Mailman 3 November 2010 - pydotorg-www

Add Alex Clark's Python-centric Blog to planet feed?
by Alex Clark Jan. 31, 2011

Jan. 31, 2011

Hi folks, Could someone add http://feeds.feedburner.com/aclark to the Python planet feed list? That is the feed for: http://blog.aclark.net/ where I am planning to post more Python-centric content in the future (formerly Plone-centric). Thanks, Alex -- Alex Clark · http://aclark.net Author — Plone 3.3 Site Administration · http://aclark.net/admin

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Re: [pydotorg-www] [PSF-Board] SciPy India Conference Grant - PSF Board Resolution Notification
by Steve Holden Dec. 6, 2010

Dec. 6, 2010

Prabhu: I am copying this mail to the web editors list, so that should take care of the news item. I am also copying it to Doug Hellmann. Expect to be contacted by a member of the blogging team in due course. regards Steve On 11/22/2010 12:12 PM, Prabhu Ramachandran wrote: > Dear Pat and the PSF board, > > Thank you very much for your generous sponsorship! I will send the > invoice in a couple of days. A news item and blog post would be great > and I will get back on these in a couple of days. The technical program > of the conference is finalized and this year we have over 20 scheduled > talks and 30 talks in total which is a whopping 300% increase since last > year. > > Regards, > Prabhu > > On Wednesday 17 November 2010 02:12 AM, Pat Campbell wrote: >> Hi Prabhu Ramachandran: >> This email notification is being sent to you to inform you of the PSF >> Board’s decision to provide funding in the amount of USD 1250 for your >> 2010 SciPy India Conference to be held in Hyderabad between December >> 13th to the 18th. Please see the following board resolution that was >> voted on and passed on November 15, 2010 below: >> >> RESOLVED, that the PSF provide a $1250 US grant to help fund sprints at >> the 2010 SciPy India conference to be held in Hyderabad between December >> 13th to the 18th. >> >> Also, please send an invoice to our Treasurer, Kurt Kaiser, at >> kbk(a)shore.net <mailto:kbk@shore.net>. >> >> If you would like a news item on the python.org <http://python.org/> >> home page or perhaps a blog entry somewhere, please mail your request to >> pydotorg(a)python.org <mailto:pydotorg@python.org>. >> >> Wishing you much success with SciPy India 2010, >> >> Pat Campbell, Secretary >> >> Python Software Foundation >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Prabhu Ramachandran >> <prabhu(a)aero.iitb.ac.in <mailto:prabhu@aero.iitb.ac.in>> wrote: >> >> Dear PSF members, >> >> As you know, the SciPy community is a well-established, >> international, and growing group of scientists, engineers, >> mathematicians, and software developers who use Python for >> scientific computing. Our community has formed around various >> software packages including numpy, scipy, and matplotlib. In >> addition to these software libraries, our community has also grown >> as a result of several annual conferences. The first annual SciPy >> conference in the US was held in 2002. More recently, annual SciPy >> conferences have started in both Europe and India. The first annual >> SciPy India conference was held last year in Kerala (http://scipy.in >> <http://scipy.in/>). >> >> This year's SciPy India conference will be held in Hyderabad between >> December 13th to the 18th. The conference consists of two days of >> talks, three days of a combination of morning tutorials and >> afternoon coding sprints, as well as an additional full day of >> sprints. The adoption of Python for scientific programming is not >> as wide-spread in India as it is in the US and Europe. Hence, the >> conference focuses heavily on tutorials and coding sprints. >> >> Since we are targeting students and faculty for the conference, it >> is essential for us to keep the conference costs as low as possible >> for attendees. To that end, most of the conference costs are covered >> by FOSSEE (http://fossee.in <http://fossee.in/>). FOSSEE (Free and >> Open-source Software for Science and Engineering Education) is a >> three-year project to enable the students and faculty of Science and >> Engineering colleges/institutes/universities across India to use >> open source software tools for all their computational needs, >> thereby improving the quality of instruction and learning. While >> there are a few other open source tools promoted by FOSSEE, Python >> is a major focus. In addition to this conference, FOSSEE has >> conducted about 20 scientific programming in Python workshops across >> India over the last year alone. >> >> Given that many of the attendees will have little or no previous >> experience with Python, the coding sprints will be structured to >> familiarize participants on using Python as well as on how to >> contribute back to the community. Our plan for the sprints are as >> follows: >> >> * Text book companion: as part of this we will take a popular >> math/physics textbook at the undergraduate level and convert all of >> its worked out examples to use Python and Sage >> (http://www.sagemath.org <http://www.sagemath.org/>). >> >> * Working on improving the documentation for various Python >> packages used for scientific computing. >> >> * Spoken tutorial translation to local languages: FOSSEE has >> generated a reasonable amount of content to promote the use of >> Python for scientific computing. We are currently making this >> material available in the form of screencasts. They are currently >> in English. We will attempt to translate these into screencasts made >> in a few local languages in order to increase the adoption of Python. >> >> * In addition we will have targeted package specific sprints. >> >> >> To ensure that a large number of students and faculty are able to >> participate in the sprints and tutorials, we are subsidizing the >> housing, travel, food, and registration costs. In addition, we are >> hosting several central scientific python contributors including >> Perry Greenfield (numarray/numpy), Fernando Perez (ipython), John >> Hunter (matplotlib), and Stefan van der Walt (numpy/scipy). These >> invited speakers along with the FOSSEE team will focus on directing >> participants to areas they can help, answering questions, and >> reviewing submitted work. We hope to have more than 100 sprint >> participants at various skill levels. We think this number is >> possible because we plan to combine the tutorials with sprints. We >> used this model at the Sage Days 25 conference >> (http://fossee.in/sage_days) with a great deal of success. >> >> We would like the PSF Board to consider partially sponsoring the >> 2010 SciPy India conference. Specifically, we request $2,500 US to >> sponsor the SciPy India sprints, if possible. We would use this >> money towards subsidizing the housing and food of the sprint >> participants, and offset venue and travel costs of the invited >> speakers. >> >> If the PSF provides the sponsorship, we will list the PSF as a >> sponsoring organization on the conference website (http://scipy.in/) >> and recognize the PSF's sponsorship at the conference sessions. >> >> We appreciate your consideration and look forward to partnering with >> the PSF to support this important segment of the Python community. >> >> Sincerely, >> Prabhu Ramachandran and Jarrod Millman >> SciPy.in 2010 Conference Chairs >> _______________________________________________ >> PSF-Members mailing list >> PSF-Members(a)python.org <mailto:PSF-Members@python.org> >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-members >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Pat Campbell >> PSF Administrator/Secretary >> patcam(a)python.org <mailto:patcam@python.org> > _______________________________________________ > PSF-Board mailing list > PSF-Board(a)python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-board > -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 PyCon 2011 Atlanta March 9-17 http://us.pycon.org/ See Python Video! http://python.mirocommunity.org/ Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/

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Fwd: Zimbio Inc. - PSF Sponsor Membership - Please add
by Pat Campbell Nov. 29, 2010

Nov. 29, 2010

Michael: Could you please add Zimbio Inc. to the Sponsor web page: http://www.python.org/psf/ Please add their company logo and URL. The company URL is: http://www.zimbio.com and the logo is attached. Thanks, Pat ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Danny Khatib <danny(a)zimbio.com> Date: Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 4:16 PM Subject: Re: Zimbio Inc. - PSF Sponsor Membership - PSF Board Resolution Notification- 2nd Request To: Pat Campbell <patcam(a)python.org> Cc: "Kurt B. Kaiser" <kbk(a)shore.net> Attached is the logo we use on our own site (it's transparent..should look fine on your white background). Lemme know if there is anything else you may need from us. Thanks again, Danny On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Pat Campbell <patcam(a)python.org> wrote: > Hi Danny: > > Your company logo will be placed on this PSF webpage: > > http://www.python.org/psf/ > > Also please see examples of other logo sizes. If your logo > is not the correct size to be displayed on the web page above, it > will be resized. > > To answer your question regarding your donation to the PSF, I am > forwarding your email to our teasurer, Kurt Kaiser who will be able to > provide more information to get you started in that direction. > > Thanks and congratulations again, > > Pat > . > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Danny Khatib <danny(a)zimbio.com> wrote: > >> Hi Pat, >> >> The representatives are confirmed. The company URL is: >> http://www.zimbio.com >> >> My team was wondering: What size logo do you need? >> >> Also, do we donate now, or after ratification? >> >> Thanks, >> Danny >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 30, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Pat Campbell <patcam(a)python.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Pat Campbell < <patcam(a)python.org> >> patcam(a)python.org> wrote: >> >>> This email notification is being sent to you to inform and congratulate >>> you on the boards’ decision with a unanimous vote to recommend Zimbio Inc. >>> for sponsor member of the PSF. Therefore, your organization has become a >>> pending sponsor member, subject to ratification at the next members’ >>> meeting, currently due at PyCon US 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia next March. >>> Please see the following board resolution that was voted on and passed on >>> September 20, 2010 below: >>> >>> >>> >>> RESOLVED, that the board recommends Zimbio Inc. as a pending sponsor >>> member. >>> >>> >>> >>> At this point, I am requesting confirmation from you on the names of your >>> PSF Representative and on your Billing Representative. Our records show the >>> PSF Representative as Bruce Martin, and your Billing Representative as Danny >>> Khatib. >>> >>> >>> >>> Additionally, please send me your company logo and a URL to be linked >>> from the Python Software Foundation’s website. >>> >>> >>> >>> Congratulations! >>> >>> >>> >>> Pat Campbell, Secretary >>> >>> Python Software Foundation >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Pat Campbell >>> PSF Administrator/Secretary >>> <patcam(a)python.org>patcam(a)python.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Pat Campbell >> PSF Administrator/Secretary >> <patcam(a)python.org>patcam(a)python.org >> >> > > > -- > Pat Campbell > PSF Administrator/Secretary > patcam(a)python.org > -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary patcam(a)python.org

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Fwd: [Pydotorg] Fwd: [Conferences] main pycon page not rendering
by Michael Foord Nov. 27, 2010

Nov. 27, 2010

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Pydotorg] Fwd: [Conferences] main pycon page not rendering Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:45:00 +0100 From: M.-A. Lemburg <mal(a)egenix.com> Organization: eGenix.com Software GmbH; http://www.egenix.com/ To: pydotorg(a)python.org <pydotorg(a)python.org> Hello, could someone please put back the images on the http://www.pycon.org/ page ? Thanks. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Conferences] main pycon page not rendering Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 17:30:11 -0400 From: Corey Goldberg<cgoldberg(a)gmail.com> To: conferences(a)python.org i noticed the main pycon page is missing its stylesheet and logos.. http://www.pycon.org/ just making sure has been reported so someone can fix. regards, -Corey _______________________________________________ Conferences mailing list: Conferences(a)python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/conferences This is an open list with open archives; sensitive or confidential information should not be discussed here. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Nov 24 2010) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ Pydotorg mailing list Pydotorg(a)python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg

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Fwd: website and ipv6
by webmaster＠python.org Nov. 27, 2010

Nov. 27, 2010

I assume this is an end-user problem and that python.org *can* be reached by ipv6? Michael -------- Original Message -------- Subject: website and ipv6 Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:56:40 +0100 From: <Piotr.Pieprzycki(a)portal.onet.pl> To: <webmaster(a)python.org> Hi, I'm unable to connect to site while I have ipv6 stack on my computer. You have AAAA DNS record for site and that address is not responding. Please up http server on ipv6 address or delete dns record Regards -- Piotr Pieprzycki

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Fwd: Re: pycon podcast
by Michael Foord Nov. 20, 2010

Nov. 20, 2010

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: pycon podcast Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:19:15 -0800 From: Geordy Rostad <geordy(a)hotmail.com> To: webmaster(a)python.org When I click on this URL: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=268976432 > From this page: http://advocacy.python.org/podcasts/ It tries to open up in itunes and I get a message in itunes saying: "Your request could not be completed. The item you've requested is not currently available in the US store." I get the same message if I try to search itunes for Pycon and add the stream from there. Let me know if I can be of further assistance. -geordy On Nov 14, 2010, at 9:13 PM, webmaster(a)python.org wrote: > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010, Geordy Rostad wrote: >> >> Are you guys in charge of the pycon podcast? Whenever I try to >> subscribe to the feed it says "this item not available in the US >> store". > > What URL are you looking at? Where did you get that URL? > -- > Aahz (aahz(a)pythoncraft.com)<*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ > > "Look, it's your affair if you want to play with five people, but don't > go calling it doubles." --John Cleese anticipates Usenet >

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ConFoo Call for Speakers
by Yannick Gingras Nov. 19, 2010

Nov. 19, 2010

Greetings Python webmasters, as a member of the program committee for ConFoo, I'm very grateful that our call for speakers got to be mentioned on python.org last year. I hope that it will also be possible to have a similar post this year and I include a proposed text at the end of this email. Feel free to edit it in anyway to match your editorial style. We know that the date clash can be a problem but there is not much that we can do about it at this point and we still believe with deep conviction that ConFoo is a great opportunity to showcase how Python is a very solid option for Web development and to introduce it to a crowd that is more familiar with competing technologies. Here is the proposed text: ConFoo, a conferences showcasing many aspects of Web development, including Python, Ruby, PHP, databases, and scaling, runs its call for speakers until November 26th. More details on their website: http://confoo.ca/en/call-for-papers -- Yannick Gingras http://ygingras.net http://montrealpython.org -- lead organizer http://ajah.ca -- technical lead

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Update Community Award Webpage
by Pat Campbell Nov. 18, 2010

Nov. 18, 2010

Hi Pydotorg: Additional request below: Update PSF Community Awards Webpage: Could you please update the “Python Software Foundation Community Awards” at http://www.python.org/community/awards/psf-awards/ with the following update information: *July 2010* The following award was announced on October 30, 2010 in a *PSF blog article *: *· **John Pinner **in recognition of his organizational skills and contributions as* *one of the primary organizers of PyCon UK and EuroPython received his award * *at EuroPython 2010.* * * *October 2010* The following award was announced on November 03, 2010 in a *PSF blog article*: *· **Michael Foord **was awarded in recognition of his incredible work in promoting* *Python everywhere he could. Michael is active on IRC channels, mailing lists,* *conferences, sprints and similar events. On the development side, he has been* *doing incredible work on unitest and unitest2. Michael also helps maintain the* *Planet Python RSS feed and python.org website, and with organizing the* *Europython meeting and Summit.* * * If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks, Pat -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary patcam(a)python.org

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New PSF Sponsor: Uniblue Systems Ltd - Please add.
by Pat Campbell Nov. 17, 2010

Nov. 17, 2010

Hi Pydotorg: Could you please add Uniblue Systems Ltd. to the PSF Sponsor page: http://www.python.org/psf/ Please add their logo and their URL (see email below). Thanks, Pat Hi Pat, The URL to use is http://www.uniblue.com/ and I have attached a suitable image ( company logo). Thanks again and best regards, Piers Uniblue Systems Ltd. (C32567) | Orange Point, Dun Karm Street, Birkirkara BKR9037, Malta. * CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication may include confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received this communication in error, you may not read, disseminate, copy or use the information contained in it in any way. In such case please advise the sender immediately and delete this communication from your system. WARNING: We take steps to prevent viruses and other malware from being transmitted via email attachments, but we cannot guarantee that attachments do not contain virus code. We strongly advise you to undertake anti-virus checks before opening any attachments to this email.* -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary patcam(a)python.org

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Update to /dev/patches page to reference `make patchcheck`
by Michael Foord Nov. 17, 2010

Nov. 17, 2010

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [python-committers] Deny nonbreaking spaces in the precommit script? Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:28:05 -0500 From: David Malcolm <dmalcolm(a)redhat.com> To: Michael Foord <michael(a)voidspace.org.uk> CC: Łukasz Langa <lukasz(a)langa.pl>, python-committers(a)python.org On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 12:22 +0000, Michael Foord wrote: > On 08/11/2010 12:18, Łukasz Langa wrote: > > Am 08.11.2010 12:55, schrieb Michael Foord: > >> On 08/11/2010 11:42, Senthil Kumaran wrote: > >>> We can just customize our environments. It is easy. > > > > I already pointed out in my last post why that's not going to solve > > the problem. > > > >> Additional checks could be put in `make patchcheck` or a local commit > >> hook for hg. > > > > Automation always pays off. Simplifying the process always pays off. > > Providing yet another step to the workflow would be a move in the > > opposite direction*. > > You mean `make patchcheck` isn't *already* part of your workflow? FWIW, "make patchcheck" isn't mentioned on the "Python Patch Submission Guidelines" here: http://www.python.org/dev/patches/ and doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere on the website. I'm attaching a patch (to the website) that adds this to that page. (snip)

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