[Python-Dev] Python 2.3 release schedule update

[Brett C.]

Brett C. wrote:
> Barry Warsaw wrote:
> 
>> Here is the updated plan for the Python 2.3 release.  Remember that we
>> have to release by August 1st in order to meet Apple's plans for
>> Panther.  I think we're very close, so this doesn't seem like an
>> unreasonable milestone to meet.
>>
>> The plan is to release 2.3rc1 on July 17, 2003.  I'll be out of town, so
>> Jeremy will do this release, with the usual help from Fred and Tim.
>>
>> If we find that an rc2 is necessary, I will make that release on July
>> 24, 2003, with a final release on July 31, 2003.
> 
> 
> So, I am going to be out of town for my younger brother's wedding 
> starting Sunday and won't be back until July 21.  During that time I 
> will have no Net.
> 
> I will obviously do what I can between now and Sunday to help.  But in 
> case I can't get everything done, there are only three things assigned 
> to me that if I can't solve in time I would appreciate someone closing 
> for me.
> 
> One is http://www.python.org/sf/762934 which is a patch for the 
> detection of time.tzset .  It makes it more stringent by adding a check 
> in the code just like the one in the regression test that keeps failing 
> on various platforms.  I have a comment on what needs to be changed, but 
>  they are all syntactic.  The reason I have not applied it already is 
> that it makes the detection pickier and thus will change what platforms 
> get tzset compared to b2 and thus I am not sure how to proceed.  I was 
> also waiting for someone to apply the patch to see if it solves their 
> bug they haven't yet so I am not holding my breath for a response.
> 
> Another is http://www.python.org/sf/763708 which is a failing test for 
> macostools.  Jack has said that I am basically the only person he has 
> found who has the failure consistently.  I am going to do my darndest to 
> solve this before I leave but I have *zero* experience with any of the 
> MacPython code so if anyone else out there is getting a failure please 
> speak up.
> 
> And the last one is http://www.python.org/sf/762963 which is a patch for 
> Modules/timemodule.c that normalizes the timezone since there seems to 
> be a loss in info because of the way the code drops the GMT offset.  The 
> patch is very trivial but there is a suggestion about autoconf that I 
> have no experience with and was going to research.
> 
> My priority is the macostools bug, then the tzset one, and then the 
> timemodule.c .  Hopefully I will get to all of them but as Sunday 
> approaches I am becoming less and less sure.
> 

Quick update on the above items:

* So the timemodule.c patch I closed and rejected.

* The time.tzset patch I still need an all-clear from someone that it is 
okay to apply.

* The macostools I researched and hit a brick wall when it passed into 
Carbon API land.  I will have to work with someone to get this one solved.

-Brett