[Python-checkins] distutils2: Update developers notes
eric.araujo
python-checkins at python.org
Mon Nov 14 15:24:07 CET 2011
http://hg.python.org/distutils2/rev/88ab3211b002
changeset: 1221:88ab3211b002
user: Éric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org>
date: Fri Nov 11 10:38:07 2011 +0100
summary:
Update developers notes
files:
DEVNOTES.txt | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/DEVNOTES.txt b/DEVNOTES.txt
--- a/DEVNOTES.txt
+++ b/DEVNOTES.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
-Notes for developers
+====================
+Notes for Developers
====================
-- Distutils2 runs on Python from 2.4 to 2.7 so make sure you don't use code
+- Distutils2 has been merged into the CPython repository under the module name
+ "packaging", for release with Python 3.3. The Distutils2 repository is used
+ to maintain the backport released on PyPI for older Python versions. It is
+ recommended to work in the CPython repository if possible, but you but you
+ can make patches for the Distutils2 repository if you prefer.
+
+ Repo: http://hg.python.org/cpython (default branch)
+ More info: http://wiki.python.org/moin/Distutils/Contributing
+
+- Distutils2 runs on Python from 2.4 to 2.7, so make sure you don't use code
that doesn't work under one of these Python versions. There is also a
- version compatible with 3.1-3.3 in the "python3" branch.
+ version compatible with 3.1-3.3 in the "python3" branch. When merging
+ default into python3, please use modern 3.x idioms.
- For 2.4, you need to run "python2.4 setup.py build" before you can try out
pysetup or run tests (unless you use the runtests.py script which will call
@@ -12,3 +23,9 @@
- Always run tests.sh before you commit a change. This implies that you have
all Python versions installed from 2.4 to 2.7. Be sure to also have docutils
installed on all Python versions to avoid skipping tests.
+
+- To merge with the Python 3 version, update to the python3 branch, merge and
+ run tests.sh to test with Python 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 (you'll need to build the
+ last one from source). If you can't test, let someone else do the merge.
+
+- Don't forget to update CONTRIBUTORS.txt and CHANGES.txt.
--
Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/distutils2
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