[Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-01-16 Thread Irmen de Jong
Hello I've looked at one bug and a bunch of patches and added a comment to them: (bug) [ 1102649 ] pickle files should be opened in binary mode Added a comment about a possible different solution [ 946207 ] Non-blocking Socket Server Useless, what are the mixins for? Recommend close [ 756021 ] Allo

[Python-Dev] A bunch of patch reviews

2005-03-27 Thread Michiel Jan Laurens de Hoon
Below are a set of five patch reviews. I don't have any patch to push for at this point, so these patch reviews are just for you to read and enjoy. Thanks everybody for developing and maintaining Python. I wouldn't know what to do without it. --Michiel. Patch [ 853890 ] Optional keyword unicode

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-01-17 Thread Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro
If someone could take a look at: [ 1069624 ] incomplete support for AF_PACKET in socketmodule.c I have to ship my own patched copy of the socket module because of this... :| On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 17:08 +0100, Irmen de Jong wrote: > Hello > I've looked at one bug and a bunch of patches and >

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-01-17 Thread "Martin v. Löwis"
Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro wrote: If someone could take a look at: [ 1069624 ] incomplete support for AF_PACKET in socketmodule.c The rule applies: five reviews, with results posted to python-dev, and I will review your patch. Regards, Martin ___ Python

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-01-17 Thread Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro
On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 23:12 +0100, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro wrote: > > If someone could take a look at: > > > > [ 1069624 ] incomplete support for AF_PACKET in socketmodule.c > > > The rule applies: five reviews, with results posted to python-dev, > and I will revie

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-01-17 Thread "Martin v. Löwis"
Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro wrote: Oh... sorry, I didn't know about any rules. My apologies - I had announced this (personal) rule a few times, so I thought everybody on python-dev knew. If you really want to push a patch, you can do so by doing your own share of work, namely by reviewing other's p

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-01-18 Thread Irmen de Jong
Irmen de Jong wrote: Hello I've looked at one bug and a bunch of patches and added a comment to them: [...] [ 579435 ] Shadow Password Support Module Would be nice to have, I recently just couldn't do the user authentication that I wanted: based on the users' unix passwords I'm almost done with com

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-01-18 Thread "Martin v. Löwis"
Irmen de Jong wrote: 1- I can't add new files to this tracker item. Should I open a new patch and refer to it? Depends on whether you want tracker admin access (i.e. become a SF python project member). If you do, you could attach patches to bug reports not written by you. 2- As shadow passwords

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-01-18 Thread Fred L. Drake, Jr.
Irmen de Jong wrote: > 3- Should the order of the chapters in the documentation >be preserved? I'd rather add spwd below pwd, but >this pushes the other unix modules "1 down"... On Tuesday 18 January 2005 17:17, Martin v. Löwis wrote: > You could make it a subsection (e.g. "spwd -- sha

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-01-18 Thread Irmen de Jong
Martin, Irmen de Jong wrote: 1- I can't add new files to this tracker item. Should I open a new patch and refer to it? Depends on whether you want tracker admin access (i.e. become a SF python project member). If you do, you could attach patches to bug reports not written by you. That sounds ve

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-01-18 Thread Tim Peters
[Martin asks whether Irmen wants to be a tracker admin on SF] [Irmen de Jong] > That sounds very convenient, thanks. > Does the status of 'python project member' come with > certain expectations that must be complied with ? ;-) If you're using Python, you're already required to comply with all of

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-01-19 Thread Brett C.
Martin v. Löwis wrote: I think Brett Cannon now also follows this rule; it really falls short enough in practice because (almost) nobody really wants to push his patch bad enough to put some work into it to review other patches. Yes, I am trying to support the rule, but my schedule is nutty right n

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-01-20 Thread "Martin v. Löwis"
Irmen de Jong wrote: That sounds very convenient, thanks. Ok, welcome to the project! Please let me know whether it "works". Does the status of 'python project member' come with certain expectations that must be complied with ? ;-) There are a few conventions that are followed more or less stringen

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-01-20 Thread Tim Peters
[Martin v. Löwis] ... > - Add an entry to Misc/NEWS, if there is a new feature, > or if it is a bug fix for a maintenance branch > (I personally don't list bug fixed in the HEAD revision, > but others apparently do) You should. In part this is to comply with license requirements: we're a d

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-01-20 Thread "Martin v. Löwis"
Tim Peters wrote: It's also extremely useful in practice to have a list of repaired bugs in NEWS! I'm not convinced about that - it makes the NEWS file almost unreadable, as the noise is now so high if every tiny change is listed; it is very hard to see what the important changes are. Regards, Mart

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-01-20 Thread Tim Peters
[Tim Peters] >> It's also extremely useful in practice to have a list of repaired >> bugs in NEWS! [Martin v. Löwis] > I'm not convinced about that - it makes the NEWS file almost > unreadable, as the noise is now so high if every tiny change is > listed; it is very hard to see what the important

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-01-20 Thread "Martin v. Löwis"
Tim Peters wrote: My experience disagrees, and I gave a specific example from just the last day. High-level coverage of the important bits is served (and served well) by Andrew's "What's New in Python" doc. (Although I'll note that when I did releases, I tried to sort section contents in NEWS, to

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-02-24 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Irmen de Jong wrote: I've looked at one bug and a bunch of patches and added a comment to them: Thanks! I have now processed the ones for which I found guidance. As for the remaining ones: [ 756021 ] Allow socket.inet_aton('255.255.255.255') on Windows Looks good but added suggestion about when to

Re: [Python-Dev] a bunch of Patch reviews

2005-03-03 Thread Irmen de Jong
Martin v. Löwis wrote: > Irmen de Jong wrote: > >> I've looked at one bug and a bunch of patches and >> added a comment to them: > > > Thanks! I have now processed the ones for which I found guidance. Thank you > As for the remaining ones: > >> [ 756021 ] Allow socket.inet_aton('255.255.255.2