svn commit: r45268 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Sun Jul 13 17:51:13 UTC 2014

Author: gjb
Date: Sun Jul 13 17:51:12 2014
New Revision: 45268
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45268

Log:
  Add Python report.
  
  Submitted by:	mva
  Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml	Sun Jul 13 17:46:29 2014	(r45267)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml	Sun Jul 13 17:51:12 2014	(r45268)
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     ?>
 
     <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work!  This
-      report contains 5 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p>
+      report contains 6 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p>
 
     <p>The deadline for submissions covering between July and
       September 2014 is October 7th, 2014.</p>
@@ -439,4 +439,68 @@
       </task>
     </help>
   </project>
+
+  <project cat='ports'>
+    <title>&os; Python Ports</title>
+
+    <contact>
+      <person>
+        <name>
+	  <given>&os;</given>
+	  <common>Python Team</common>
+        </name>
+        <email>python at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+    </contact>
+
+    <links>
+      <url href="https://wiki.FreeBSD.org/Python">The &os; Python Team Page</url>
+      <url href="irc://freebsd-python@irc.freenode.net">IRC channel</url>
+    </links>
+
+    <body>
+      <p>We are pleased to announce the availability of support for
+	conflict-free Python package support across different Python
+	versions, based on the USES=uniquefiles feature recently
+	introduced to the Ports framework. This means that you can, in
+	theory, mark a Python package as buildable and installable in
+	parallel for different Python versions at the same time on the
+	same host. The package building tools however do not support
+	this feature yet and the Python team will work closely with
+	portmgr and pkg developers to enable support on a global ports
+	and package scale.</p>
+
+      <p>In May and June a huge clean-up operation took place to
+	remove the last bits and pieces targeting easy_install. In the
+	beginning of July we committed the final changes to remove
+	easy_install support completely from the ports framework. This
+	greatly simplifies the infrastructure and allows us to
+	modernize and maintain it with less effort.</p>
+
+      <p>We added Python 3.4, removed Python 3.1 after its end of
+	life, updated the setuptools ports to version 5.1 and PyPy's
+	development version to 2.3.1. The latest Python 2.7.8 and an
+	updated setuptools will hit the tree shortly.</p>
+
+      <p>Our upstreaming effort continues to produce good outcomes for
+	simplifying maintenance and reducing complexity.</p>
+
+      <p>Looking forward, one of the top priorities will be to comply
+	to the Uses framework in the foreseeable future and to roll
+	out a consistent maintainer policy for integrating new
+	Python-related ports into the tree.</p>
+    </body>
+
+    <help>
+      <task>Migrate bsd.python.mk to the Uses framework.</task>
+      <task>Develop a high-level and lightweight Python Ports Policy.</task>
+      <task>Add support for granular dependencies (for example >=1.0,<2.0).</task>
+      <task>Look at what adding pip (Python Package Index) support looks like.</task>
+      <task>Add default QA targets and functions for Python ports (TEST_DEPENDS,
+        regression-test, etc.)</task>
+      <task>More tasks can be found on the team's wiki page (see links).</task>
+      <task>To get involved, come and say hi on IRC and let us know what you're
+        interested in!</task>
+    </help>
+  </project>
 </report>
