Mailman 3 December 2014 - Python-Dev

Python 2.x and 3.x use survey, 2014 edition
by Bruno Cauet 17 Dec '14

17 Dec '14

Hi all, Last year a survey was conducted on python 2 and 3 usage. Here is the 2014 edition, slightly updated (from 9 to 11 questions). It should not take you more than 1 minute to fill. I would be pleased if you took that time. Here's the url: http://goo.gl/forms/tDTcm8UzB3 I'll publish the results around the end of the year. Last year results: https://wiki.python.org/moin/2.x-vs-3.x-survey Thank you Bruno

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Python 3.4.2/ PyGame Registry
by Matthew Braun 17 Dec '14

17 Dec '14

Good Morning, I installed Python 3.4.2 on my work computer. I was looking at the book "Head First Programming" which references download PYGAME. I downloaded what I believe to be the correct version and it tells me that I don't see the installer. I look in the registry and there is no: *HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Python\* Did I do something wrong? This is all new to me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Matt [image: Inline image 1]

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Python 2/3 porting HOWTO has been updated
by Brett Cannon 13 Dec '14

13 Dec '14

It now promotes using tooling as much as possible to automate the process of making code by Python 2/3 source-compatible: https://docs.python.org/3.5/howto/pyporting.html Blog post about it at http://nothingbutsnark.svbtle.com/commentary-on-getting-your-code-to-run-on… .

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Issue 22919: Update PCBuild for VS 2015
by Steve Dower 12 Dec '14

12 Dec '14

FYI, I've just committed these changes (http://bugs.python.org/issue22919). There shouldn't be any immediate failures, as the updated projects will still build with VS 2010, but our Windows developers/buildbots can migrate onto the later tools as they feel comfortable. I know there are at least a few bugs coming out of the new compiler, so I'll be tracking those down and fixing things. Feel free to nosy me (or Windows) on the issue tracker if you find anything. Cheers, Steve

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Summary of Python tracker Issues
by Python tracker 12 Dec '14

12 Dec '14

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2014-12-05 - 2014-12-12) Python tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue. Do NOT respond to this message. Issues counts and deltas: open 4666 ( +0) closed 30137 (+42) total 34803 (+42) Open issues with patches: 2173 Issues opened (31) ================== #9647: os.confstr() does not handle value changing length between cal http://bugs.python.org/issue9647 reopened by haypo #22866: ssl module in 2.7 should provide a way to configure default co http://bugs.python.org/issue22866 reopened by lemburg #22935: Disabling SSLv3 support http://bugs.python.org/issue22935 reopened by ned.deily #23001: Accept mutable bytes-like objects http://bugs.python.org/issue23001 opened by serhiy.storchaka #23003: traceback.{print_exc,print_exception,format_exc,format_excepti http://bugs.python.org/issue23003 opened by Arfrever #23004: mock_open() should allow reading binary data http://bugs.python.org/issue23004 opened by jcea #23008: pydoc enum.{,Int}Enum fails http://bugs.python.org/issue23008 opened by Antony.Lee #23010: "unclosed file" warning when defining unused logging FileHandl http://bugs.python.org/issue23010 opened by wdoekes #23011: Duplicate Paragraph in documentation for json module http://bugs.python.org/issue23011 opened by berndca #23012: RuntimeError: settrace/setprofile function gets lost http://bugs.python.org/issue23012 opened by arigo #23013: Tweak wording for importlib.util.LazyLoader in regards to Load http://bugs.python.org/issue23013 opened by brett.cannon #23014: Don't have importlib.abc.Loader.create_module() be optional http://bugs.python.org/issue23014 opened by brett.cannon #23015: Improve test_uuid http://bugs.python.org/issue23015 opened by serhiy.storchaka #23017: string.printable.isprintable() returns False http://bugs.python.org/issue23017 opened by planet36 #23018: Add version info to python[w].exe http://bugs.python.org/issue23018 opened by steve.dower #23019: pyexpat.errors wrongly bound to message strings instead of mes http://bugs.python.org/issue23019 opened by bkarge #23020: New matmul operator crashes modules compiled with CPython3.4 http://bugs.python.org/issue23020 opened by amaury.forgeotdarc #23021: Get rid of references to PyString in Modules/ http://bugs.python.org/issue23021 opened by berker.peksag #23023: ./Modules/ld_so_aix not found on AIX during test_distutils http://bugs.python.org/issue23023 opened by lemburg #23025: ssl.RAND_bytes docs should mention os.urandom http://bugs.python.org/issue23025 opened by alex #23026: Winreg module doesn't support REG_QWORD, small DWORD doc updat http://bugs.python.org/issue23026 opened by markgrandi #23027: test_warnings fails with -Werror http://bugs.python.org/issue23027 opened by serhiy.storchaka #23028: CEnvironmentVariableTests and PyEnvironmentVariableTests test http://bugs.python.org/issue23028 opened by serhiy.storchaka #23029: test_warnings produces extra output in quiet mode http://bugs.python.org/issue23029 opened by serhiy.storchaka #23030: lru_cache manual get/put http://bugs.python.org/issue23030 opened by ConnyOnny #23031: pdb crashes when jumping over "with" statement http://bugs.python.org/issue23031 opened by DSP #23033: Disallow support for a*.example.net, *a.example.net, and a*b.e http://bugs.python.org/issue23033 opened by dstufft #23034: Dynamically control debugging output http://bugs.python.org/issue23034 opened by serhiy.storchaka #23035: python -c: Line causing exception not shown for exceptions oth http://bugs.python.org/issue23035 opened by Arfrever #23040: Better documentation for the urlencode safe parameter http://bugs.python.org/issue23040 opened by wrwrwr #23041: csv needs more quoting rules http://bugs.python.org/issue23041 opened by samwyse Most recent 15 issues with no replies (15) ========================================== #23029: test_warnings produces extra output in quiet mode http://bugs.python.org/issue23029 #23028: CEnvironmentVariableTests and PyEnvironmentVariableTests test http://bugs.python.org/issue23028 #23027: test_warnings fails with -Werror http://bugs.python.org/issue23027 #23026: Winreg module doesn't support REG_QWORD, small DWORD doc updat http://bugs.python.org/issue23026 #23021: Get rid of references to PyString in Modules/ http://bugs.python.org/issue23021 #23015: Improve test_uuid http://bugs.python.org/issue23015 #23013: Tweak wording for importlib.util.LazyLoader in regards to Load http://bugs.python.org/issue23013 #23012: RuntimeError: settrace/setprofile function gets lost http://bugs.python.org/issue23012 #23008: pydoc enum.{,Int}Enum fails http://bugs.python.org/issue23008 #23004: mock_open() should allow reading binary data http://bugs.python.org/issue23004 #23003: traceback.{print_exc,print_exception,format_exc,format_excepti http://bugs.python.org/issue23003 #22990: bdist installation dialog http://bugs.python.org/issue22990 #22981: Use CFLAGS when extracting multiarch http://bugs.python.org/issue22981 #22970: Cancelling wait() after notification leaves Condition in an in http://bugs.python.org/issue22970 #22969: Compile fails with --without-signal-module http://bugs.python.org/issue22969 Most recent 15 issues waiting for review (15) ============================================= #23040: Better documentation for the urlencode safe parameter http://bugs.python.org/issue23040 #23030: lru_cache manual get/put http://bugs.python.org/issue23030 #23026: Winreg module doesn't support REG_QWORD, small DWORD doc updat http://bugs.python.org/issue23026 #23025: ssl.RAND_bytes docs should mention os.urandom http://bugs.python.org/issue23025 #23018: Add version info to python[w].exe http://bugs.python.org/issue23018 #23017: string.printable.isprintable() returns False http://bugs.python.org/issue23017 #23015: Improve test_uuid http://bugs.python.org/issue23015 #23003: traceback.{print_exc,print_exception,format_exc,format_excepti http://bugs.python.org/issue23003 #23001: Accept mutable bytes-like objects http://bugs.python.org/issue23001 #22997: Minor improvements to "Functional API" section of Enum documen http://bugs.python.org/issue22997 #22992: Adding a git developer's guide to Mercurial to devguide http://bugs.python.org/issue22992 #22991: test_gdb leaves the terminal in raw mode with gdb 7.8.1 http://bugs.python.org/issue22991 #22986: Improved handling of __class__ assignment http://bugs.python.org/issue22986 #22984: test_json.test_endless_recursion(): "Fatal Python error: Canno http://bugs.python.org/issue22984 #22982: BOM incorrectly inserted before writing, after seeking in text http://bugs.python.org/issue22982 Top 10 most discussed issues (10) ================================= #22935: Disabling SSLv3 support http://bugs.python.org/issue22935 17 msgs #22939: integer overflow in iterator object http://bugs.python.org/issue22939 11 msgs #22992: Adding a git developer's guide to Mercurial to devguide http://bugs.python.org/issue22992 10 msgs #18835: Add aligned memory variants to the suite of PyMem functions/ma http://bugs.python.org/issue18835 8 msgs #22823: Use set literals instead of creating a set from a list http://bugs.python.org/issue22823 8 msgs #22980: C extension naming doesn't take bitness into account http://bugs.python.org/issue22980 8 msgs #23014: Don't have importlib.abc.Loader.create_module() be optional http://bugs.python.org/issue23014 8 msgs #23020: New matmul operator crashes modules compiled with CPython3.4 http://bugs.python.org/issue23020 8 msgs #22866: ssl module in 2.7 should provide a way to configure default co http://bugs.python.org/issue22866 7 msgs #21600: mock.patch.stopall doesn't work with patch.dict to sys.modules http://bugs.python.org/issue21600 6 msgs Issues closed (37) ================== #12602: Missing cross-references in Doc/using http://bugs.python.org/issue12602 closed by berker.peksag #16041: poplib: unlimited readline() from connection http://bugs.python.org/issue16041 closed by python-dev #16042: smtplib: unlimited readline() from connection http://bugs.python.org/issue16042 closed by python-dev #16043: xmlrpc: gzip_decode has unlimited read() http://bugs.python.org/issue16043 closed by python-dev #18305: [patch] Fast sum() for non-numbers http://bugs.python.org/issue18305 closed by gvanrossum #19451: urlparse accepts invalid hostnames http://bugs.python.org/issue19451 closed by terry.reedy #20603: sys.path disappears at shutdown http://bugs.python.org/issue20603 closed by brett.cannon #20866: Crash in the libc fwrite() on SIGPIPE (segfault with os.popen http://bugs.python.org/issue20866 closed by terry.reedy #20895: Add bytes.empty_buffer and deprecate bytes(17) for the same pu http://bugs.python.org/issue20895 closed by ethan.furman #21427: Windows installer: cannot register 64 bit component http://bugs.python.org/issue21427 closed by terry.reedy #21740: doctest doesn't allow duck-typing callables http://bugs.python.org/issue21740 closed by yselivanov #21775: shutil.copytree() crashes copying to VFAT on Linux: AttributeE http://bugs.python.org/issue21775 closed by berker.peksag #22095: Use of set_tunnel with default port results in incorrect post http://bugs.python.org/issue22095 closed by serhiy.storchaka #22225: Add SQLite support to http.cookiejar http://bugs.python.org/issue22225 closed by demian.brecht #22394: Update documentation building to use venv and pip http://bugs.python.org/issue22394 closed by brett.cannon #22581: Other mentions of the buffer protocol http://bugs.python.org/issue22581 closed by serhiy.storchaka #22696: Add a function to know about interpreter shutdown http://bugs.python.org/issue22696 closed by pitrou #22918: Doc for __iter__ makes inexact comment about dict.__iter__ http://bugs.python.org/issue22918 closed by r.david.murray #22959: http.client.HTTPSConnection checks hostname when SSL context h http://bugs.python.org/issue22959 closed by benjamin.peterson #22985: Segfault on time.sleep http://bugs.python.org/issue22985 closed by haypo #22998: inspect.Signature and default arguments http://bugs.python.org/issue22998 closed by yselivanov #23000: More support for Visual Studio users on Windows? http://bugs.python.org/issue23000 closed by SilentGhost #23002: Trackpad scrolling in tkinter doesn't work on some laptops http://bugs.python.org/issue23002 closed by zach.ware #23005: typos on heapq doc http://bugs.python.org/issue23005 closed by rhettinger #23006: Improve the doc and indexing of adict.__missing__. http://bugs.python.org/issue23006 closed by terry.reedy #23007: Unnecessary big intermediate result in Lib/bisect.py http://bugs.python.org/issue23007 closed by mark.dickinson #23009: selectors.EpollSelector.select raises exception when nothing t http://bugs.python.org/issue23009 closed by yselivanov #23016: uncaught exception in lib/warnings.py when executed with pytho http://bugs.python.org/issue23016 closed by serhiy.storchaka #23022: heap-use-after-free in find_maxchar_surrogates http://bugs.python.org/issue23022 closed by haypo #23024: Python Compile Error on Mac os X ld: unknown option: -export-d http://bugs.python.org/issue23024 closed by berker.peksag #23032: 2.7 OS X installer builds fail building OpenSSL on OS X 10.4 / http://bugs.python.org/issue23032 closed by ned.deily #23036: Crash Error? http://bugs.python.org/issue23036 closed by haypo #23037: cpu_count() unreliable on Windows http://bugs.python.org/issue23037 closed by haypo #23038: #python.web irc channel is dead http://bugs.python.org/issue23038 closed by python-dev #23039: File name restriction on Windows http://bugs.python.org/issue23039 closed by tim.golden #1218234: inspect.getsource doesn't update when a module is reloaded http://bugs.python.org/issue1218234 closed by yselivanov #1425127: os.remove OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied http://bugs.python.org/issue1425127 closed by terry.reedy

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[RELEASE] Python 2.7.9
by Benjamin Peterson 11 Dec '14

11 Dec '14

It is my pleasure to announce the release of Python 2.7.9, a new bugfix release in the Python 2.7 series. Despite technically being a maintenance release, Python 2.7.9 includes several majors changes from 2.7.8: - The "ensurepip" module has been backported to Python 2.7 - Python 3's ssl module has been backported to Python 2.7. - HTTPS certificates are now verified by default using the system's certificate store. - SSLv3 has been disabled by default due to the POODLE attack. Downloads are at https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-279/ Please report bugs to https://bugs.python.org/ I would like to thank the people who made the above security and usability improvements listed above possible. Among others, Alex Gaynor, David Reid, Nick Coghlan, and Donald Stufft wrote many PEPs and a lot of code to bring those features to 2.7.9. Thank you. Enjoy, Benjamin 2.7 release manager on behalf on python-dev and all of Python's contributors

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python compile error on mac os x
by 卓一抗 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

hello, everybody ,i occur an ld error in my mac os x python 3.4.2 gcc 4.8.2 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/make Parser/pgen gcc -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -L/usr/local/lib -export-dynamic Parser/acceler.o Parser/grammar1.o Parser/listnode.o Parser/node.o Parser/parser.o Parser/bitset.o Parser/metagrammar.o Parser/firstsets.o Parser/grammar.o Parser/pgen.o Objects/obmalloc.o Python/dynamic_annotations.o Python/mysnprintf.o Python/pyctype.o Parser/tokenizer_pgen.o Parser/printgrammar.o Parser/parsetok_pgen.o Parser/pgenmain.o -ldl -framework CoreFoundation -o Parser/pgen ld: unknown option: -export-dynamic collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [Parser/pgen] Error 1 make: *** [Include/graminit.h] Error 2 how to solve this ? anybody help me ?

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Access control for buildbot
by jacob toft pedersen 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

Hi there I was visiting you buildbot page for inspiration and found that i apparently have the option to force stop/start all your builds without any access control. You may want to put something to enforce access control? /pedersen

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IronPython 2.7.5 Released
by Jeff Hardy 09 Dec '14

09 Dec '14

On behalf of the IronPython team, I'm very happy to announce the release of IronPython 2.7.5[1]. Like all IronPython 2.7-series releases, .NET 4 is required to install it. Installing this release will replace any existing IronPython 2.7-series installation. Assemblies for embedding are provided for .NET 3.5, .NET 4, .NET 4.5, and Silverlight 5. IronPython 2.7.5 is primarily a collection of bug fixes[2] which smooths off many of the remaining rough edges. The complete list of changes[3] is also available. A major new feature is the inclusion of `ensurepip`, which will install the `pip` package manager: ``` ; -X:Frames is required when using pip ipy.exe -X:Frames -m ensurepip ; Run from an Administrator console if using IronPython installer ipy.exe -X:Frames -m pip install html5lib ``` **Note:** The assembly version of IronPython has changed to 2.7.5.0. All previous 2.7 versions had the same version (2.7.0.40) which caused issues when different versions were installed. Publisher policy files are used to so that applications don't have to be recompiled, but recompiling is strongly recommended. A huge thanks goes out to Pawel Jasinski, who contributed most of the changes in this release. Thanks is also due to Simon Opelt, Alex Earl, Jeffrey Bester, yngipy hernan, Alexander Köplinger,Vincent Ducros, and fdanny. For Visual Studio integration, check out Python Tools for Visual Studio[4] which has support for IronPython as well as CPython, and many other fantastic features. IronPython 2.7.5 is also available for embedding via NuGet. The main package is IronPython, and the standard library is in IronPython.StdLib. - Jeff [1] http://ironpython.codeplex.com/releases/view/169382 [2] http://bit.ly/ipy275fixed [3] https://github.com/IronLanguages/main/compare/ipy-2.7.4...ipy-2.7.5 [4] http://pytools.codeplex.com/

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MicroPython 1.3.7 released
by Paul Sokolovsky 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Hello, MicroPython is a Python3 language implementation which scales down to run on microcontrollers with tens of Ks of RAM and few hundreds of Ks of code size. Besides microcontrollers, it's also useful for small embedded Linux systems, where storage space is limited, for embedding as a scripting engine into standalone applications, where quick startup time is needed, etc. http://micropython.org/ https://github.com/micropython/micropython It went several months since the original announcement of MicroPython 1.0 (https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2014-June/672994.html), there were number of releases in the meantime, but we were too busy implementing new features, so this announcement provides just high-level overview of changes: * Basic Unicode support added (thanks to Chris Angelico for driving the effort) * More functionality of standard types and functions are implemented (for example, MicroPython can run subset of http.client module functionality from CPython3 stdlib). * Highly optimized for code size implementations of important Python modules are added. There offer subset of functionality and prefixed with "u". For example, ure, uheapq, uzlib, uhashlib, ubinascii are provided. * Lots of microcontroller hardware bindings added and generalized. Besides core interpreter, there's also good progress on modules and applications: * MicroPython standard library project, https://github.com/micropython/micropython-lib , an effort to port/develop as much as possible Python stdlib modules to MicroPython, has good progress, with few dozens of modules available on PyPI already (pip-micropython wrapper is provided to install them). * An asyncio subset implementation, dubbed "uasyncio", is available and should be stable enough. * Proof of concept web microframework, "picoweb", based on uasyncio is being developed: https://github.com/pfalcon/picoweb * Lots of other projects available on github. Reference implementation of MicroPython runs on a microcontroller board with 1Mb Flash and 128Kb RAM, which should offer good platform for people interested in microcontroller usage (more info: http://micropython.org/). MicroPython can also be easily built and supported on Linux, MacOSX, and Windows systems (more info: https://github.com/micropython/micropython) -- Best regards, Paul mailto:pmiscml@gmail.com

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