Re: Python modules to be recompiled for Python 2.0

2001-02-20 Thread calvin
Jérôme, On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 01:45:05PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote: > I do maintain 2 python modules : > . python-xml, xbel and xbel-utils > . python-unit > > Are there people interested in using them with Python2 ? Yes, I am using python-xml. Bastian pgpnz9kGaMTGQ.pgp Description:

Python 2.x and GPL (official blurb form 2.1a1)

2001-01-24 Thread calvin
Hi all, I just leeched the new Python 2.1 alpha 1 release and discovered this comment on GPL-incompatibility: [...] After Python 2.0 was released by BeOpen.com, Guido van Rossum and the other PythonLabs developers joined Digital Creations. The intention is for all intellectual property added fro

Re: Examples of making *.pyc files in postinst

2001-01-24 Thread calvin
On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 11:27:47PM +, Francis Irving wrote: > I can't find these examples anywhere! They aren't in that directory, > in any package in the Debian archive. Look in /var/lib/dpkg/info/python-base.postinst. The 'locate' command can scan for files. Bastian pgpEWgZRCsMuZ.pgp Desc

Python license and GPL programs

2001-01-15 Thread calvin
Hello, I followed the discussion of the Python 2.0 packaging. In the python2-base package I saw this text: Note that the license of Python 2 is not compatible with the GNU General Public License (cf. clause 6 of the new Python license). Please don't use GPL code with Python2 without asking the

Re: Proposal: Reorganizing Python for Python 2.0

2001-01-10 Thread calvin
What I want is if we allow both Python 1.5 _and_ Python 2.0 to be installed simultaneously we also must allow to actually use both at the same time. I want to do both #python15 -c "import sys" and #python20 -c "import sys" Or, I want to switch my alternative settings for the Python interpreter from

Re: Proposal: Reorganizing Python for Python 2.0

2001-01-10 Thread calvin
Hello, > * we make /usr/bin/python point to python 2 thanks to alternatives > * we run a compileall.py in python/site-packages in order to > get them byte-recompiled for 2.0 From the Python news file: - Python bytecode files (*.pyc and *.pyo) are not compatible between releases