[Python-Dev] hello

2008-02-27 Thread panrui pan

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[Python-Dev] download python-2.6 docs?

2008-02-27 Thread Neal Becker
http://docs.python.org/dev/download.html

I want a pdf.  The above link says:
"To download an archive containing all the documents for this version of
Python in one of various formats, follow one of links in this table. "

But there are no links.

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Re: [Python-Dev] Buildbots for trunk are all red

2008-02-27 Thread A.M. Kuchling
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 09:46:04PM -0800, Gregory P. Smith wrote:
> My opinion on bsddb as a standard library module is based mostly on "its
> always been there" and a vague memory of the last time this came up I
> thought people piped up saying they liked batteries being included,
> including bsddb and sqlite, but I don't have a handy reference to that email
> thread.

Looking at the July 2000 python-dev archive, it was added in the
lead-up for Python 2.0 because the bsddb185 module was becoming
increasingly difficult to support; fewer and fewer platforms were
including it, I think.  So we included the BerkeleyDB wrapper which
was backward-compatible and provided much lower-level access.  I think
BerkeleyDB was also the only stdlib database that included
transactional features until sqlite was included.  It's disappointing
that the API has gotten so complicated and that a few releases have
been broken.

Doing a code search finds a fair number of users of the module: Zope's
BDBStorage, Mailman 2.x's archiver, 4Suite, PyTone, OuterSpace,
Chandler, BioPython.

--amk
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Re: [Python-Dev] Buildbots for trunk are all red

2008-02-27 Thread Neal Norwitz
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:47 PM, Brett Cannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  Well, in my opinion "batteries included" is great, but not when one of
>  the batteries consistently acts up and requires a good shake to get
>  working again. The bsddb module has consistent reliability issues when
>  it comes to testing (and I suspect it has more to do with Sleepycat
>  than the bindings). I know I am tired of getting buildbot errors
>  saying that the bsddb tests died more consistently than most tests
>  over their history.

I agree that bsddb has been a pain.  It's about 1 of 10 tests that
fill that category.  I've been working on reducing these problems
(recently: test_bsddb3, test_smptlib, test_xmlrpclib, and I'm sure
there are others I forgot).  Rather than remove modules, it would be
more productive if we fixed the flaky tests.  Then we wouldn't have to
ignore failures, we could trust the buildbots.  test_urllib*net tests
still fail regularly, I think because some hosts aren't available from
time to time.  Can someone look into making test_urllib*net more
robust?

We also need to make the tests more robust.  By fixing test_smtplib, I
sped it up by over 99% while making it more robust.  Any test that
uses threads and sleeps (really just sleeps) needs to be fixed
similarly.  Can someone find which tests still use sleep?

n
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Re: [Python-Dev] Buildbots for trunk are all red

2008-02-27 Thread Thomas Heller
Neal Norwitz schrieb:
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:47 PM, Brett Cannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>  Well, in my opinion "batteries included" is great, but not when one of
>>  the batteries consistently acts up and requires a good shake to get
>>  working again. The bsddb module has consistent reliability issues when
>>  it comes to testing (and I suspect it has more to do with Sleepycat
>>  than the bindings). I know I am tired of getting buildbot errors
>>  saying that the bsddb tests died more consistently than most tests
>>  over their history.
> 
> I agree that bsddb has been a pain.  It's about 1 of 10 tests that
> fill that category.  I've been working on reducing these problems
> (recently: test_bsddb3, test_smptlib, test_xmlrpclib, and I'm sure
> there are others I forgot).  Rather than remove modules, it would be
> more productive if we fixed the flaky tests.  Then we wouldn't have to
> ignore failures, we could trust the buildbots.

Maybe the flaky tests could be moved towards the end?  This way we could
at least see if the other tests work.

Thomas

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Re: [Python-Dev] Buildbots for trunk are all red

2008-02-27 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Maybe the flaky tests could be moved towards the end?  This way we could
> at least see if the other tests work.

It's intentional that the tests run in a random order.

Regards,
Martin
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[Python-Dev] Adding a new Windows x64 buildbot

2008-02-27 Thread Trent Nelson
Hi,

I've got a Windows Server 2008 x64 server I'd like to contribute as a buildbot. 
 As per the recommendation on http://wiki.python.org/moin/BuildBot, it sounds 
like I'm looking for Martin, Anthony or Neal to sort me out with slave 
credentials.  Feel free to drop me a line!

Regards,

Trent.
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Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Python 2.6 and 3.0

2008-02-27 Thread Trent Nelson
> (unless a complete working solution is presented in that other technology,
> and as long as that other technology still creates MSI files with 
> free-as-in-beer tools).

Just out of interest, what's the reason for enforcing that the installer must 
be an MSI?  Or, rather, if I were to present an alternative .exe installer that 
ticks all of the above boxes, exceeds the capabilities of the current installer 
and above all is easier to extend and maintain -- would that be a non-starter 
because it's not an MSI?

Trent.
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Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Python 2.6 and 3.0

2008-02-27 Thread Martin v. Löwis
>> (unless a complete working solution is presented in that other
>> technology, and as long as that other technology still creates MSI
>> files with free-as-in-beer tools).
> 
> Just out of interest, what's the reason for enforcing that the
> installer must be an MSI?  Or, rather, if I were to present an
> alternative .exe installer that ticks all of the above boxes, exceeds
> the capabilities of the current installer and above all is easier to
> extend and maintain -- would that be a non-starter because it's not
> an MSI?

Not necessarily - it is just very hard to provide the same features
as MSI, but with a different tool. It seems that most tools have given
up the battle against MSI, and now provide just another layer on top
of MSI (just as my msilib does, or WiX).

Regards,
Martin

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Re: [Python-Dev] Buildbots for trunk are all red

2008-02-27 Thread Fred Drake
On Feb 27, 2008, at 9:13 AM, A.M. Kuchling wrote:
> Doing a code search finds a fair number of users of the module: Zope's
> BDBStorage, ...


The BDBStorage is long gone at this point.  Few are so unfortunate as  
to remember it (though a few who may just might be on this list).  :-)


   -Fred

-- 
Fred Drake   




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