Mailman 3 November 2010 - python-committers

Python Language Summit at PyCon 2011
by Michael Foord 28 Nov '10

28 Nov '10

Hello all, We will be holding another Python language summit as part of PyCon 2011 in Atlanta. The summit will be on Thursday March 10th, the second day of the tutorials and the day before the conference proper begins. All python-committers are invited (if you have attended in previous years you will receive another copy of this invitation). If you intend to attend, or think it is likely that you will attend, please reply and let me know as soon as possible to help with venue planning. A maybe is fine, you can always change your mind later. Attending for only part of the day is fine. We expect the summit to run from 10am - 4pm with appropriate breaks. We will also be inviting contributors to alternative implementations of Python, and select Python community members. Again, having an idea of the number of attendees help us to decide how many of these we can invite. If you are giving a tutorial and would also like to attend the language summit you will need to talk to the tutorial organisers and let them know that you won't be available on the Thursday. As in previous years we are also running a VM summit, on Wednesday March 9th. This is by invite only, with no general invitation to python-committers. Invites have already gone out, but if you would like to be included please email me and (space permitting) I will add you. If you have suggestions of people you think should be invited to the language summit then feel free to pass them onto me. Details of the language summit are below. What is it? ----------- The Python Language Summit is an invitation-only event for the developers of Python implementations (CPython, IronPython, Jython, Parrot, PyPy, etc.) to share information, discuss our shared problems and hopefully solve them. These issues might be related to the language itself, the standard library, the development process, Python 3.x and 2.x, the documentation, package index, web site, etc. The Summit will focus on discussion more than on presentations; the planned program is included at the bottom of this message. We're currently planning for 50-60 people to attend the Summit. The Language Summit is being organized in conjunction with PyCon 2011, with support from the Python Software Foundation. This is the fourth language summit. http://us.pycon.org/2011/home/ Previous summits were held at PyCon 2009 & 2010 and EuroPython 2010. Where is it? ------------ The Language Summit will be at the Hyatt Atlanta Regency Hotel ( http://atlantaregency.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp ), the same hotel where the conference is being held. Thursday March 10 is the day before PyCon begins, and is also the second day of the PyCon tutorials. The summit will be from 10am - 4pm and is likely to be in the Courtland or Dunwoody rooms. Further details will be emailed to attendees before the event. What is required? ----------------- Attending the Summit is free. You are responsible for your travel and hotel costs. If you wish to attend PyCon, you must still register and pay for PyCon. Note that you don't have to stay for PyCon if you're only interested in the Language Summit. As it does every year, PyCon will be offering financial assistance to people who are unable to attend the conference otherwise. I am not on the financial-aid committee and can't guarantee anything, but language summit attendees would stand a very good chance of receiving some aid. See http://us.pycon.org/2010/registration/financial-aid/ for more information about financial aid. (This is the 2010 page, registration for 2011 has not yet opened. Procedures for applying for financial aid are likely to be the same as 2010.) What do I need to do? --------------------- If you would like to attend the summit, or would like a slot to be reserved for you, then please reply to this email (off-list). We only have space for 60 attendees so it is important we know who is attending. Note that the summit proceedings may be recorded and made publicly available. I look forward to seeing you and working with you at the Summit. Regards, Michael Foord Coordinator, Python Language Summit p.s. The sessions have not been finally decided. Suggestions for topics of discussion will be gratefully received. Once I have a session outlines I will post them on this list. Bonus points for reading this far down the email by the way... -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ READ CAREFULLY. By accepting and reading this email you agree, on behalf of your employer, to release me from all obligations and waivers arising from any and all NON-NEGOTIATED agreements, licenses, terms-of-service, shrinkwrap, clickwrap, browsewrap, confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-compete and acceptable use policies (”BOGUS AGREEMENTS”) that I have entered into with your employer, its partners, licensors, agents and assigns, in perpetuity, without prejudice to my ongoing rights and privileges. You further represent that you have the authority to release me from any BOGUS AGREEMENTS on behalf of your employer.

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2.7.* and 3.1.* branches open
by Benjamin Peterson 27 Nov '10

27 Nov '10

With 2.7.1 and 3.1.3 out, the maintenance branches are again open. I would expect 3.1.4 and 2.7.2 to be released in the June/July area. -- Regards, Benjamin

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2.7.1 and 3.1.3 today
by Benjamin Peterson 27 Nov '10

27 Nov '10

I'm going to start working on the releases now, so the maintenance branches are now closed. -- Regards, Benjamin

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New hg repo ssh URIs
by Dirkjan Ochtman 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

All ssh repos can now be accessed by using ssh://hg@hg.python.org/repo instead of ssh://hg@hg.python.org/repos/repo. While the old way should continue to work, the new address should be considered preferable. Cheers, Dirkjan

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maintenance branches are open
by Benjamin Peterson 20 Nov '10

20 Nov '10

2.7.1rc1 and 3.1.3rc1 are released, so their branches are open now. Please only very safe bug fixes until final (two weeks). -- Regards, Benjamin

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trunk is open
by Georg Brandl 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Dear fellow committers, those of you who choose to observe commit freezes may now again commit to trunk. Thanks, Georg

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New ssh keys
by Daniel Stutzbach 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Now that I've started work at Google, I'd like to add new ssh keys so that I can commit from my work desktop and laptop. I hope that 20%-time will allow me to contribute to Python on a somewhat more regular basis than my previous sporadic bursts of activity. :-) ssh-dss 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 stutzbach@filfre ssh-dss 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 stutzbach@stutzbach-glaptop -- Daniel Stutzbach

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[RELEASED] Python 3.2 alpha 4
by Georg Brandl 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On behalf of the Python development team, I'm happy to announce the fourth and (this time really) final alpha preview release of Python 3.2. Python 3.2 is a continuation of the efforts to improve and stabilize the Python 3.x line. Since the final release of Python 2.7, the 2.x line will only receive bugfixes, and new features are developed for 3.x only. Since PEP 3003, the Moratorium on Language Changes, is in effect, there are no changes in Python's syntax and built-in types in Python 3.2. Development efforts concentrated on the standard library and support for porting code to Python 3. Highlights are: * numerous improvements to the unittest module * PEP 3147, support for .pyc repository directories * PEP 3149, support for version tagged dynamic libraries * an overhauled GIL implementation that reduces contention * many consistency and behavior fixes for numeric operations * countless fixes regarding string/unicode issues; among them full support for a bytes environment (filenames, environment variables) * a sysconfig module to access configuration information * a pure-Python implementation of the datetime module * additions to the shutil module, among them archive file support * improvements to pdb, the Python debugger For an extensive list of changes in 3.2, see Misc/NEWS in the Python distribution. To download Python 3.2 visit: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.2/ 3.2 documentation can be found at: http://docs.python.org/3.2/ Please consider trying Python 3.2 with your code and reporting any bugs you may notice to: http://bugs.python.org/ Enjoy! - -- Georg Brandl, Release Manager georg at python.org (on behalf of the entire python-dev team and 3.2's contributors) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkzij74ACgkQN9GcIYhpnLCbtwCgi4whRruM0Oi6yfgjVclYErFa OJcAn0U8UBBsQBFyGcnKJRbls6B+guQ2 =Vuqf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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2.7 and 3.1 branches frozen for RC
by Benjamin Peterson 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

All branches are closed now. I'll be on #python-dev and on email if you need me. -- Regards, Benjamin

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3.2 alpha 4 freeze
by Georg Brandl 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

... and it's release day again! If you want to commit, please coordinate with me on #python-dev. Thanks, Georg

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