Status update.

pep-0283.txt

@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ Abstract
     items.  Small features may be added until the first beta release.
     Bugs may be fixed until the final release.
 
-    There is currently no defined schedule.  We hope to release at
-    least the first alpha before OSCON 2002, and the final release
-    before the end of 2002, but if important projects below are
-    delayed, the release may be delayed.
+    There is currently no defined schedule.  We hope to do the final
+    release before the end of 2002, but if important projects below
+    are delayed, even that may be delayed.
 
     There will be at least two alpha releases, two beta releases, and
     one release candidate.  Alpha and beta releases will be spaced at
@@ -65,24 +64,25 @@ Planned features for 2.3
 
     - PEP 273  Import Modules from Zip Archives             Ahlstrom
 
-      I think this is close -- maybe it's already checked in and I
-      don't know about it!
+      This project has been dormant too long.  Somebody wake it up!
+      http://www.python.org/sf/492105
 
     - PEP 282  A Logging System                             Mick
 
-      Vinay Sajip has been making steady progress on an
-      implementation, and despite a recent near-flamewar (which I
-      haven't followed) I expect that his code will be incorporated in
-      the near future.
+      Vinay Sajip's implementation is close to completion IMO.  I
+      expect that his code will be incorporated in the near future.
+      http://www.python.org/sf/578494
 
     - PEP 263  Defining Python Source Code Encodings
 
-      I'm all for this plan.  I haven't reviewed the implementation.
+      Implemented (at least phase 1, which is all that's planned for
+      2.3).
 
     - PEP 218  Adding a Built-In Set Object Type
 
       I think it would be good to revive this in some form, using a
-      module rather than a built-in type.
+      module rather than a built-in type.  Alex Martelli has
+      contributed a new version: http://www.python.org/sf/580995
 
     - A new command line option parser.  Greg Ward's Optik
       (http://optik.sf.net) would fit the bill fine; there's only some
@@ -92,30 +92,32 @@ Planned features for 2.3
     - Provide alternatives for common uses of the types module;
       Skip Montanaro has posted a proto-PEP for this idea:
       http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-May/024346.html
+      Unfortunately there hasn't been much progress on this.
 
-    - Extended slice notation for all built-in sequences.  A patch by
-      Michael Hudson has solved this, mostly; there's an open issue
-      about slice assignments where the source has a different length
-      than the destination, as in L[:5:] = range(10).
+    - Extended slice notation for all built-in sequences.  Completed:
+      patch by Michael Hudson is now all checked in.
 
     - An iterator tools module featuring goodies from SML and Haskell?
       http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-May/024418.html
 
     - Speed up list iterations by filling tp_iter and other tweaks?
-      http://www.python.org/sf/560736  (This is done; also for xrange.)
+      http://www.python.org/sf/560736  (This is done; also for xrange
+      and tuple objects.)
 
     - Deprecate the buffer object.
       http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-July/026388.html
       http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-July/026408.html
+      No progress; the last time this was brought up only Marc-Andre
+      Lemburg said he had a use for it.  I need to find out exactly
+      what that need is and how much of the buffer object we can retire.
 
     - Lazily tracking tuples?
       http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-May/023926.html
       http://www.python.org/sf/558745
+      Not much enthusiasm I believe.
 
-    - Timeoutsocket.  Work in progress.
-      http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-May/024077.html
-      http://www.python.org/sf/555085  (Most of this is done, but we
-      still need to add a global timeout option.)
+    - Timeout sockets.  Completed.
+      http://www.python.org/sf/555085
 
     - Making None a keyword.  Can't be done right away, but a warning
       would be a first step.
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ Planned features for 2.3
 
     - Nuke SET_LINENO from all code objects (providing a different way
       to set debugger breakpoints).  This can boost pystone by >5%.
-      (Tim Peters.)
+      http://www.python.org/sf/587993 awaiting review.
 
     - Write a pymemcompat.h that people can bundle with their
       extensions and then use the 2.3 memory interface with all