Mailman 3 February 2011 - pydotorg-www

Upgrades completed
by "Martin v. Löwis" March 3, 2011

March 3, 2011

I have completed the upgrades earlier today. If there is anything broken, please post it here (or fix it yourself if you can). Regards, Martin

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Re: [pydotorg-www] Bugglet in one of the published resolutions
by Pat Campbell Feb. 27, 2011

Feb. 27, 2011

Hi Pydotorg: Could you please add the missing information from the board resolution page at http://www.python.org/psf/records/board/resolutions/. Please insert Brett Cannon's name in the resolution on the web page just like the resolution below: RESOLVED, that the PSF offers a USD 4,500 grant to Brett Cannon to work full-time for a period of two months on Python core development as outlined in the proposal PDF ( http://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-board/attachments/20100614/62bbf…). If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks, Pat On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 8:29 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <mal(a)egenix.com> wrote: > Hi Pat, > > the resolution for Brett Cannon is missing his name: > > RESOLVED, that the PSF offers a USD 4,500 grant to work full-time for a > period of two months on Python core development as outlined in the proposal > PDF ( > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-board/attachments/20100614/62bbf…). > > See http://www.python.org/psf/records/board/resolutions/ > > Thanks, > -- > Marc-Andre Lemburg > eGenix.com > > Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Feb 26 2011) > >>> 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/ > -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary patcam(a)python.org

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copyrights in the wiki?
by skip＠pobox.com Feb. 27, 2011

Feb. 27, 2011

Do we care about people adding copyrights to wiki pages (or the code therein)? http://wiki.python.org/moin/State%20Machine%20via%20Decorators Skip

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poor choice of MUA software (was PSF News: PSF Members Meeting to be held at PyCon 2011)
by R. David Murray Feb. 26, 2011

Feb. 26, 2011

Whatever mail program generated this, it did a *really* crappy job with the text version. On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:11:21 +0000, Python Software Foundation News wrote: > Python Software Foundation News > > /////////////////////////////////////////// > PSF Members Meeting to be held at PyCon 2011 > > Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:31 AM PST > http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PythonSoftwareFoundationNews/~3/0asjPMHqR-g/… > > > The Python Software Foundation will hold a meeting for current and > nominated members on March 11, 2011, from 12:30 pm to 1:20 pm local, > in Atlanta, Georgia, USA at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta hotel.Agenda > The agenda for the meeting is still being set. It includes time for > newly nominated members to introduce themselves, and for members > running for the Board of Directors to present their positions. If you > have another topic you would like added to the agenda, please contact > PSF Secretary Pat Campbell before the meeting.Elections > In the past, participants at the meeting elected the new board, > approved new members of the foundation, and conducted other voting in > person. However, last year the PSF switched to an online voting > system. That system will be used again this year, with the ballots > being sent out on Friday, March 25, 2011. > Proposals that need to be voted on by the PSF membership should be > submitted in the form of resolutions. Initial discussions on the > members mailing list is encouraged to craft the language for the > resolution. > The deadline for nomination of new members and proposal of resolutions > to be voted on by the membership is Tuesday, March 22.Call for Nominations > of Directors > Please nominate candidates for the PSF Board of Directors by sending > email to the PSF Board. Self-nominations are welcome. Current > directors should also indicate whether they will stand for election > again. Candidates should post brief bios and position statements in > the PSF wiki.Call for New Member Nominations > New members are nominated to the PSF by current members. To nominate > a regular member, first confirm that they are interested in taking on > the responsibility, and then post your nomination to the members > mailing list. > The prospective member must also complete and submit a membership > application form. > See the PSF Membership FAQ > for details > > > > -- > You are subscribed to email updates from "Python Software Foundation News." > To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now: > http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailunsubscribe?k=axVYCfzGzoDPXNGi8iLmKkC… > > Email delivery powered by Google. > Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610

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FWD: redirects.txt needed for local builds
by Aahz Feb. 25, 2011

Feb. 25, 2011

It appears that redirects.txt is used for local builds, not sure what the proper fix should be, so just commented it out. ----- Forwarded message from aahz <pydotorg-checkins(a)python.org> ----- > Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:06:34 +0100 (CET) > From: aahz <pydotorg-checkins(a)python.org> > To: pydotorg-checkins(a)python.org > Subject: [Pydotorg-checkins] r13659 - trunk/beta.python.org/build/new-build > Reply-To: pydotorg(a)python.org > > Author: aahz > Date: Fri Feb 25 17:06:34 2011 > New Revision: 13659 > > Modified: > trunk/beta.python.org/build/new-build/run-server.py > Log: > comment out use of redirects.txt > > Modified: trunk/beta.python.org/build/new-build/run-server.py > ============================================================================== > --- trunk/beta.python.org/build/new-build/run-server.py (original) > +++ trunk/beta.python.org/build/new-build/run-server.py Fri Feb 25 17:06:34 2011 > @@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ > self.end_headers() > return f > > +# redirect file removed, comment this out > +for x in (): > # Read redirect file > -for line in open('redirects.txt', 'r'): > +#for line in open('redirects.txt', 'r'): > # Ignore blank lines > if line.strip() == '': > continue > _______________________________________________ > Pydotorg-checkins mailing list > Pydotorg-checkins(a)python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-checkins ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Aahz (aahz(a)pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Programming language design is not a rational science. Most reasoning about it is at best rationalization of gut feelings, and at worst plain wrong." --GvR, python-ideas, 2009-03-01

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Fwd: broken link in about page
by Michael Foord Feb. 25, 2011

Feb. 25, 2011

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: broken link in about page Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:15:09 +0100 From: Vivian De Smedt <vds(a)aisystems.be> Organization: PSI To: webmaster(a)python.org Dear Python Web site maintainers, In the About page: http://www.python.org/about/ The embed Python <http://www.python.org/doc/ext/embedding.html> link point to: http://www.python.org/doc/ext/embedding.html where it should probably point to: http://docs.python.org/extending/embedding.html Because the former no longer exist. Thanks for the good work you do in Python, in the hope this mail help, Best regards, Vivian.

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Fwd: python.org website change request
by Michael Foord Feb. 21, 2011

Feb. 21, 2011

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: python.org website change request Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:36:41 -0700 From: Steve Lang <Steve.Lang(a)roguewave.com> To: webmaster(a)python.org <webmaster(a)python.org> We have changed the home page for our PyIMSL distribution as part of VNI being acquired by Rogue Wave Software and a new website going up, so would it be possible on this page: http://python.org/download/ to change the link associated with the PyIMSL Studio distribution from http://www.vni.com/campaigns/pyimslstudioeval to http://www.roguewave.com/products/imsl-numerical-libraries/pyimsl-studio.as… No hurry as the old link will forward for some time but for correctness and to avoid confusion it would be good to change. I have changed various wiki.python links to the new address. Thanks! (for all your work on the website) Steve Lang *Steve Lang***|**Senior Project Manager *Rogue Wave Software <http://www.roguewave.com/> * 5500 Flatiron Pkwy, Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80301 *P*(303) 545-3258 Steve.Lang(a)roguewave.com <mailto:Matt.Yahna@roguewave.com>

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http://www.pycon.org out of date
by Carl Karsten Feb. 16, 2011

Feb. 16, 2011

http://www.pycon.org refers to last year: "PyCon 2010 will be in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, from February 19 to 21 (with tutorials on February 17 & 18 and development sprints from February 22 to 25). " -- Carl K

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Debian upgrade on dinsdale and ximinez
by "Martin v. Löwis" Feb. 14, 2011

Feb. 14, 2011

I'm planning to run a Debian upgrade to Squeeze on Friday on dinsdale and ximinez. I hope to work on this starting 9:00 UTC. I'm going to take down web services and svn access during the upgrade, so that no interfering system changes take place. The whole downtime should be less than one hour, and complete before 11:00 UTC. I'll try to bring up a "maintenance" page for most of the outage. I'll inform python-dev and catalog-sig. Regards, Martin

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Leaving pydotorg
by Steve Holden Feb. 14, 2011

Feb. 14, 2011

Ladies and gentlemen: This note marks a turning point in my (unpaid) career with the PSF. I have been a subscriber to this list and its predecessor for many years, and in many ways regard it as the engine room of the Foundation. The web is our primary communications channel with the outside world and the main and most trusted source of information in the world about the Python programming language; I imagine that the jobs board is probably the premier place to find professional Python users with all kinds of other skills. Seeing the daily buzz across this channel has kept me in constant touch with the Foundation's vibrant roots, and convinced me even on my down days that my work for the Foundation is worthwhile. The PSF has grown immensely since I first joined, both in numbers and in scope. There have been problems, both financial and organizational, to overcome, and I think we have met those challenges and begun forward progress once more. Personal business (i.e. looking after my own financial interests for a change) mean that I have less time to devote to Foundation affairs. Sadly pydotorg is the channel that occupies most bandwidth. If I were not confident that you are perfectly capable of self-management I would be more concerned about this change, but I believe we have forged the makings of a great editorial team. As the Foundation continues to change and grow I know that you will rise to the challenge of representing its ever-increasing breadth and (I trust) diversity. I hope that technology will eventually emerge that allows us to open the editorial role much more broadly, and to have the website managed by a representative subset of the Python microcosm. Thank you all, for everything you have done and continue to do. You all know where to reach me, and I hope I will continue to hear from you regularly. regards Steve

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