Mailman 3 May 2012 - pydotorg-www

Jobs: Python requirement?
by Aahz May 31, 2012

May 31, 2012

Chris, I don't think we should require anything close to "almost everything" being Python for jobs. For example, there are many web jobs where JavaScript forms a large part of the job requirement. Once you add SQL and other technologies, even a formally Python job rarely has almost everything in Python. >From my POV, as long as Python is at least half the job, it's appropriate for the Python Job Board. Thanks, Aahz ----- Forwarded message from Chris Withers <chris(a)python.org> ----- > Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 10:25:26 +0100 > From: Chris Withers <chris(a)python.org> > To: Amy Schoemehl <amy(a)tellapart.com> > Cc: Sara Davis <sara(a)tellapart.com>, jobs(a)python.org > Subject: Re: [Pydotorg] Job listing for TellApart > > Hi Amy, > > On 22/05/2012 16:09, Amy Schoemehl wrote: >>Technology Stack >> >> * Home-grown TAFE <http://tellapart.com/serving-up-a-storm>(TellApart >> Front End) Pythonwebserver >> * Hadoopand Hivelog-processing and data analytics pipeline >> * Cutting-edge open source technologies all running atop Amazon Web >> Services >> >> >>We run almost exclusively on Python, so I want to be sure it is clear in >>our posting. If you think this insert will help, Sara can update the >>text and send back today. > > As long as it's clear that almost everything the successful > candidate will be working on is in Python, that should be fine. > > Please do the edits and re-submit and we should be able to post :-) > > Chris > > -- > Simplistix - Content Management, Batch Processing & Python Consulting > - http://www.simplistix.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > Pydotorg mailing list > Pydotorg(a)python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Aahz (aahz(a)pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Using LOCs as a measure of programmer productivity is like estimating the productivity of a welder by the amount of acetylene used." --Paul Svensson, comp.lang.python, 6/2000

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New PSF sponsor member: Lincoln Loop - Please add to Website
by Pat Campbell May 22, 2012

May 22, 2012

Hi Pydotorg team: Could you please add the new PSF sponsor member logo for Lincoln Loop, to the sponsor web page http://www.python.org/psf/. Their company logo is attached to this email also a link to their company website is http://lincolnloop.com. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks in advance, Pat On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Peter Baumgartner <pete(a)lincolnloop.com>wrote: > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Pat Campbell <patcam(a)python.org> wrote: > > > Additionally, please feel free to provide us with your company logo along > > > > with a link to your company’s website in order for use to display and > list > > your > > > > company with all of our other PSF sponsors on this webpage: > > > > http://www.python.org/psf/. > > Thanks Pat! Here's a logo suitable for web use and you can link to > http://lincolnloop.com. I'll follow-up with the other folks on the > rest. > > -- Pete > -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary patcam(a)python.org

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Broken links in /community/jobs/ section
by Ned Deily May 16, 2012

May 16, 2012

Anthony Long reports in http://bugs.python.org/issue14834 that there are several broken links in the /community/jobs section of www.python.org: http://python.org/community/jobs/ http://python.org/community/jobs/www.austinfraser.com \_____ error code: 404 (not found) http://python.org/lumino.so \_____ error code: 404 (not found) http://python.org/community/jobs/www.osrecruit.com \_____ error code: 404 (not found) http://python.org/community/jobs/www.tech.myemma.com \_____ error code: 404 (not found) http://python.org/community/jobs/www.oxfordknight.co.uk \_____ error code: 404 (not found) The broken /download links will be fixed by python-dev. -- Ned Deily, nad(a)acm.org

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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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Re: [pydotorg-www] [PSF-Board] Board Resolutions from the March 2012 Board Meeting - Please Post Online
by patcam579＠gmail.com May 13, 2012

May 13, 2012

Thanks a whole lot Brian. Pat ------Original Message------ From: Brian Curtin To: Pat Campbell Cc: pydotorg-www Cc: PSF Board Subject: Re: [PSF-Board] Board Resolutions from the March 2012 Board Meeting - Please Post Online Sent: May 12, 2012 5:56 PM On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Pat Campbell <patcam(a)python.org> wrote: > Hi Brian: > > As usual, the webpage update looks good. > > However, I need your help with correcting 1 minor item on the webpage. > I was hoping, if you could make a slight adjustment on the webpage (it > slipped > passed me when I was creating the draft sent for posting). > > I noticed that the very first resolution on the webpage is an "email" > vote which took place on February 29, 2012, between the February & > March 2012 board meetings. > > RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors recommend Lincoln Loop to the > membership, as a future sponsor member of the PSF. > > Approved 8-0-0 by email vote, 29 February 2012 > > Is it possible to place the above resolution after the four, IRC vote, 26 > March 2012 > resolutions? Good eye. The page is now updated with the correct order. Sent from my BlackBerry® by Boost Mobile

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Board Resolutions from the March 2012 Board Meeting - Please Post Online
by Pat Campbell May 12, 2012

May 12, 2012

Hi pydotorg team: Could you please add the following board resolutions from the March 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: * * *March 26, 2012 board meeting* **RESOLVED**, that the Board of Directors recommend Lincoln Loop to the membership, as a future sponsor member of the PSF. Approved 8-0-0 by email vote, 29 February 2012 **RESOLVED**, that the PSF secretary be authorized to sign contributor agreements on behalf of the PSF. Approved 6-0-0 by IRC vote, 26 March 2012 **RESOLVED**, that given no specific instructions on who is to sign contracts required to implement projects approved by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the PSF is authorized to sign such contracts on behalf of the PSF. Approved 5-0-1 by IRC vote, 26 March 2012 **RESOLVED**, that the PSF provide NZD 1,000 for the Kiwi PyCon 2012 Conference to be held in New Zealand. Approved 6-0-0 by IRC vote, 26 March 2012 **RESOLVED**, that the Foundation hire Ewa Jodlowska as "PSF Event Coordinator" as an employee and officer of the foundation focused on the continued management and success of PyCon, at a salary agreed to between herself and the board of directors. Approved 6-0-0 by IRC vote, 26 March 2012 Thanks, Pat -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary patcam(a)python.org

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Final draft of redesign RFP
by A.M. Kuchling May 10, 2012

May 10, 2012

Jesse Noller and I have assembled a final draft of the RFP for the python.org site redesign, as discussed on the psf-redesign list last November. This draft contains many of the suggestions made in that discussion. Thanks for all the feedback! http://readthedocs.org/docs/pythonorg-redesign/en/latest/ Please take a look; if there are any questions or comments, please air them. Jesse is busy with PyCon, so I will now be handling this redesign effort (e.g. editing of this proposal, managing bids, answering questions). My thanks to Jesse for all of his work on this project. The next step will be for the PSF board to vote on whether to publish the RFP, depending on whether the Board is satisfied with its text. The next board meeting is on May 21st. Once accepted, the RFP will be officially published and the PSF will begin soliciting bids over the next two months. Assuming the RFP is accepted on May 21st, that makes the deadline for bids July 21st. Andrew M. Kuchling Director, PSF amk(a)amk.ca

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PSF- Board Meeting Minutes -Approved- March 2012 - Please Post Online
by Pat Campbell May 9, 2012

May 9, 2012

Hello Pydotorg: Could you please post the following "PSF board meeting minutes" online, http://www.python.org/psf/records/board/minutes/ at the usual web locations: please see the attachment for the approved board meeting minutes for March 2012. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks, Pat -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary patcam(a)python.org

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Using the python.org www repository with git
by Chris Angelico May 6, 2012

May 6, 2012

Has anyone used git-svn with the pydotorg repository? I'm having a bit of trouble cloning the repository (aka checking it out); am hoping I don't have to hunt down a Windows svn client. $ git svn clone -s svn+ssh://pydotorg@svn.python.org/trunk/beta.python.org pywww Initialized empty Git repository in c:/pywww/.git/ Using higher level of URL: svn+ssh://pydotorg@svn.python.org/trunk/beta.python.org => svn+ssh://pydotorg@svn.python.org W: Ignoring error from SVN, path probably does not exist: (160013): Filesystem has no item: File not found: revision 100, path '/trunk/beta.python.org' W: Do not be alarmed at the above message git-svn is just searching aggressively for old history. This may take a while on large repositories Checked through r8600 At this point it stalled for a long time (not sure how long, but long enough that I was wondering if it had died completely - probably ten minutes or more). Then after a while it silently gave me back a prompt. However, the new pywww directory has about 25KB in it, which is not nearly enough for even current status, much less history. $ git status # On branch master # # Initial commit # nothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to track) $ git log fatal: bad default revision 'HEAD' Have I done something hopelessly wrong? If nobody knows what's going on, I'll switch to a "real" Subversion client, but it would be more convenient to work this way. I'm currently re-cloning the repository without the -s (standard setup) option, to see if that makes any difference. Chris Angelico

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2nd Request 2012 Officers, Directors, and Members of the PSF – Please Post
by Pat Campbell May 4, 2012

May 4, 2012

Hi Luciano: Please see the request already placed with the pydotorg team to have the "membership roster" webpage updated. Please see email below. However, please feel free to contact the pydotorg team directly. Thank-you for offering the extra hand!! Pat On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Pat Campbell <patcam(a)python.org> wrote: > Hi Pydotorg Team: > > > > Please add the 2012 new PSF officers, directors, and members to the > “Membership Roster” webpage: > > > > http://www.python.org/psf/members/ > > > > * * > > *2012 – Officers* > > * * > > President: Guido van Rossum > > Chairman: Steve Holden > > Vice Chair/Chair-Elect: Van Lindberg > > Secretary: Pat Campbell > > Treasurer: Kurt Kaiser > > Communications: Brian Curtin > > PyCon Chair: Jesse Noller > > Events Coordinator: Eva Jodlowska > > * * > > *2012 – Directors* > > * * > > Brian Curtin > > Steve Holden > > Andrew Kuchling > > Marc-André Lemburg > > Van Lindberg > > Martin v. Löwis > > Jessica McKellar > > David Mertz > > Doug Napoleone > > Jesse Noller > > Tim Peters > > * * > > *2012** New Sponsor Member:* > > * * > > Lincoln Loop, http://lincolnloop.com/, since April 2012, represented > by Peter Baumgartner > > > > *2012** - New Nominated Members:* > > > > Tim Ansell > > Martin Aspeli > > Henrique Bastos > > Benoit Chesneau > > Jan Ulrich Hasecke > > > > Larry Hastings > > Stephen Hawkes > > Ewa Jodlowska > > Andreas Jung > > Noah Kantrowitz > > > > Peter Kropf > > Jannis Leidel > > Paul MdMillan > > Carl Meyer > > Luciano Ramalho > > > > Kenneth Reitz > > Armin Ronacher > > Michelle Rowley > > Tres Seaver > > Hanno Schlichting > > > > Armin Stroß-Radschinski > > Christian Theune > > Giles Thomas > > Nicholas H. Tollervey > > Wilfredo Sanchez Vega > > > > Chris Withers > > * * > > Thanks, > > Pat > > > > > -- > Pat Campbell > PSF Administrator/Secretary > patcam(a)python.org > -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary patcam(a)python.org

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