Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-05-07 Thread Florian Weimer
Neil Schemenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Guido has recently checked in a license change that makes Python > GPL compatible. Here's the diff: Index: LICENSE === RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/LICENSE,v retrieving rev

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-05-07 Thread Neil Schemenauer
Carey Evans wrote: > Tom Cato Amundsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Excuse me for bugging you about this, but has you heard anything > > from RMS yet? With the upcoming freeze, it would be nice to know as > > soon as possible if we will have a GPL compatible python 2.x in > > woody. > > Act

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-05-07 Thread Carey Evans
Tom Cato Amundsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Excuse me for bugging you about this, but has you heard anything > from RMS yet? With the upcoming freeze, it would be nice to know as > soon as possible if we will have a GPL compatible python 2.x in > woody. Actually, it'd be nice just to have Py

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-05-06 Thread Tom Cato Amundsen
On 18 Apr 2001 13:10:44 +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 03:33:45PM +0200, Vasko Miroslav wrote: > > as Python 2.1 is out, there is no need to keep Python2 and Python152 > > in Debian, I think. > > > > it looks like 2.1 has GPL-compatible license (it has, in fact, three > >

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-04-19 Thread David M. Cooke
At some point, D-Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 12:17:40PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > | Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | > | [Python warning messages] > | > | > Could you mail an example of such a message ? > | > | y = None > | def fun(): > | y =

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-04-19 Thread D-Man
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 12:17:40PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: | Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | [Python warning messages] | | > Could you mail an example of such a message ? | | y = None | def fun(): | y = None | def bar(): | y | bar() | | fun() | | result

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-04-19 Thread Florian Weimer
Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [Python warning messages] > Could you mail an example of such a message ? y = None def fun(): y = None def bar(): y bar() fun() results in: :2: SyntaxWarning: local name 'y' in 'fun' shadows use of 'y' as global in nested scope

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-04-19 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 10:04:24AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > D-Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 10:25:52PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > > | Steve Purcell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | > > | > Licenses aside, there are the same technical issues with Python 2

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-04-19 Thread Florian Weimer
D-Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 10:25:52PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > | Steve Purcell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | > | > Licenses aside, there are the same technical issues with Python 2.1 > | > as with Python 2.0. > | > | Python 2.1 seems to print some diagno

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-04-19 Thread Carey Evans
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > last I checked it only helped derivatives of python, not python itself. AIUI, the point is that Python 2.1 is a derivative of CNRI Python 1.6.1. -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ "Quiet, you'll miss

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-04-18 Thread D-Man
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 10:25:52PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: | Steve Purcell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > Licenses aside, there are the same technical issues with Python 2.1 | > as with Python 2.0. | | Python 2.1 seems to print some diagnostic messages during run-time; | this might affec

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-04-18 Thread Florian Weimer
Steve Purcell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Licenses aside, there are the same technical issues with Python 2.1 > as with Python 2.0. Python 2.1 seems to print some diagnostic messages during run-time; this might affect scripts which are invoked in cron jobs.

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-04-18 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 08:26:00AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 18-Apr-2001 Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 03:33:45PM +0200, Vasko Miroslav wrote: > >> as Python 2.1 is out, there is no need to keep Python2 and Python152 > >> in Debian, I think. > >> > >> it looks

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-04-18 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 18-Apr-2001 Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 03:33:45PM +0200, Vasko Miroslav wrote: >> as Python 2.1 is out, there is no need to keep Python2 and Python152 >> in Debian, I think. >> >> it looks like 2.1 has GPL-compatible license (it has, in fact, three >> licenses) > > Thank

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-04-18 Thread Steve Purcell
Vasko Miroslav wrote: > as Python 2.1 is out, there is no need to keep Python2 and Python152 > in Debian, I think. > [snip] > and code-breakage features like nested scopes are disabled by default. Licenses aside, there are the same technical issues with Python 2.1 as with Python 2.0. The byte c

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-04-18 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 03:33:45PM +0200, Vasko Miroslav wrote: > as Python 2.1 is out, there is no need to keep Python2 and Python152 > in Debian, I think. > > it looks like 2.1 has GPL-compatible license (it has, in fact, three > licenses) Thanks for pointing out the changes in LICENSE. Since t