Mailman 3 March 2019 - python-committers

GitHub: remove the "needs backport to 3.5" label?
by Victor Stinner 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

Hi, Python 3.5 entered security fix only mode. Should we now remove the "needs backport to 3.5" label? Other security only branches don't have this label neither (3.3 and 3.4). Victor

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Promote Stefan Behnel as a core developer
by Serhiy Storchaka 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

I propose to promote Stefan Behnel (aka scoder on the tracker and GitHub) as a core developer. Perhaps not one from us is surprised that he is not yet a core developer. Stefan is a core developer of Cython and lxml, two important projects in Python ecosystem. He is a coauthor of PEP 489. His first patch is dated by 2010. He is not so active as other candidates in writing patches (I have counted less than 20 of his commits), but he is active on the bug tracker and mailing lists (reported 95 issues and commented much more). His expertise in XML-related issues was very important. He is assigned as an expert for the xml.etree package. Maybe you can add more about Stefan's merits. This is just what I know personally. I worked a much with him and have very good impression about him. Ah, and the PSF also just granted him their quarterly community service award for 2019-Q1. https://www.python.org/community/awards/psf-awards/#march-2019

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Vote to promote Stéphane Wirtel as a core dev
by Victor Stinner 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

Hi, Julien Palard and me (Victor) propose to promote Stéphane Wirtel as core developer. We open a vote until March 31 (~one week). "[A promotion] is granted by receiving at least two-thirds positive votes in a core team vote and no veto by the steering council." https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0013/#the-core-team Some of you already met him at Pycon US or EuroPython. Stéphane is contributing to Python since 2014. He fixed bugs in various parts of the code, but also implemented some nice features: * -d option of "python3 -m http.server -d DIRECTORY" to serve a specific directory using Python builtin HTTP Server * --fast and --best options on gzip CLI: "python3 -m gzip [options] file" (Julien told me that he frequently uses "python3 -m http.server -d DIRECTORY" to read the Python documentation :-)) In my experience, Stéphane *likes* getting review and is fine to make any change on his code. It's not an issue to work with him, it's more the opposite :-) For example, it doesn't get mad if one of his PR is rejected ;-) (I'm saying that because *I* sometimes get mad about that, sorry for being emotional :-)) He got 57 commits merged into the master branch of Python: authored 46 commits + co-authored 1 commit + 10 commits before Git ("Patch written by Stéphane Wirtel"). He organized a Python conference at FOSDEM 5 times in a row (between 80 and 800 persons per year) and got a PSF Community Service Awards in June 2016 for that: "Stéphane Wirtel for his work organizing a Python User Group in Belgium, for his continued work creating marketing material for the PSF, for his continued outreach efforts with spreading the PSF's mission." https://www.python.org/community/awards/psf-awards/#june-2016 He is also helping to organize EuroPython, by working on the website or being a volunteer on-site. He gave a lot of Python talks all around the world at many Pycon (France, EuroPython, Canda, Italy, Ireland, UK, San Sebastiàn, Slovakia, Ukraine) and at FOSDEM (Belgium). For example, he gave talks about Python internals (bytecode, parser), and on Python development workflow and Pull Requests. He is always volunteer to help the Python project, not only the code. For example, he is a committer on the developer guide (devguide). He is helping other contributors get their bugs fixed or to get their changes merged. He participated to not less than 218 PR: ping the right core dev who can review/help, test manually to validate and provide good feedback, propose enhancements, etc. Sometimes, he just says "Thank you for your contribution" which is IMHO a good practice for a healthy community :-) (we don't do that often enough!) Stéphane is involved in Python for 5 years. To be honest, he should have been promoted earlier, but I (Victor) wasn't sure to promote him myself because I know him too well, and so I wasn't objective about his work. But well, now it's time, and Julien is supporting his promotion as well ;-) Links: * https://wirtel.be/ * https://twitter.com/matrixise Julien and Victor

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[RELEASE] Python 3.8.0a3 is now available for testing
by Łukasz Langa 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

It's time for the third alpha of Python 3.8.0. Go get it here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-380a3/ Python 3.8.0a3 is the third of four planned alpha releases of Python 3.8, the next feature release of Python. During the alpha phase, Python 3.8 remains under heavy development: additional features will be added and existing features may be modified or deleted. Please keep in mind that this is a preview release and its use is not recommended for production environments. The last alpha release, 3.8.0a4, is planned for 2019-04-29. I am happy to say that this time all buildbots were properly green. Thank you to everybody who worked on that. - Ł

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[RELEASE] Python 3.7.3 is now available
by Ned Deily 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

https://blog.python.org/2019/03/python-373-is-now-available.html Python 3.7.3 is now available. Python 3.7.3 is the next maintenance release of Python 3.7, the latest feature release of Python. You can find Python 3.7.3 here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-373/ See the What’s New In Python 3.7 document for more information about the many new features and optimizations included in the 3.7 series. Detailed information about the changes made in 3.7.3 can be found in its change log. Thanks to all of the many volunteers who help make Python Development and these releases possible! Please consider supporting our efforts by volunteering yourself or through organization contributions to the Python Software Foundation. https://docs.python.org/3.7/whatsnew/3.7.html https://docs.python.org/3.7/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-7-3-final https://www.python.org/psf/ -- Ned Deily nad(a)python.org -- []

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Python 3.4.10 is now available
by Larry Hastings 18 Mar '19

18 Mar '19

On behalf of the Python development community, I'm proud--if slightly sad--to announce the availability of Python 3.4.10. Python 3.4.10 was released in "security fixes only" mode. It only contains security fixes, not conventional bug fixes, and it is a source-only release. Python 3.4.10 is the final release in the Python 3.4 series. As of this release, the 3.4 branch has been retired, no further changes to 3.4 will be accepted, and no new releases will be made. This is standard Python policy; Python releases get five years of support and are then retired. If you're still using Python 3.4, you should consider upgrading to the current version--3.7.2 as of this writing. Newer versions of Python have many new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes, which should all serve to enhance your Python programming experience. We in the Python core development community thank you for your interest in 3.4, and we wish you all the best! You can find Python 3.4.10 here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3410/ One I completely finish the Python 3.4.10 release process, I will retire as Python 3.4 Release Manager. I'll still be Python 3.5 Release Manager for another eighteen months or so. Python 3.4 is OVER! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlGqN3AKOsA //arry/

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Python 3.5.7 is now available
by Larry Hastings 18 Mar '19

18 Mar '19

On behalf of the Python development community, I'm chuffed to announce the availability of Python 3.5.7. Python 3.5 is in "security fixes only" mode. It only accepts security fixes, not conventional bug fixes, and the release is source-only. And you can find Python 3.5.7rc1 here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-357/ Best wishes, //arry/

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[RELEASE] Python 3.7.3rc1 is now available for testing.
by Ned Deily 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

Python 3.7.3rc1 is now available for testing. 3.7.3rc1 is the release preview of the next maintenance release of Python 3.7, the latest feature release of Python. Assuming no critical problems are found prior to 2019-03-25, no code changes are planned between now and the final release. This release candidate is intended to give you the opportunity to test the new security and bug fixes in 3.7.3. We strongly encourage you to test your projects and report issues found to bugs.python.org as soon as possible. Please keep in mind that this is a preview release and, thus, its use is not recommended for production environments. You can find the release files, a link to the changelog, and more information here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-373rc1/ -- Ned Deily nad(a)python.org -- []

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Reminder: Python Language Summit 2019 Signup
by Mariatta 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

Just another reminder that sign up is still open for Python Language Summit (until March 21st, 2019) TL;DR: When: Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 10am–4pm Where: Huntington Convention Center, Cleveland, Ohio Apply: Attendance sign up form <https://goo.gl/forms/pexfOGDjpV0BWMer2> (before March 21, 2019) Speak: Topic submission form <https://goo.gl/forms/8l7ITEKOjlWkBjcl1> (before March 21, 2019) You will be notified by April 15, 2019 Co-chairs: and Łukasz Blogger: A. Jesse Jiryu Davis All language summit attendees are also invited for dinner with PyCon staff and volunteers right after the summit. Details will be forwarded once we confirm your attendance. Since I don't want to miss the dinner, we will be more strict with timing and not go overtime. So far, we have a number of interesting topics proposed by core developers as well as by members of the wider Python community. Some of the proposed topic are: PEP 581, async REPL, Python 3.9 release cadence, core Python mentorship, manylinux, etc. If you have any questions, the Users section of our Discourse instance (https://discuss.python.org/c/users) is the best place to ask. For private communication, write to mariatta(a)python.org and/or lukasz(a)python.org.

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2019 Steering Council Election Results
by Ernest W. Durbin III 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

Voting closed at 2019-02-04 12:00 UTC as prescribed in [PEP 8100](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-8100/). Of 96 eligible voters, 69 cast ballots. The top five vote-getters are: - Barry Warsaw - Brett Cannon - Carol Willing - Guido van Rossum - Nick Coghlan No conflict of interest as defined in PEP 13 were observed. Eligible voters have received result notification emails from helios, and may return to the system to audit/verify the results. Thanks to all participants! It was an honor serving as the administrator for the governance votes. -Ernest W. Durbin III

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