL ruling request: should we block foreverwaiting for high-quality random bits?

2016-06-09 Thread Steve Dower
nt: ‎6/‎10/‎2016 8:50 To: "python-dev@python.org" <python-dev@python.org> Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] BDFL ruling request: should we block foreverwaiting for high-quality random bits? On 06/09/2016 03:44 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: On 06/09/2016 03:22 PM, Larry Hastings wrote: Okay,

Re: [Python-Dev] BDFL ruling request: should we block foreverwaiting for high-quality random bits?

2016-06-09 Thread Steve Dower
Message- From: "Larry Hastings" <la...@hastings.org> Sent: ‎6/‎10/‎2016 8:50 To: "python-dev@python.org" <python-dev@python.org> Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] BDFL ruling request: should we block foreverwaiting for high-quality random bits? On 06/09/2016 03:44 PM, Ethan