Message267546
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larry |
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Colm Buckley, doko, larry, lemburg, martin.panter, matejcik, ned.deily, rhettinger, skrah, thomas-petazzoni, vstinner, ztane |
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2016年06月06日.20:24:44 |
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<1465244684.98.0.936995726322.issue26839@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
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Speaking as the 3.5 RM, I suppose I have to have an opinion. I don't think "Python now uses a better source of randomness to seed the random module at startup" is a major feature. It's a nice-to-have, not a must-have. And people who care about good randomness (e.g. people doing crypto with the random module) shouldn't be relying on the freebie initialization they get just by importing.
So I think changing the default is fine, especially if the new default is "seed from the entropy pool, but if it's empty failover to the not-as-good source of random bits". If you think that's a bad move, please add your comments here--I'm willing to have my mind changed about this.
I'll remind you: the schedule says I tag 3.5.2 RC 1 this coming Saturday (almost exactly six days from now). Naturally I'd prefer to make the release on time. |
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| 2016年06月06日 20:24:45 | larry | set | recipients:
+ larry, lemburg, rhettinger, doko, vstinner, matejcik, ned.deily, skrah, martin.panter, ztane, thomas-petazzoni, Colm Buckley |
| 2016年06月06日 20:24:44 | larry | set | messageid: <1465244684.98.0.936995726322.issue26839@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
| 2016年06月06日 20:24:44 | larry | link | issue26839 messages |
| 2016年06月06日 20:24:44 | larry | create |
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