[Python-Dev] Towards 1.6 Final

[bwarsaw@python.org]

>>>>> "VM" == Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr> writes:

    >> - enable threads by default if OS supports it

    VM> Who's going to champion this? I recall Greg Stein volunteering
    VM> for it ;) (or for something related)

This isn't the free-threading stuff, which I think we're pushing back
to 1.7, right?  Just making --with-threads turned on by default if the
OS supports it.

    >> - Test the hell out of SRE.  (waiting for /F's complete
    >> implementation)
    VM> ...
    >> As we saw it the most critical things that need to get done are
    >> testing the GC stuff and the SRE module.  Of those, the most
    >> critical is SRE since AFAIK, we're still waiting for the final
    >> complete code from /F.  I could be wrong about that.

    VM> It thas been my impression that people are pushing /F for SRE
    VM> deliveries, but he feels uncomfortable with a number of
    VM> Unicode compromises (affecting the SRE code and/or design???)
    VM> and has some implementation hesitations.  Add to this the
    VM> pression of the recent PythonWorks' release. In this context,
    VM> if there's something to be finished, it would be nice to stop
    VM> pushing him and help him finishing this
    VM> project. Unfortunately, I can't offer any help as I don't know
    VM> much about RE engines.

Neither do I.  /F, how can we help?

-Barry