[Python-Dev] 2.5 status

[Neal Norwitz]

Doc patches are fine, please fix.

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On 9/7/06, Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com> wrote:
>
> On 5-sep-2006, at 6:24, Neal Norwitz wrote:
>
> > There are 3 bugs currently listed in PEP 356 as blocking:
> >         http://python.org/sf/1551432 - __unicode__ breaks on
> > exception classes
> >         http://python.org/sf/1550938 - improper exception w/
> > relative import
> >         http://python.org/sf/1541697 - sgmllib regexp bug causes hang
> >
> > Does anyone want to fix the sgmlib issue?  If not, we should revert
> > this week before c2 is cut.  I'm hoping that we will have *no changes*
> > in 2.5 final from c2.  Should there be any bugs/patches added to or
> > removed from the list?
> >
> > The buildbots are currently humming along, but I believe all 3
> > versions (2.4, 2.5, and 2.6) are fine.
> >
> > Test out 2.5c1+ and report all bugs!
>
> I have another bug that I'd like to fix: Mac/ReadMe contains an
> error: it claims that you can build the frameworkinstall into a
> temporary directory and then move it into place, but that isn't
> actually true. The erroneous paragraph is this:
>
>     Note that there are no references to the actual locations in the
> code or
>     resource files, so you are free to move things around afterwards.
> For example,
>     you could use --enable-framework=/tmp/newversion/Library/
> Frameworks and use
>     /tmp/newversion as the basis for an installer or something.
>
> My proposed fix is to drop this paragraph. There is no bugreport for
> this yet, I got notified of this issue in a private e-mail.
>
> Ronald
>