Mailman 3 April 2012 - pydotorg-www

Frank Willison Award Recipient for 2011 - Georg Brandl
by Pat Campbell May 13, 2012

May 13, 2012

To: pydotorg: Could you please add the bio information to the link below for the 2011 Frank Willison Award recipient Georg Brandl: http://www.python.org/community/awards/frank-willison/ "The 2011 Frank Willison Memorial Award for Services to the Python Community has been awarded to Georg Brandl. Georg has been a core contributor to CPython since 2005<http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/65c95ad672ae/>, contributing bug fixes for compiler internals and modules such as pdb<http://docs.python.org/library/pdb.html>. His most widely known contributions are to Python's documentation, through writing as well as by creating and maintaining the Sphinx<http://sphinx.pocoo.org/>tool chain for converting reStructuredText<http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html>input files to more easily consumed formats such as HTML and PDF. The video announcing Georg's award<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I708QrOlM74>at OSCON 2011 is available on YouTube. About Georg Georg is a PhD student of Physics. He works at the Munich research reactor slash neutron source on magnetism, researching novel materials for the computing of tomorrow. He uses Python to control experiments consisting of dozens of individual devices, and for teaching other scientists how to do so efficiently. When he is not working on Python-related projects, Georg likes to cycle and to cook." If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks Pat -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary patcam(a)python.org

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Deadline for Call for Proposals
by David Jensen April 30, 2012

April 30, 2012

Deadline for Call for Proposals The deadline for proposals for PyGotham II, June 8-9 is May 30. Please submit to the pygotham.org site or contact Gloria Willardsen at strangest(a)comcast.net. David Jensen davidjensen(a)usa.net

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Adding PyGotham to the community workshops page
by Michael Foord April 30, 2012

April 30, 2012

Hello David, If there is updated news (deadline for call for proposals or similar) we could post an updated news item. Please send the request to either webmaster(a)python.org or pydotorg-www(a)python.org as there are several people who may be able to do it. One of us will also update the community workshops page with: `PyGotham <http://pygotham.org/>`_ If you write up a longer announcement (a couple of paragraphs or so), then it could be posted on the pycon blogspot. All the best, Michael Foord On 30 Apr 2012, at 12:17, David Jensen wrote: > Michael, > > There should be a place where it is posted. Why is it not in: > > http://www.python.org/community/workshops/ > > Can I post it myself as a news item? > > Thanks, > > > > David Jensen > Apartment 412 > 414 West 120th Street > New York, New York 10027 > 212-866-7094 > preferred:: cell: 646-282-6355 > davidjensen(a)usa.net > > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: 07:09 AM EDT, 04/30/2012 > From: Michael Foord <michael(a)voidspace.org.uk> > To: David Jensen <davidjensen(a)usa.net> > Subject: Re: [pydotorg-www] pydotorg-www Digest, Vol 41, Issue 7 > >> Hello David, >> >> News items posted to the python.org site only last until new news knocks > them off the bottom. We post announcements there, not permanent news items. I > assure you I *did* post the news and it was shown - you can see it in the rss > feed: >> >> http://python.org/channews.rdf >> >> All the best, >> >> Michael >> >> On 30 Apr 2012, at 12:04, David Jensen wrote: >> >>> Michael, >>> >>> PyGotham is nowhere on the python.org site. Please add it back. >>> >>> I thought marketing was going to be a group effort here, but there does > not >>> seem to be coordination of efforts. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> >>> >>> David Jensen >>> Apartment 412 >>> 414 West 120th Street >>> New York, New York 10027 >>> 212-866-7094 >>> preferred:: cell: 646-282-6355 >>> davidjensen(a)usa.net >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------ Original Message ------ >>> Received: 01:14 PM EST, 03/04/2012 >>> From: Michael Foord <michael(a)voidspace.org.uk> >>> To: David Jensen <davidjensen(a)usa.net>Cc: <pydotorg-www(a)python.org> >>> Subject: Re: [pydotorg-www] pydotorg-www Digest, Vol 41, Issue 7 >>> >>>> Hello David, >>>> >>>> I've added this, it should show up shortly. >>>> >>>> All the best, >>>> >>>> Michael Foord >>>> >>>> On 24 Feb 2012, at 15:14, David Jensen wrote: >>>> >>>>> Please update the current listing of PyGotham on the first page of >>> python.org. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It currently says: >>>>> >>>>> PyGotham >>>>> >>>>> PyGotham will be held September 16-17, 2011. >>>>> Published: Tue, 6 September 2011, 08:00 +0200 >>>>> >>>>> Please change the date to June 8-9, 2012. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> David Jensen >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------ Original Message ------ >>>>> Received: 06:04 AM EST, 02/24/2012 >>>>> From: pydotorg-www-request(a)python.org >>>>> To: pydotorg-www(a)python.org >>>>> Subject: pydotorg-www Digest, Vol 41, Issue 7 >>>>> >>>>>> Send pydotorg-www mailing list submissions to >>>>>> pydotorg-www(a)python.org >>>>>> >>>>>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www >>>>>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>>>>> pydotorg-www-request(a)python.org >>>>>> >>>>>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>>>>> pydotorg-www-owner(a)python.org >>>>>> >>>>>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>>>>> than "Re: Contents of pydotorg-www digest..." >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Today's Topics: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. PyGotham II (David Jensen) >>>>>> 2. Donated infrastructure listing (Martin v. L?wis) >>>>>> 3. Re: PyGotham II (Aahz) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> Message: 1 >>>>>> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:57:21 -0500 >>>>>> From: "David Jensen" <davidjensen(a)usa.net> >>>>>> To: <pydotorg-www(a)python.org> >>>>>> Subject: [pydotorg-www] PyGotham II >>>>>> Message-ID: <156qBwP5V3200S04.1330012641(a)web04.cms.usa.net> >>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >>>>>> >>>>>> Please put PyGotham II as taking place June 8-9. We expect 400 >>> attendees. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> David Jensen >>>>>> Apartment 412 >>>>>> 414 West 120th Street >>>>>> New York, New York 10027 >>>>>> 212-866-7094 >>>>>> preferred:: cell: 646-282-6355 >>>>>> davidjensen(a)usa.net >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>> >>>>>> Message: 2 >>>>>> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:00:45 +0100 >>>>>> From: "Martin v. L?wis" <martin(a)v.loewis.de> >>>>>> To: pydotorg-www <pydotorg-www(a)python.org>, Public PSF Board List >>>>>> <psf-board-public(a)python.org> >>>>>> Subject: [pydotorg-www] Donated infrastructure listing >>>>>> Message-ID: <4F46B70D.4090501(a)v.loewis.de> >>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 >>>>>> >>>>>> I started creating a listing of donated infrastructure, at >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.python.org/psf/infrastructure/ >>>>>> >>>>>> If I forgot something, please let me know (name, logo, and what >>>>>> service/component was donated), or just go ahead and add it yourself. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Martin >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>> >>>>>> Message: 3 >>>>>> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:34:09 -0800 >>>>>> From: Aahz <aahz(a)pythoncraft.com> >>>>>> To: pydotorg-www(a)python.org >>>>>> Subject: Re: [pydotorg-www] PyGotham II >>>>>> Message-ID: <20120224013409.GA6171(a)panix.com> >>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012, David Jensen wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please put PyGotham II as taking place June 8-9. We expect 400 >>> attendees. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you're requesting the addition of a news item, you need to provide >>>>>> more information. Take a look at the examples currently up. >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Aahz (aahz(a)pythoncraft.com) <*> >>>>> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Weinberg's Second Law: If builders built buildings the way programmers >>> wrote >>>>> >>>>>> programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy >>>>> civilization. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> pydotorg-www mailing list >>>>>> pydotorg-www(a)python.org >>>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> End of pydotorg-www Digest, Vol 41, Issue 7 >>>>>> ******************************************* >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> pydotorg-www mailing list >>>>> pydotorg-www(a)python.org >>>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ >>>> >>>> >>>> May you do good and not evil >>>> May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others >>>> May you share freely, never taking more than you give. >>>> -- the sqlite blessing >>>> http://www.sqlite.org/different.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ >> >> >> May you do good and not evil >> May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others >> May you share freely, never taking more than you give. >> -- the sqlite blessing >> http://www.sqlite.org/different.html >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ May you do good and not evil May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others May you share freely, never taking more than you give. -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html

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PSF Contributor form
by fwierzbicki＠gmail.com April 23, 2012

April 23, 2012

Hi all, While helping a new contributor get his contributor agreement signed, I noticed that some browsers are splitting the PSF contributor agreement into two pages, which creates an annoying experience for signing a form. It seems to vary across OSes and browsers -- at least chrome and firefox on my mac have the problem (including from an Ubuntu VM) and safari was no good either. I managed to get a one page version by using an older version of chrome on a mac desktop by messing with the margins. I wonder if we should include a pdf version of the contributor agreement just to be sure that contributors can get a consistant form? Or else maybe someone with mad css skills can fix the html version :) ? I can supply more precise details on the browser/OS/hardware versions if that will help. -Frank

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License of website
by Michael Foord April 20, 2012

April 20, 2012

Hey all, What is the license of the python.org website content? The website has a copyright message but no license. We have a request on the webmaster alias for permission to distribute the website "to people lacking Internet access via the eGranary Digital Library". That sounds fine, but the license terms of the website, for purposes of redistribution, are not clear. All the best, Michael Foord -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ May you do good and not evil May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others May you share freely, never taking more than you give. -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html

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Re: [pydotorg-www] Nonprofit Academic Permission Request ::wpmc::10-17250
by Michael Foord April 20, 2012

April 20, 2012

Hello Kristen, After discussion with the PSF, we can grant you PARTIAL PERMISSION. You may mirror / redistribute (without modification) the main python.org website, except for the wiki. The wiki is anything on, or under, the url: http://wiki.python.org/moin/ All the best, Michael Foord On 19 Apr 2012, at 22:08, Kristen Tammen wrote: > Dear Python: > > The WiderNet Project seeks your permission to distribute "Python Programming Language -- Official Website", published at http://python.org, to people lacking Internet access via the eGranary Digital Library. > > Please let us tell you about the WiderNet Project and the eGranary Digital Library. > > The WiderNet Project is non-profit service program in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa that promotes low-cost information and communication for underserved populations. You can find more information about the WiderNet Project at... > http://www.widernet.org > The eGranary Digital Library, also known as "The Internet in a Box", is an off-line information store that delivers over 14 million educational resources to people living in underserved areas of the world. Many of our subscriber institutions have no Internet access. Even those who have an Internet connection experience slow, unreliable and very expensive service. Often, teachers, students, and practitioners must pay per minute while online and it literally takes days to search a website. The eGranary Digital Library delivers digital information directly to Web servers inside the institution, bypassing the problem. With the eGranary Digital Library, thousands of people can access the information over their local area networks quickly and at no cost. The eGranary is already installed at over 450 universities, schools, health care centers, and libraries worldwide. You can find more information about the eGranary Digital Library, including a list of over 1,000 authors and organizations who have already donated materials, at... > http://www.widernet.org/egranary > If you consent, your materials will appear in the eGranary Digital Library without modification, retaining all citations, copyright information, author information, and credits - exactly as they appear on the Internet now. > > Specifically, we would like permission to: > > -- Mirror (copy) the following materials for future versions of the eGranary Digital Library: > > http://python.org > > -- Distribute the content you donate to participating educational institutions via off-line storage devices. > > -- Allow project participants to make your materials available to their community via their local intranets (but not on the Internet). > > -- Create an archive copy of your material on our password-protected intranet server for use in the event that your publicly-available link ceases to function. > > Please reply directly to this email, and tell us if you give: > > FULL PERMISSION (Donate requested materials and updates as they become available). > > PARTIAL PERMISSION (Donate only materials that you specify). > > NO PERMISSION (Prefer not to participate at this time). > > We hope that you will join our efforts to provide poor people around the world with access to educational information and resources. > > Sincerely, > > Kristen Tammen > > ---------------------- > ____________________________________________________ > > > Kristen Tammen > Digital Librarian > ktammen(a)widernet.org > The WiderNet Project > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ::wpmc::10-17250 -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ May you do good and not evil May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others May you share freely, never taking more than you give. -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html

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password prompt and ssl cert problem on svn.python.org
by Charles McLaughlin April 18, 2012

April 18, 2012

Hi, I run a script that mirrors repos from hg.python.org to Bitbucket that recently started choking on Subversion subrepos from svn.python.org. I noticed https://svn.python.org/ is password protected which is causing my problem, but http://svn.python.org/ is not. Is the password prompt on the https vhost necessary? If not, can we remove it please? Also, there appears to be something wrong with the ssl certificate. Thanks, Charles

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Board Resolutions from January through February 2012 Board Meetings - Please Post Online
by Pat Campbell April 18, 2012

April 18, 2012

Hi pydotorg team: Could you please add the following board resolutions from January through February 2012 board meetings to this web page: http://www.python.org/psf/records/board/resolutions/ Please see the list of board resolutions to be added below: * * *January 16, 2012 board meeting* **RESOLVED**, that the PSF provide grant funding of AUD$1500 to the PyCon Australia 2012 Conference as a silver level sponsor. Approved 8-0-0 by IRC vote, 16 January 2012 **RESOLVED**, that the PSF authorize the expenditure of the Atlassian donation of $10,000 with an additional $1500 from the foundation's budget for the purchasing and shipping of servers to replace the existing Python.org/PSF infrastructure. These servers are to be hosted at Oregon State University Open Source Labs. Approved 8-0-0 by IRC vote, 16 January 2012 **RESOLVED**, that the PSF make a donation to the Oregon State University Foundation for the Oregon State University Open Source Labs in the amount of $3000. Approved 7-1-0 by IRC vote, 16 January 2012 *February 27 2012 board meeting* * * **RESOLVED**, that the Foundation spend a maximum of $5715.00 in purchasing a long term storage array for the video archives of past python conferences maintained by Carl Karsten. This array is to be jointly owned by the Python Software Foundation and the Django Software Foundation. Approved 7-0-0 by email vote, 04 February 2012 **RESOLVED**, that the board repeals the previously passed resolution of June 12, 2006 which states "until further notice, the Officers of the Corporation may spend up to USD 500 per expense without prior Board approval, but subject to prompt reporting to the Board, and consistent with the mission statement and requirements of maintaining our status as a 501(c)3 non-profit." **RESOLVED**, that until further notice, the Officers of the Corporation may spend up to USD 250 per expense without prior Board approval, but subject to prompt reporting to the Board, and consistent with the mission statement and requirements of maintaining our status as a 501(c)3 non-profit. **RESOLVED**, that until further notice, the Directors of the Corporation may spend up to USD 500 per expense without prior Board approval, but subject to prompt reporting to the Board, and consistent with the mission statement and requirements of maintaining our status as a 501(c)3 non-profit. **RESOLVED**, that until further notice, the Secretary of the Corporation may spend up to USD 250 per expense without prior Board approval, for expenses needed to undertake its duties as outlined in the bylaws, and up to USD 500 per expense without prior Board approval, but subject to prompt reporting to the Board, and consistent with the mission statement and requirements of maintaining our status as a 501(c)3 non-profit. Approved 8-0-0 by IRC vote, 04 February 2012 **RESOLVED**, that the Board recognizes the efforts expended by its Administrator, Pat Campbell, in furthering the development of the organization and the mission of the Foundation. Approved 8-0-0 by IRC vote, 04 February 2012 **RESOLVED**, that the 2012-1st Quarter PSF Community Service Award be granted to Carl Trachte and Audrey Roy. Approved 8-0-0 by IRC vote, 04 February 2012 **RESOLVED**, that the Python Software Foundation adapt the new logo designed by The Phuse as the official PSF logo, once the necessary paperwork has been completed. Approved 8-0-0 by IRC vote, 04 February 2012 **RESOLVED**, that the PSF contracts Dyn Inc. for hosting DNS. Approved 7-1-0 by IRC vote, 04 February 2012 Thanks, Pat -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary patcam(a)python.org

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Re: [pydotorg-www] Accessing site.
by Yuhui Yao April 17, 2012

April 17, 2012

Our ip is 208.94.68.0/24 Xs4all has our ip blocked. C:\Users\yyao>tracert www.python.org Tracing route to www.python.org [82.94.164.162] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 172.21.14.100 2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 172.21.0.61 3 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 172.21.0.26 4 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 208.94.68.3 5 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms ge-9-1-9.er1.lga5.us.above.net [64.124.201.25] 6 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms xe-5-1-0.cr1.lga5.us.above.net [64.125.30.205] 7 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms ge-3-2-0.mpr1.lga5.us.above.net [64.125.29.54] 8 86 ms 89 ms 86 ms so-1-0-0.mpr1.ams1.nl.above.net [64.125.27.186] 9 86 ms 86 ms 86 ms xe-1-1-0.er1.ams1.nl.above.net [64.125.25.14] 10 * * * Request timed out. 11 ^C -----Original Message----- From: Stiven Curovic Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 2:02 PM To: Yuhui Yao Subject: FW: Accessing site. Thanks, Stiven Stiven Curovic | HEDGESERV Office: 646.829.0361 -----Original Message----- From: Michael Foord [mailto:michael@voidspace.org.uk] Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 12:39 PM To: Tim Parkin; Stiven Curovic Cc: webmaster(a)python.org Subject: Re: Accessing site. Hello Tim and Stiven, There isn't enough information there for us to help. As far as I know we're not blocking any IP ranges *at all* though. The pydotorg-www mailing list is where this kind of issue is discussed if you're convinced the problem is on our end. I doubt anyone will be able to phone you about it though as we have no paid support staff. If you do email the mailing list please include the output of a traceroute which should show where the problem is: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www All the best, Michael Foord On 17 Apr 2012, at 17:27, Tim Parkin wrote: > I received this from a hosting company... problems with IP address I > think > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Stiven Curovic <scurovic(a)hedgeserv.com> > Date: 17 April 2012 17:15 > Subject: Accessing site. > To: info(a)timparkin.co.uk > > > From: Stiven Curovic <scurovic(a)hedgeserv.com> > Subject: Accessing site. > > Message Body: > Hi Tim, I am hoping you can help. I work for HedgeServ and we are > experiencing an issue accessing python.org from our internet provider. > I seems like it will not accept connections from our IP range. I tried > from my internet connection at home and was able too. I attempted to > contact xs4all but unfortunately do not speak Dutch. If there is any > way you can help it will be greatly appreciated. My contact number is > 646.829.0361. Thanks Stiven > > -- > This mail is sent via contact form on Portfolio > http://gallery.timparkin.co.uk > -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ May you do good and not evil May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others May you share freely, never taking more than you give. -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html

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Rebuild to correct menu structure
by M.-A. Lemburg April 11, 2012

April 11, 2012

Could someone please issue a clean rebuild of the site to get the menu structure back into shape ?! Basically: make clean all The cronjob running on the site doesn't appear to do this. Alternatively, if someone could give me access to the machine, I could do this myself. Thanks, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Apr 11 2012) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2012-04-28: PythonCamp 2010, Cologne, Germany 17 days to go ::: 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/

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