[Python-Dev] Python 2.3 release schedule update

[Brett C.]

Phillip J. Eby wrote:


> No joy:
> 
> test test_time failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/home/admin/PythonCVS/dist/src/Lib/test/test_time.py", line 107, 
> in test_tzset
>     self.failUnless(time.tzname[1] == 'AEDT', str(time.tzname[1]))
>   File "/home/admin/PythonCVS/dist/src/Lib/unittest.py", line 268, in 
> failUnless
>     if not expr: raise self.failureException, msg
> AssertionError: AEST
> 
> This was on a clean HEAD checkout, applying the patch (762934), run 
> 'autoreconf' in dist/src, followed by './configure --with-pydebug' and 
> 'make test'.
> 

OK, now what shall we do?  Could we hard-code the test itself by doing a 
string comparison in C to see if the name of the timezones match?

-Brett