[Python-Dev] Python 2.3a1 release status

[Guido van Rossum]

> One thing I completely forgot to persue because of PEP 302 was the plan
> to move Tools/freeze/modulefinder.py to Lib/. I would love for this to
> be in 2.3a1, but nor Thomas Heller nor I have written the needed
> documentation for it yet. If you allow it to go into 2.3a1, I promise to
> submit documentation well before 2.3a2.

Fine.  At least add a note to Misc/NEWS, and make sure that the freeze
tool still works.

> There's also a patch from me for modulefinder.py sitting on sf which
> would be nice to make it in at the same time:
>   http://www.python.org/sf/643711
> It vastly reduces the number of false warnings about missing submodules.
> Additionally it adds a new API for getting info about missing modules
> which distinguishes between "surely missing" and "maybe missing".

Ditto.  It looks like it's going to be at least a couple more hours
before datetime.c is ready anyway.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)