X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <50B41D94.9030708@cs.utoronto.ca> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:55:32 -0500 From: Ryan Johnson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Package update request: python-2.7 References: <50B3CC5D.8090405@cs.utoronto.ca> <20121127013508.GA4108@tishler.net> In-Reply-To: <20121127013508.GA4108@tishler.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 26/11/2012 8:35 PM, Jason Tishler wrote: > Ryan, > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 03:09:01PM -0500, Ryan Johnson wrote: >> Hi all (attn python maintainer), >> >> Would it be possible to update to python 2.7? The current released >> package (2.6.8-2) lacks several features available in 2.7. > Are you psychic? I just started today. Sorry, but I don't have an ETA. Sounds great! Looking forward to it. Out of curiosity, what typically holds back releasing a new version? Do you often end up having to deal with bugs and patches? I've heard that gcc/gdb/binutils often require "a little bit" of work to push out the door, for example... Ryan -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple