Mailman 3 November 1999 - Python-announce-list

GPS - Groves and Property Sets for Python 0.10
by Geir Ove Gr�nmo 11 Nov '99

11 Nov '99

Hi, I'm pleased to announce the first release of GPS - Groves and Property Sets for Python. Suggestions and bug reports should be sent to: grove(a)infotek.no Geir O. Grønmo -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: GPS - Groves and Property Sets for Python Version: 0.10 Released: November 10th 1999 Author: Geir O. Grønmo, grove(a)infotek.no License: GPL Homepage: http://www.infotek.no/~grove/software/gps/index.html - -- >>> What is GPS? GPS is an implementation of the groves and property set concepts defined in the HyTime and DSSSL standards. GPS is written in Python, and should work* on any platform to which Python have been ported - including the Java Platform. There are two implementations in the current distribution, one in-memory implemention and one that supports ZODB - the Zope Object Database. Both groves, property sets and grove plans can be made persistent by the ZODB implementation. - -- >>> Features o Loading of property sets from documents conforming to the Property Set DTD, or any derived DTD [requires architectural processing]. o Grove plans. Default grove plans is automatically created by wrapping a GrovePlan object around a property set. Inclusion and omitting of modules, classes and properties are fully supported. o Two grove node implementations, both generic classes for representing grove nodes. o ZODB - Zope Object Database versions of all grove, property set and grove plan classes. o Module for building XML groves from SAX event streams. This module also contains a class for emitting SAX events by walking XML groves. o Sample Property Sets - -- >>> Requirements - Python 1.5.2 or newer [3] - An SGML/XML parser with a SAX driver - SAX for Python [4] - xmlarch 0.25, optional unless architectural processing is needed [5] - -- >>> References [1] http://www.jpython.org/ [2] http://www.ornl.gov/sgml/SC34/ [3] http://www.python.org/ [4] http://www.stud.ifi.uio.no/~larsga/download/python/xml/saxlib.html [5] http://www.infotek.no/~grove/software/xmlarch/index.html [6] http://www.infotek.no/~grove/software/gps/licence.html * The ZODB implementation won't work in a Java environment, since the ZODB contains code written in C. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- <A HREF="http://www.infotek.no/~grove/software/gps/">GPS 0.10</A> - Groves and Property Sets for Python; an implementation of the groves and property set concepts defined in the HyTime and DSSSL standards. (10-Nov-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Nov 9)
by Gordon McMillan 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

This week on comp.lang.python we find: Evan Simpson's one page description of the anatomy of Zope: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=544506548 Paul Duffin's speculation about how "stubbed" Tcl might be used by Tkinter: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=545858112 The __str__ vs __repr__ thread rages on. Guido explains the rationale: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=544209311 Tim clarifies the problem: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=544718491 Bernhard Herzog makes an interesting proposal: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=544360351 while others split on whether "eval(repr(obj)) == obj" is a valuable property or a wart. Jean-Claude Wippler announces a stable beta of his Python wrappers for MetaKit (a cross-platform embedded database with intriguing properties): http://www.equi4.com/metakit/python.html Registration for IPC8 is now online: http://www.python.org/workshops/2000-01/registration.html and prompts some discussion of travel arrangements. Two new Python books get rave reviews: David Beazley's Python Essential Reference and Fredrik Lundh's ebook: (the eff-bot guide to) The Standard Python Library (although technical / platform problems create some controversy for the eff-bot!). http://www.python.org/psa/bookstore/ Greg Ewing compares Python and Ruby and makes some interesting observations: on extension writing interface: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=543792249 on the object model: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=544255921 Python scores points on rec.humor.funny: http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/99/Nov/perl.html ========================================================================= Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of activity http://www.python.org/consortium Python To-Do List anticipates some of Python's future direction http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/todo.py Python Journal is at work on its second issue http://www.pythonjournal.com Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it's impressive what AI can generate http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python Archive probing trick of the trade: http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=&DBS=2&ST=PS&defaultOp=AND&LNG=ALL&f… Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html or http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=~g%20comp.lang.python%20Python-URL%21 Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. http://www.egroups.com/list/python-url-leads/ To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning, ask <claird(a)neosoft.com> to subscribe. Mention "Python-URL!". -- The Python-URL! Team-- Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Python-URL!" project. == Cameron Laird http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html claird(a)NeoSoft.com +1 281 996 8546 FAX -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Molecular Modelling Toolkit 2.0
by Konrad Hinsen 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

Announcement: Version 2 of the Molecular Modeling Toolkit ========================================================= The Molecular Modelling Toolkit (MMTK) is an Open Source library for molecular simulation applications, written in Python with some C extension modules. In addition to providing ready-to-use implementations of standard algorithms, MMTK serves as a code basis that can be easily extended and modified to deal with standard and non-standard problems in molecular simulations. Version 2 contains many new features and enhancements compared to the previous version 1.2 The most important ones are - Ewald summation - new algorithm for nonbonded list generation (faster and uses less memory) - thermostat, barostat, and distance constraints (SHAKE) for MD - support for nucleotide chains (DNA, RNA) - deformation force field for normal mode calculations on big proteins - much extended manual Note that version 2 is not compatible with earlier releases, because it makes use of the package structure introduced with Python 1.5. All import statements must therefore be modified. For compatibility reasons, MMTK 1.2 will remain available in parallel with MMTK 2.0. For more information and for downloading, see the MMTK Web site at http://starship.python.net/crew/hinsen/MMTK/ or http://dirac.cnrs-orleans.fr/MMTK/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Konrad Hinsen | E-Mail: hinsen(a)cnrs-orleans.fr Centre de Biophysique Moleculaire (CNRS) | Tel.: +33-2.38.25.55.69 Rue Charles Sadron | Fax: +33-2.38.63.15.17 45071 Orleans Cedex 2 | Deutsch/Esperanto/English/ France | Nederlands/Francais ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <A HREF="http://starship.python.net/crew/hinsen/MMTK/">MMTK 2.0</A> - the Molecular Modelling Toolkit, an Open Source library for molecular simulation applications, written in Python with some C extension modules. (09-Nov-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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PSI-0.02 - Persistent Multithreaded CGI for Apache
by henk_p＠my-deja.com 10 Nov '99

10 Nov '99

Hi, This the second release of PSI, or the Python Script Interface, A second attempt by me at persistent cgi scripting in python. With PSI, cgi-scripts are run by a shared python interpreter living outside of the webserver process. Like PCGI, a small 'wrapper' program is used to connect any CGI capable webserver to the shared interpreter. PSI is multithreaded, every CGI request runs in a seperate thread. PSI provides as much of the Stanard CGI environment (sys.stdin, sys.stdout, os.environ) as possible. And by doing so should be compatible with existing CGI scripts written in python. You can download PSI0.02 at: http://huizen.dds.nl/~d50/psi0.02.tgz suggestions and or questions about PSI?, mailto: csg6031(a)wing.rug.nl <A HREF="http://huizen.dds.nl/~d50/psi0.02.tgz">PSI 0.02 (click to download as .tar.gz file)</A> - Python Script Interface; an Apache module for long-running Python CGI scripts, similar to FastCGI. (09-Nov-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Mailman 1.1 - The GNU Mailing List Manager
by Barry A. Warsaw 06 Nov '99

06 Nov '99

I have just uploaded Mailman version 1.1 to www.list.org, and this will hopefully soon be mirrored to ftp.gnu.org. This release is precipitated by the removal of all GIFs from the distribution. There have also been some performance improvements, although lots more can still be done. ;) See the NEWS file excerpt below for details of changes. Sadly, the internationalization effort has not yet been integrated (mostly due to time constraints of the core maintainers). Mailman, the GNU mailing list manager, is software to help manage email discussion lists, much like Majordomo and Smartmail. Unlike most similar products, Mailman gives each mailing list a web page, and allows users to subscribe, unsubscribe, etc. over the web. Even the list manager can administer his or her list entirely from the web. Mailman also integrates most things people want to do with mailing lists, including archiving, mail-to-news gateways, and so on. Mailman is writtein primarily in Python, with a little bit of C for security. See http://www.list.org or http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman.html for details and downloading. -Barry -------------------- snip snip -------------------- - All GIFs removed. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html for the reason why. - Improvements to the Pipermail archiver which make things faster. Primary change is that the .txt files are not gzip'd on every posted message. Instead, use the new cron script `nightly_gzip' to gzip the .txt file in batches (this means that the .txt file will lag behind the on-line archives a little). - From the C drivers programs, Python is invoked with the -S option. This tells Python to avoid importing the site module, which can improve start up time of the Python process considerably. Note that the command line script invocation has not been changed. - New configuration variables PUBLIC_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER and PRIVATE_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER which can contain a shell command string for os.popen(). This can be used to invoke an external archiver instead of the bundled Pipermail archiver. See Defaults.py for details. - new script `bin/find_member' which can be used to search for a member by regular expression. - More child processes are reaped, which should eliminate most occurances of zombie processes. - A few small miscellaneous bug fixes (including PR#99, PR#107) and improvements to the file locking algorithms. -------------------- snip snip -------------------- <A HREF="http://www.list.org/">Mailman 1.1</A> - The GNU Mailing List Manager, implemented primarily in Python; changes: no more GIFs (due to LZW patent issues), improvements to bundled Pipermail archiver, miscellaneous bug fixes. (06-Nov-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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New general purpose "sparse matrix" package - v0.1
by Travis Oliphant 06 Nov '99

06 Nov '99

I've finally released Version 0.1 of a general purpose Sparse matrix package. It is available at http://oliphant.netpedia.net/packages/SparsePy.tgz RPMS for Linux may be available soon. The package requires a FORTRAN compiler, a C compiler, and a copy of the BLAS for your system. Currently the makefiles only work for a UNIX system using gcc and g77, they can be modified to work for any compiler. Features: * Initialization of Sparse Matrices using diagonal or coordinate convention. * Matrix-vector multiplies * Matrix-Matrix add, subtract, multiply, conjugate, transpose * Direct inversion of Sparse Linear Systems. The first three features are due Yousef Saad's SPARSEKIT2 package while the last feature is due to SuperLU by Demmel, Gilbert, and Li. The implementation is a Python class which has methods that call on wrapped versions of these libraries. There are other Sparse Matrix implementations available but this one is trying to be general purpose. Any suggestions and improvements are appreciated. Travis Oliphant Oliphant.Travis(a)altavista.net <A HREF="http://oliphant.netpedia.net/packages/">SparsePy 0.1</A> - first release of a general-purpose sparse matrix calculation package for Python; requires FORTRAN to compile. (05-Nov-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Zope 2.1.0 beta 1 released
by Brian Lloyd 06 Nov '99

06 Nov '99

Hi all. Zope 2.1.0 beta 1 has been released. This release includes many bug fixes, performance and reliability improvements and a number of new features such as the beginnings of internationalization support and relevance ranking for ZCatalog. You can get 2.1.0 beta 1 from: http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.1.0b1/ I expect the beta period for this release to be pretty short - in about a week or so we expect to do either a b2 (if necessary) or a 2.1.0 final. Brian Lloyd brian(a)digicool.com Software Engineer 540.371.6909 Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com <A HREF="http://www.zope.org/">Zope 2.1.0 beta 1</A> - a free, open source web application platform used for building high-performance, dynamic web sites; this beta release adds bug fixes and some new features such as the beginnings of internationalization support and relevance ranking for ZCatalog. (05-Nov-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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IPC8 - Call For Demos and Posters
by Fred L. Drake, Jr. 06 Nov '99

06 Nov '99

[Moderator's note: "IPC8" is the "8th Internatinal Python Conference", organized by the "Python Software Activity" (PSA), taking place 24-27 January 2000 in Alexandria, VA, USA.] IPC8 Call For Demos and Posters Important Dates * Nov. 30 : Deadline for demos and posters. * Dec. 15 : Notification of acceptance for demos and posters. Demonstrations and Posters We invite researchers and developers to present their work in demonstrations or posters. Works in progress and results which don't warrant a full paper may be presented this way, as well as demonstrations of interesting applications. Demos and posters will be selected based on the broad applicability of new technologies and novelty of new approaches. Tables and power will be provided. Computers will not be provided; if you intend to do a demonstration, bring your own with all the software you need. There may be a slow Internet connection (at most a shared ISDN line); please let us know if Internet access is important to your demonstration. What is a poster? When presenting a poster, you typically bring one or more posters that can be tacked up to a wall. The posters should provide a concise summary of your work, and diagrams or other graphics are strongly encouraged. You then stand next to your poster and discuss your work with other conference attendees (who will undoubtedly ask why you're standing there). If you're feeling confident, you can provide handouts that explain your research or project in more detail, or tell where to find more information. Bring plenty of copies. So, what's a demo? A demo is a poster, but you use your computer to actually show people what you did. You can have a slide presentation or let people play with your applications. If you want to give a demonstration, be sure to bring your computer! What to Submit and How to Submit It To request space for a demonstration or poster, send an email to Fred Drake (fdrake(a)acm.org) describing your demonstration or poster. If you have special space or power requirements, please be sure to include the appropriate information. If you require Internet connectivity, be sure to tell us about that as well! For more information Questions regarding demo and poster submissions should be addressed to Fred Drake (fdrake(a)acm.org). -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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PySol 3.00 - a solitaire game collection
by Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer 06 Nov '99

06 Nov '99

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- PySol - a Solitaire Game Collection Version 3.00 http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pysol.html Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer <markus.oberhumer(a)jk.uni-linz.ac.at> What is PySol ? =============== PySol is an exciting collection of 111 solitaire card games. Among the supported games are classics like Aces Up, Baker's Game, Canfield, FreeCell, Forty Thieves, Golf, Klondike, Pyramid, Scorpion, Spider, Yukon, and many more... Why yet another solitaire game ? ================================ Here are some highlights of PySol: - currently supports 111 (!) distinct solitaire variants - based upon an extensible solitaire engine - very nice look and feel including multiple cardsets and background table tiles - unlimited undo & redo - load & save games - player statistics and log files - hint system - demo games - support for user written plug-ins - add your own solitaire variants - integrated HTML help browser - lots of documentation - fully portable across Unix/X11, Windows 95/98/NT and MacOS - written in 100% pure Python - just run it - no need to compile anything - freely available - distributed under the GNU GPL with full source code Yeah, I know. But what's new ? ============================== * Bought a new solitaire book and implemented about 65 new games :-) * FreeCell game numbers are now compatible to the FreeCell FAQ * Improved statistics and log views Cool. Where can I get it ? ========================== Point your browser to http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pysol.html The PySol Gallery is awaiting your visit as well. What do I need to start playing ? ================================= PySol requires Python 1.5.2 and Tcl/Tk 8.0.5. Both packages are freely available for Unix, Windows 95/98/NT and Macintosh. BTW, there is no need to compile anything since the whole program is just a Python script. Just run it, and that's all. Contributions ============= I'm looking for people who want to contibute new games, provide additional graphics, scan cardset packs, improve the docs, etc. Please see the README in the distribution about details. Any legal issues ? ================== PySol is Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer PySol is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). See the file COPYING. Have fun, Markus http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pysol.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOCJlYG10fyLu8beJAQHQngP/X7mt7tdwdYrTGB9WIYd+DbF6fLcaAseX tLHMvv+wznexpyqGEZ0NsNJcUSQINed/zKzXASYY72J19dOsc8MZrvuigsNvYvTj WHX13cW3ZQ8mXA1RDp7pfS12BjX1fApEYdsX5S4f7af0c8WeY5trFYTLfQZnz7R0 GgHUzL8aMvQ= =qcQy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- <A HREF="http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pysol.html">PySol 3.00</A> - new version of Python Solitaire Games (using Tkinter); now supports 111 (!) distinct solitaire variants. (05-Nov-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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O'Reilly to publish Zope book
by Amos Latteier 05 Nov '99

05 Nov '99

Digital Creations is pleased to announce that O'Reilly and Associates will be publishing a book on Zope, the open source web application server. Michel Pelletier of Digital Creations and Dan York of LinuxCare will author the book. The book will be released under a yet to be determined open content license. Here is an announcement from one of the authors: http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-November/013229.html -Amos == Amos Latteier mailto:amos@digicool.com Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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