Re: Current state of Python 3 migration

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 02:42:35PM -0500, Tres Seaver wrote:
> On 12/19/2012 01:57 PM, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> > Yeah, just got this
> > 
> > SystemError: dynamic module not initialized properly
> > 
> > when I checked out z3c.ptcompat, bootstrapped, buildouted, and ran 
> > bin/test.
> > 
> > This is a bit unpleasant: I've zope.security 3.8.3 in my shared
> > buildout eggs directory.  If I wipe it and reinstall, I'll get it
> > built ABI-compatible with zope.proxy 4.1.0 and all my existing
> > buildouts that used zope.security 3.8.3 with an older zope.proxy will
> > stop working.
> > 
> > If I don't wipe it, I can't create any new buildouts that pull in an 
> > unversioned dependency on zope.proxy.
> > 
> > Ideas?
> 
> Ugh, that hurts.   I don't ever use the shared directory, so I missed
> that possibility.

(It's a wonderful time-saver, and I would even call it a killer feature
for zc.buildout.)

> > Would it be possible to release zope.security 4.0.0 any time soonish? 
> > Then new buildouts would get new zope.proxy and new zope.security,
> > while old buildouts would happily continue to use old ones.
> 
> I had hoped that the 4.0.0 marker would signal Py3k compatibilty, but
> don't have gumption to finish that port today.

Whoops.  I think I accidentally stepped on your toes by releasing
zope.pagetemplate 4.0.0 without first checking if the Py3k port was
complete.  I just assumed it was, after noticing the 4.0.0 version
number in CHANGES.txt.

> Maybe a 3.9.0 release,
> made by branching from 3.8.3 and just bumping the zope.proxy dependency?

That sounds reasonable.

Marius Gedminas
-- 
I heard the story of an assembly programmer who put several ret instructions at
the end of a subroutine... and more, for longer subroutines, because of
"momentum".
        -- 9ren on reddit

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