Mailman 3 May 1999 - Python-announce-list

New french-speaking mailing-list about Python / Nouvelle liste de
by Olivier Berger May 31, 1999

May 31, 1999

(french version follows) Hello. I'm glad to announce the creation of a new mailing-list for discussion about Python in french. You're invited to join it and share all your opinions or ask for technical advice on the list. The list is operated through Mailman, thus you can subscribe by going to the following URL : http://liberte.inria.fr/mailman/listinfo/python or by sending a message to Python-request(a)liberte.inria.fr containing the 'help' keyword, and following the subscribing … [View More]

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PyBZLib 0.02b alpha
by Laurence Tratt May 31, 1999

May 31, 1999

An experimental Python interface to Julian Seward's increasingly popular bzip2 compression library is available from: http://eh.org/~laurie/comp/python/pybzlib/ The interface is at version 0.02b alpha (25 April 1999) and is distributed under a Python-esque licence. bzip2 is a compression library which gives better compression ratios than more common methods, and increasing amounts of data are now being shipped in the bzip2 format. eg the Linux kernel is shipped as both .gz and .bz2 files; … [View More]

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New german python book (Mit Python programmieren) is out!
by Michael Scharf May 26, 1999

May 26, 1999

Hello, On Saturday, I got the print a new german Python book "Mit Python programmieren" (I would translate it as "Programming with python"). I am still waiting for the "official" announcement, of the book, but here is my inofficial announcement. I am not one of the authors, but I read the book several times as reviewer and I saw all the hard work the authors put into the book ans the progress they made.... I became a very nice book and I personally like the Tkinter introduction a lot. http://… [View More]

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README: Python-URL! - the weekly guide to Python resources (May 24)
by Mike Orr May 25, 1999

May 25, 1999

Python-URL is still looking for volunteers willing to create a weekly edition of this document. This will be a one- to two-month commitment. If interested, contact Mike Orr <mso(a)mso.oz.net>. ** ANY URL STARTING WITH "http://search.dejanews.com/msgid.xp?MID=", ENDS IN "%3e" **, even if it appears split into two lines on your screen. --------------- Python 1.5.2 (13-Apr-1999) is the current version. This, the new JPython website and the new Starship site are linked from the main … [View More]

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mxCGIPython project - Update
by M.-A. Lemburg May 25, 1999

May 25, 1999

Hi everybody, I just wanted to inform you of the current state of the single-file easy-to-install Python interpreter. This is the current set of binaries available: cgipython-1.5.2-AIX-2-000771064C00-.gz cgipython-1.5.2-FreeBSD-2.2.8-RELEASE-i386-i386.gz cgipython-1.5.2-FreeBSD-3.0-RELEASE-i386-i386.gz cgipython-1.5.2-FreeBSD-3.1-19990426-STABLE-i386-i386.gz cgipython-1.5.2-HP-UX-A.09.03-9000_715-unknown.gz cgipython-1.5.2-HP-UX-B.10.20-9000_782-unknown.gz cgipython-1.5.2-IRIX-5.3-IP19-mips.… [View More]gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.0.34-i586-RedHat-5.1.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.0.35-i586-unknown.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.0.35-i686-unknown.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.0.36-i586-Debian-2.1.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.0.36-i586-unknown.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.2.7-i586-SuSE60.gz cgipython-1.5.2-NetBSD-1.3.2-alpha.gz cgipython-1.5.2-NetBSD-1.3.3-i386.gz cgipython-1.5.2-SunOS-5.5.1-sun4u-sparc-alternate.gz cgipython-1.5.2-SunOS-5.5.1-sun4u-sparc.gz If you have access to other platforms not included in the list, feel free to contribute a binary. Compiling the binary is really easy and only takes about two minutes of your time (plus some five minutes CPU time). All the details and links to the binaries are available on the project web-page: http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/mxCGIPython.html BTW, the general technique used by the cgipython setup should also be applicable on Windows platforms... maybe someone could look into this and contribute a zipped exe file for Win95/98/NT. Note that even though these binaries are intended to ease CGI program writing, they are also usable as normal Python interpreters with the restriction that command line arguments cannot be passed to the interpreter, e.g. cgipython -u myscript.py does not work. This was done for CGI security reasons to prevent attacks of the form python -c "import os; os.system('rm -rf /')" being sent to the interpreter via CGI. Cheers, == Marc-Andre Lemburg ______________________________________________________________________ Y2000: 225 days left Business: http://www.lemburg.com/ Python Pages: http://www.lemburg.com/python/ <P><A HREF="http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/mxCGIPython.html"> mxCGIPython 1.5.2</A> - one-file Python interpreters, to simplify running of CGI scripts. (20-May-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 ------------------------------------------------------------ [View Less]

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informixdb 1.2a1
by Stephen J. Turner May 23, 1999

May 23, 1999

Announcing ---------- Release 1.2alpha1 of informixdb, a DB-API 1.0 compliant package for Informix: http://starship.python.net/crew/sturner/informixdb.html This is the first new release of informixdb since March 1997. == Stephen J. Turner <sjturner(a)ix.netcom.com> <P><A HREF="http://starship.python.net/crew/sturner/informixdb.html">informixdb 1.2a1</A> - An Informix implementation of the Python Database API 1.0. (21-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.… [View More]

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win32netapi module -version 1.0beta1 (on Windows NT4/5)
by Asang Dani May 23, 1999

May 23, 1999

hi, I have written a module win32netapi to provide simplified access to various networking APIs (Net* functions) on windows NT. The module can be downloaded from http://members.tripod.com/asangdani/public/ It includes extensive documentation (html and ASCII) and examples. Following are the contents of README included with the release :- This python module is inspired by 'Win32::Lanman' module for Perl written by Jens Helberg (jens.helberg(a)bosch.com). I have made no changes to … [View More]

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Mahogany 0.22a
by Karsten Ballueder May 23, 1999

May 23, 1999

A new release of Mahogany has been made. Binaries for Linux-x86-glibc2.0 and source are available immediately, binaries for Solaris and Linux-axp as well as RedHat rpm and Debian deb packages are following soon. Announcing Mahogany Version 0.22a ===================================================================== Mahogany is an OpenSource(TM) cross-platform mail and news client. It is available for X11/Unix and MS Windows platforms, supporting a wide range of protocols and standards, … [View More]including POP3, IMAP and full MIME support. Thanks to its built-in Python interpreter it can be extended far beyond its original functionality. Mahogany's wealth of features and ease of use make it one of the most powerful clients available, providing a consistent and intuitive interface across all supported platforms. It aims at supporting GNOME (and KDE for that matter) and includes an extendable address book system supporting hierarchical organisation of entries, group aliases, searching the database and easy editing, with support for other program`s address database formats. Currently Mahogany`s native format and (X)Emacs` BBDB address books are supported. Mahogany is being developed using the free wxWindows application framework, building on the GTK+ toolkit on Unix. Mahogany is constantly being tested on Linux-x86, Linux-alpha, Solaris-sparc and MS Windows. It should compile and work on any major Unix platform. A binary release for MS Windows will follow soon. CHANGES AGAINST RELEASE 0.21a: ===================================================================== Release 0.22a is mainly a bugfix release against 0.21a. - All known (crash-inducing) bugs fixed. - Message editor/viewer improvements, adding clipboard support and selections. - Message editor bug fixes - wxGTK layout bug fixes - German, French, Spanish translations - Text-search in messages - Several minor usability fixes, sub-folder support fixed. - Addressbook fixes - TCP timeouts configurable - Support for setting the Reply-To: header from To: field in message replies. - Minor addressbook bug fixes (better handling of special characters in address or name) DOWNLOAD ===================================================================== http://mahogany.home.dhs.org/ http://www.phy.hw.ac.uk/~karsten/Mahogany/ ftp://ronnie.phy.hw.ac.uk/pub/Mahogany/ (UK, Europe) ftp://ftp.gdev.net/pub/Mahogany/ (US) NEXT ===================================================================== For the next release we are currently working on the following: completion of filtering rules/scoring code subscription management for NNTP/IMAP/newsspool DND with KDE/Gnome filemanagers (now supported by wxGTK) Templates/style-sheets for message composition and flexible reply handling Messages sorting, threading, scoring and searching multi-threading to avoid delays and timeouts possibly also: GPG/PGP support built-in HTML viewer Finish the new message editor code: rich-text editing == Karsten Ballüder http://Ballueder.home.dhs.org/ mailto:karste-@phy.hw.ac.uk Physics Department, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, Scotland Tel. +44-(0)-131-4513068 Fax. +44-(0)-131-4513136 "In a world without fences, who needs Gates?" <P><A HREF="http://mahogany.home.dhs.org/">Mahogany 0.22a</A> - open-source graphical mail/news client for Unix and MS Windows, using the wxWindows toolkit. (20-May-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 ------------------------------------------------------------ [View Less]

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Zope 2.0.0a1 alpha release
by Chris Petrilli May 23, 1999

May 23, 1999

>From a web paradigm far far away... [ANNOUNCEMENT TEXT] Zope is a free, Open Source application server and portal toolkit used to build, deploy and manage dynamic, high-performance Web sites. As a true open source solution, Zope is available free of charge and comes with comprehensive source code and a powerful array of application development tools and utilities. Zope 2.0 measurably improves the scalability and collaborative features of the original Zope Web application platform. Some … [View More]

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Sketch 0.6.0 - A vector drawing program
by Bernhard Herzog May 23, 1999

May 23, 1999

Sketch 0.6.0 - A vector drawing program Sketch is a vector drawing program for Linux and other unices. Its user interface is similar to the interfaces typically found in drawing programs for MS Windows, i.e direct manipulation to move and transform objects, the notion of a currently selected object, etc. Sketch is implemented almost completely in python, with the rest written in C for performance reasons. Sketch is still incomplete, but the current versions are quite usable and stable, I … [View More]

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