[Pywikipedia-l] [Toolserver-l] Default Python will change to 2.7

[info at gno.de]

Is this patch published anywhere? It would be a good idea to do so for all these bot owners who wants to use that bug related python version. 

xqt


----- Original Nachricht ----
Von:     John <phoenixoverride at gmail.com>
An:      Pywikipedia discussion list <pywikipedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Datum:   31.12.2010 16:23
Betreff: Re: [Pywikipedia-l] [Toolserver-l] Default Python will change to 2.7

> Yeah, River patched the toolserver version to fix the known unicode problem
> 
> Delta
> 
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 10:21 AM, <info at gno.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > there is py 2.7.1 running on toolserver and I found this version does not
> > trigger unicode bug #3081100 whereas py 2.7.1 downloaded from
> > www.python.org has still this bug. Are there any changes or fixes made on
> > ts version?
> >
> > Greetings
> > xqt
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Nachricht ----
> > Von:     Merlijn van Deen <valhallasw at arctus.nl>
> > An:      toolserver-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> > Datum:   22.11.2010 11:59
> > Betreff: Re: [Pywikipedia-l] [Toolserver-l] Default Python will change to
> > 2.7
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > This is especially relevant for all interwiki bots on the toolserver.
> > > Do *not* use python 2.7 for those bots.
> > >
> > > There is a bug [1] in the unicode normalization that causes page
> > > titles to become mangled [2]. This, in turn, results in botwars [3].
> > > As such, interwiki bots on wikipedia should use a python version that
> > > does not have this bug, which means using a version before 2.6.5.
> > >
> > > Although you will get a warning message when using a python version
> > > that exhibits this bug, the bot will still work. As such, you may very
> > > well cause bot wars if you start using py2.7.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Merlijn van Deen
> > >
> > >
> > > [1] http://bugs.python.org/issue10254
> > > [2]
> > >
> >
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=603138&aid=3081100&group_id
> 
> > > =93107
> > > [3]
> > >
> >
> http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GNU-Lizenz_f%C3%BCr_freie_Dokument
> 
> > > ation&action=history
> > >
> > > On 22 November 2010 11:22, River Tarnell <river.tarnell at wikimedia.de>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > During the general maintenance on Dec 6th, we will change the default
> > > Python
> > > > version (/usr/bin/python) on the Solaris user servers from 2.6 to
> 2.7.
> > >  You may
> > > > wish to test your tools with /usr/bin/python2.7 before then.
> > > >
> > > >        - river.
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