[Python-checkins] peps: Minor PEP 453 tweaks

nick.coghlan python-checkins at python.org
Sun Sep 29 08:29:51 CEST 2013


http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/bdd50f92ee73
changeset:   5152:bdd50f92ee73
user:        Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>
date:        Sun Sep 29 16:25:12 2013 +1000
summary:
  Minor PEP 453 tweaks

- link to latest discussion thread
- new post date
- typos

files:
  pep-0453.txt |  17 +++++++++++------
  1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)


diff --git a/pep-0453.txt b/pep-0453.txt
--- a/pep-0453.txt
+++ b/pep-0453.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 Type: Process
 Content-Type: text/x-rst
 Created: 10-Aug-2013
-Post-History: 30-Aug-2013, 15-Sep-2013, 18-Sep-2013, 19-Sep-2013, 23-Sep-2013
+Post-History: 30-Aug-2013, 15-Sep-2013, 18-Sep-2013, 19-Sep-2013,
+              23-Sep-2013, 29-Sep-2013
 
 
 Abstract
@@ -170,9 +171,10 @@
 ensures that even ``setup.py`` files that invoke ``distutils`` directly
 still support the new packaging standards) makes it possible to support
 new packaging standards in older versions of Python, just by upgrading
-``pip``. The situation on older versions of Python is further improved by
-making it easier for end users to install and upgrade newer build systems
-like ``setuptools`` or improved PyPI upload utilities like ``twine``.
+``pip`` (which receives new feature releases roughly every 6 months). The
+situation on older versions of Python is further improved by making it
+easier for end users to install and upgrade newer build systems like
+``setuptools`` or improved PyPI upload utilities like ``twine``.
 
 It is not coincidental that this proposed model of using a separate installer
 program with more metadata heavy and less active distribution formats matches
@@ -1054,7 +1056,7 @@
 Use a different module name in Python 2.7, and 3.3
 --------------------------------------------------
 
-Naming the module `_ensurepip`` in Python 2.7 and 3.3 was considered as
+Naming the module ``_ensurepip`` in Python 2.7 and 3.3 was considered as
 another means of skirting the "no new features in maintenance releases"
 policy. However, similar to the proposal to only include the new
 feature in the installers rather than the standard library, this feels like
@@ -1148,7 +1150,7 @@
 installation (it is always managed through pip, either directly, or
 indirectly via the ``ensurepip`` bootstrap module).
 
-Finally, the separate bootstrapping step means it also easy to avoid
+Finally, the separate bootstrapping step means it is also easy to avoid
 installing ``pip`` at all if end users so desire. This is often the case
 if integrators are using system packages to handle installation of
 components written in multiple languages using a common set of tools.
@@ -1186,6 +1188,9 @@
 .. [4] Discussion thread 4 (python-dev)
    (https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-September/128780.html)
 
+.. [5] Discussion thread 5 (python-dev)
+   (https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-September/128894.html)
+
 .. [#ubuntu] `Ubuntu <http://www.ubuntu.com/>`
 .. [#debian] `Debian <http://www.debian.org>`
 .. [#fedora] `Fedora <https://fedoraproject.org/>`

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