Python 2.1 out

2001-04-18 Thread Vasko Miroslav
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! 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) and code-breakage features like nested scopes are disabled by default. am

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

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 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 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 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 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