[Python-Dev] Volunteer help with porting

[Oleg Broytman]

On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 02:58:41PM -0000, exarkun at twistedmatrix.com wrote:
> On 02:34 pm, phd at phd.pp.ru wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 02:02:59PM -0000, exarkun at twistedmatrix.com  
>> wrote:
>>> On 01:33 pm, phd at phd.pp.ru wrote:
>>>>   As there is already Python 3.2 alpha, the core of Python has  
>>>> already
>>>> been ported
>>>
>>> How about the email package?
>>
>>   What about email? It is a core library, right? It has been ported  
>> AFAIK.
>> Or have I missed something?
>
> Are you just assuming that because there have been 3.x releases,  
> everything in the standard library works properly in 3.x?  Or do you  
> know something about the email package specifically?

   Yes, I assumed that because the core team planned a beta release of 3.2
for October. "3.2" sounds more stable and complete than "3.0".

> Last I checked, there were a number of outstanding issues with email in  
> 3.x.  And as Michael Foord pointed out, there are other standard library  
> modules in the same state.

   I see. Thank you for the clarification. I am sorry for being so haste.

Oleg.
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