[Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.orgwrote: Greetings Python users, Python 2.7.7 release candidate 1 is now available for download. [...] http://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/e32e3a9f3902/Misc/NEWS So what became of PEP 466? This Misc/NEWS only mentions

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On Sun, May 18, 2014, at 18:53, Guido van Rossum wrote: On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.orgwrote: Greetings Python users, Python 2.7.7 release candidate 1 is now available for download. [...]

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On Sun, May 18, 2014, at 18:53, Guido van Rossum wrote: On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.orgwrote: Greetings Python users, Python 2.7.7 release candidate 1 is now available for download. [...]

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Benjamin Peterson
On Sun, May 18, 2014, at 18:53, Guido van Rossum wrote: On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.orgwrote: Greetings Python users, Python 2.7.7 release candidate 1 is now available for download. [...]

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Donald Stufft
On May 18, 2014, at 9:53 PM, Guido van Rossum gu...@python.org wrote: On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Benjamin Peterson benja...@python.org wrote: Greetings Python users, Python 2.7.7 release candidate 1 is now available for download. [...]

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Guido van Rossum
Thanks for the update, Donald. Did anyone get any help from Red Hat or other distros? On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Donald Stufft don...@stufft.io wrote: On May 18, 2014, at 9:53 PM, Guido van Rossum gu...@python.org wrote: On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Benjamin Peterson

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Donald Stufft
Well I believe Alex did what he did during his work day @ Rackspace. Distros specifically I don’t believe so, although both Alex and myself agreed that it made sense for the SSL changes to wait until after the other changes since it was the largest and most complicated. I think that’s the one

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Guido van Rossum
At the very least PEP 466 needs to be updated to admit the failure -- it would be a shame if people read the PEP and assumed the promised features actually landed in 2.7.7 (which the PEP explicitly lists). ___ Python-Dev mailing list

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

2014-05-18 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 19 May 2014 12:35, Guido van Rossum gu...@python.org wrote: At the very least PEP 466 needs to be updated to admit the failure -- it would be a shame if people read the PEP and assumed the promised features actually landed in 2.7.7 (which the PEP explicitly lists). Will do - I'll update