[Python-3000] PEP 3137 plan of attack (stage 3)

[Guido van Rossum]

2007/10/26, Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de>:
> I suggest that you create a branch for the transition period. It will
> take at least several days to kick and drag everything in place. We can
> work on the transition while the rest can play with a working py3k branch.

Thanks for the suggestion -- I'm now working in a new branch, py3k-pep3137.

> >> There are also some issues that mainly crop up in non-English locales.
> >> We will try to get to the bottom of those before releasing 3.0a2, but
> >> I need help as I'm myself absolutely unable to work with locales (and
> >> I don't have access to a Windows box).
> >
> > I think Christian and a few others are making progress here.
>
> I think that I have found and fixed the last bit of problematic code in
> the time module several days ago. I don't get any locales related errors
> on my German Windows installation anymore. I would like to have people
> with other locales to test py3k on Windows. In particular I'm interested
> in tests with more "exotic" locales like Cyrillic alphabet (Greek,
> Russian), Arabian and Asian locales.

Also check the 3.0 buildbots: http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/3.0/

I still see a lot of failing tests there... E.g.
http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/3.0/x86%20XP-3%203.0/builds/191/step-test/0

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