contrib: make Python 2.7.9 the default in Makefile.python

We should utilize (and test) the big API changes and new TLS functionality in
Python 2.7.9 whenever possible.

contrib/Makefile.python

@@ -1,79 +1,79 b''
-PYTHONVER=2.7.8
+PYTHONVER=2.7.9
 PYTHONNAME=python-
 PREFIX=$(HOME)/bin/prefix-$(PYTHONNAME)$(PYTHONVER)
 SYMLINKDIR=$(HOME)/bin
 
 help:
 	@echo
 	@echo 'Make a custom installation of a Python version'
 	@echo
 	@echo 'Common make parameters:'
 	@echo '  PYTHONVER=...    [$(PYTHONVER)]'
 	@echo '  PREFIX=...       [$(PREFIX)]'
 	@echo '  SYMLINKDIR=...   [$(SYMLINKDIR) creating $(PYTHONNAME)$(PYTHONVER)]'
 	@echo
 	@echo 'Common make targets:'
 	@echo '  python    - install Python $$PYTHONVER in $$PREFIX'
 	@echo '  symlink   - create a $$SYMLINKDIR/$(PYTHONNAME)$$PYTHONVER symlink'
 	@echo
 	@echo 'Example: create a temporary Python installation:'
 	@echo '  $$ make -f Makefile.python python PYTHONVER=2.4 PREFIX=/tmp/p24'
 	@echo '  $$ /tmp/p24/bin/python -V'
 	@echo '  Python 2.4'
 	@echo
 	@echo 'Some external libraries are required for building Python: zlib bzip2 openssl.'
 	@echo 'Make sure their development packages are installed systemwide.'
 # fedora: yum install zlib-devel bzip2-devel openssl-devel
 # debian: apt-get install zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libssl-dev
 	@echo
 	@echo 'To build a nice collection of interesting Python versions:'
-	@echo '  $$ for v in 2.{4{,.2,.3},5{,.6},6{,.1,.2,.9},7{,.8}}; do'
+	@echo '  $$ for v in 2.{4{,.2,.3},5{,.6},6{,.1,.2,.9},7{,.8,.9}}; do'
 	@echo '    make -f Makefile.python symlink PYTHONVER=$$v || break; done'
 	@echo 'To run a Mercurial test on all these Python versions:'
 	@echo '  $$ for py in `cd ~/bin && ls $(PYTHONNAME)2.*`; do'
 	@echo '    echo $$py; $$py run-tests.py test-http.t; echo; done'
 	@echo
 
 export LANGUAGE=C
 export LC_ALL=C
 
 python: $(PREFIX)/bin/python docutils
 	printf 'import sys, zlib, bz2, docutils\nif sys.version_info >= (2,6):\n import ssl' | $(PREFIX)/bin/python
 
 PYTHON_SRCDIR=Python-$(PYTHONVER)
 PYTHON_SRCFILE=$(PYTHON_SRCDIR).tgz
 
 $(PREFIX)/bin/python:
 	[ -f $(PYTHON_SRCFILE) ] || wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/$(PYTHONVER)/$(PYTHON_SRCFILE) || curl -OL http://www.python.org/ftp/python/$(PYTHONVER)/$(PYTHON_SRCFILE) || [ -f $(PYTHON_SRCFILE) ]
 	rm -rf $(PYTHON_SRCDIR)
 	tar xf $(PYTHON_SRCFILE)
 	# Ubuntu disables SSLv2 the hard way, disable it on old Pythons too
 	-sed -i 's,self.*SSLv2_method(),0;//\0,g' $(PYTHON_SRCDIR)/Modules/_ssl.c
 	# Find multiarch system libraries on Ubuntu with Python 2.4.x
 	# http://lipyrary.blogspot.dk/2011/05/how-to-compile-python-on-ubuntu-1104.html
 	-sed -i "s|lib_dirs = .* \[|\0'/usr/lib/`dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH`',|g" $(PYTHON_SRCDIR)/setup.py
 	# Find multiarch system libraries on Ubuntu and disable fortify error when setting argv
 	LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib/`dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH`"; \
 	BASECFLAGS=-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE; \
 	export LDFLAGS BASECFLAGS; \
 	cd $(PYTHON_SRCDIR) && ./configure --prefix=$(PREFIX) && make all SVNVERSION=pwd && make install
 	printf 'import sys, zlib, bz2\nif sys.version_info >= (2,6):\n import ssl' | $(PREFIX)/bin/python
 	rm -rf $(PYTHON_SRCDIR)
 
 DOCUTILSVER=0.12
 DOCUTILS_SRCDIR=docutils-$(DOCUTILSVER)
 DOCUTILS_SRCFILE=$(DOCUTILS_SRCDIR).tar.gz
 
 docutils: $(PREFIX)/bin/python
 	@$(PREFIX)/bin/python -c 'import docutils' || ( set -ex; \
 	[ -f $(DOCUTILS_SRCFILE) ] || wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/docutils/docutils/$(DOCUTILSVER)/$(DOCUTILS_SRCFILE) || [ -f $(DOCUTILS_SRCFILE) ]; \
 	rm -rf $(DOCUTILS_SRCDIR); \
 	tar xf $(DOCUTILS_SRCFILE); \
 	cd $(DOCUTILS_SRCDIR) && $(PREFIX)/bin/python setup.py install --prefix=$(PREFIX); \
 	$(PREFIX)/bin/python -c 'import docutils'; \
 	rm -rf $(DOCUTILS_SRCDIR); )
 
 symlink: python $(SYMLINKDIR)
 	ln -sf $(PREFIX)/bin/python $(SYMLINKDIR)/$(PYTHONNAME)$(PYTHONVER)
 
 .PHONY: help python docutils symlink