Mailman 3 October 2001 - Python-announce-list

Ann: pSQL.py (manipulation of SQL dbs through python objects)
by Fionn Behrens 11 Oct '01

11 Oct '01

Hi all! Ian Bicking's announcement of SQLbuilder.py on the webware-discuss mailing list a few days ago (very recommandable, btw; it includes a number of great ideas) reminded me of the fact that I have something slightly similiar on disk for quite some time now. I managed to motivate myself to write a readme and prop up a web page for anyone who might be interested. You can find it at: http://rtfm.n3.net/software/psql/ ABSTRACT: * Are you using a (My)SQL database all day in your programming projects and dont want to write SQL statements again and again all over? * Would you like to use an SQL database in your project without needing to know much about SQL? * Interested in making your database access sources a bit more readable and easier to grok for other programmers? If you can answer YES to one of these, pSQL might be of interest to you. WHAT IT DOES: Basically, pSQL wraps all database access and all data you get from your database into some easy-to-handle and easily usable objects that "feel" like standard python data structures. So, if you have a pSQL database object called "myDB" with a table called Address, you can find all people in that table who are living in Oklahoma by issuing a command like: |>>> res = myDB.Address.City["Oklahoma%"] |>>> len(res) |2 To find out the phone numbers of those two, you can use e.g.: |>>> res.column("Phone") |['0405-12345', '0405-67890'] or: |>>> for r in res: |... print "%s: %s"%(r.Name, r.Phone) |John Doe: 0405-12345 |Joe User: 0405-67890 To change one of those numbers in the database: |>>> john = res[0] |>>> john.Phone = '0405-54321' # or: res[0]["Phone"] = '0405-54321' WHAT IT DOES NOT: pSQL currently works with MySQLdb only. This will change in a future version and an abstraction layer will be added which allows the use of any DB 2.0 API compliant SQL module, e.g. for postgres. Visit the web page for more information. Regards, Fionn

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Announcing the latest version of HappyDoc, a Python documentation extraction tool.
by Doug Hellmann 11 Oct '01

11 Oct '01

Announcing the latest version of HappyDoc, a Python documentation extraction tool. HappyDoc is a tool for extracting documentation from Python source code. It differs from other such applications by the fact that it uses the parse tree for a module to derive the information used in its output, rather that importing the module directly. This allows the user to generate documentation for modules which need special context to be imported. More details are available on the HappyDoc home page at http://happydoc.sourceforge.net. Version 1.6 -- - **New Features** - Implemented a variety of modifications to support Python 2.0 syntax updates. - Implemented plugin system for docstring converters to allow module authors to write documentation using different markup styles. External files are recognized by their extension. The global default setting for docstrings can be passed on the command line, or a file-specific setting can be embedded in the input file (see below). - Updated the default markup syntax to StructuredTextNG, replacing the original StructuredText. Most users will not notice any difference, but backwards compatibility is maintained with a ClassicStructuredText plugin. - **Many contributed patches** - Patch to allow better support for Python 2.x 'import' statement syntax changes. - Patch to allow the base URL for documentation of Python standard libraries to be passed as a command line argument to HappyDoc. - Patch to eliminate invalid links to private classes which are not described. - Patch to elminate "decoration" lines in comment documentation. - Added output formatter and docset for creating UML diagrams in Dia format. - **Several resolved bugs** - Files with DOS line endings are handled properly. - Removed uses of the deprecated 'regex' module by the StructuredText parser. - Less than and greater than symbols in preformatted (example) sections of text are now rendered correctly. - **Other Changes** - Cosmetic changes to the way unit tests are run. - Fixed a problem with identifying "system modules" under versions of Python other than 1.5. - Sort the table of contents by the module name, not the file name. Download Download the latest version of HappyDoc from the home page on SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/happydoc

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kjbuckets module updated for Python 2.1; kjbuckets.pyd Windows DLL included
by Oleg Broytmann 11 Oct '01

11 Oct '01

Hello! spex66(a)gmx.de sent me a version of kjbucketsmodule.c updated for Python 2.1. There is also kjbuckets.pyd Windows DLL for Python 2.1. (ActiveState 2.1.1, actually). Many thanks, spex66! Page http://phd.pp.ru/Software/Python/#kjbuckets updated. Please note that I am not maintainer, just a "collector", in abscence of a real maintainer. You are welcome to send me minor patches, and you are especially welcome to adopt the project as a real maintainer. Oleg. ---- Oleg Broytmann http://phd.pp.ru/ phd(a)phd.pp.ru Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.

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Roundup 0.3.0pre2 - an issue tracking system
by Richard Jones 11 Oct '01

11 Oct '01

Roundup 0.3.0pre2 - an issue tracking system **PREVIEW RELEASE** This release is in use by Bizar Software, but has had little testing beyond that. It contains several new features which will require migration, so we're releasing this preview for the bleeding-edge users. **NOTE** existing users _must_ read the MIGRATION.txt that accompanies the source. This release fixes a nasty bug in the hyperdatabase that was inserted in pre-release 1. Users who downloaded that release MUST download this release. Source and documentation is available at the website: http://roundup.sourceforge.net/ Release Info: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=56576 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions: https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577 About Roundup ============= Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition. Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this project is richard(a)users.sourceforge.net. Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to (a) submit new issues, (b) find and edit existing issues, and (c) discuss issues with other participants. The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup is therefore usable "out of the box" with any python 2.0+ installation. It doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational, though a disutils-based install script is provided. It comes with two issue tracker templates and three database back-ends.

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some Python announcements are lost
by Jeremy Hylton 10 Oct '01

10 Oct '01

There is a problem with the moderation software we use for comp.lang.python.announce. As a result of this problem, some approved messages are being list; the message does not get forwarded to the newsgroup and neither the author nor the moderators get a notification that the failure occurred. If you post a message to comp.lang.python.announce, the message should either appear on the list or you should get a rejection notice from the moderators. If neither event occurs, your message is probably lost. (We do reject obvious spam without sending a rejection notice.) The specific problem appears to be related to message headers that are accepted by mail agents but rejected by some or all NNTP servers. It's a bug in the Mailman moderation patch and/or its mail-news gateway, and the Mailman developer(s) are working on a fix. Until the problem is fixed, you may want to resubmit lost announcements. In order to prevent them being lost a second time, the following techniques may help: Post via Usenet rather than mail. (If you post via Usenet and your announcement is lost, please send me a personal email.) If you post via email, please remove any unusual header (X-Been-There-Done-That) and do not include any duplicate headers. Jeremy

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ANNOUNCE: Quixote 0.4.1 released
by Greg Ward 10 Oct '01

10 Oct '01

Quixote 0.4.1 is now available for download from: http://www.mems-exchange.org/software/quixote/ Quixote is yet another framework for developing Web applications in Python. The design goals were: 1) To allow easy development of Web applications where the accent is more on complicated programming logic than complicated templating. 2) To make the templating language as similar to Python as possible, in both syntax and semantics. The aim is to make as many of the skills and structural techniques used in writing regular Python code applicable to Web applications built using Quixote. 3) No magic. When it's not obvious what to do in a certain case, Quixote refuses to guess. If you view a web site as a program, and web pages as subroutines, Quixote just might be the tool for you. If you view a web site as a graphic design showcase, and each web page as an individual work of art, Quixote is probably not what you're looking for. Quixote was primarily written by Andrew Kuchling, Neil Schemenauer, and Greg Ward ({akuchlin,nascheme,gward}(a)mems-exchange.org). Thanks to Mikhail Sobolev <mikhail.sobolev(a)transas.com> for help porting Quixote to IIS, the primary reason for this release. CHANGES in Quixote 0.4.1 ------------------------ * Made access logging a little more portable (don't depend on Apache's REQUEST_URI environment variable). * Work around the broken value of PATH_INFO returned by IIS. * Work around IIS weird handling of SERVER_SECURE_PORT (for non-SSL requests, it is set to "0"). * Reassign sys.stderr so all application output to stderr goes to the Quixote error log. -- Greg Ward - software developer gward(a)mems-exchange.org MEMS Exchange http://www.mems-exchange.org

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Python 10 - Tools Track Reminder
by David Beazley 10 Oct '01

10 Oct '01

*** Call for Participation *** 10th International Python Conference - Tools Track February 4-7, 2002 The Hilton Alexandria Mark Center Alexandria, Virginia Proposal submission deadline: Friday, October 12th Notification : Monday, October 29th The tools track of the 10th International Python Conference is currently seeking presentation proposals. The primary focus of the tools track is to allow developers of tools for Python programmers to present new products & technologies, and to gather feedback from the audience. Any project, product or technology aimed at Python developers is appropriate to present here, whether aimed at the design, coding, testing, deployment, or other phases of software development. Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following: - Commercial products based on Python. - Python IDEs and development tools. - Python extension modules. - Mini-tutorials on a specific programming topic or tool. - Work in progress reports on existing Python tools. To submit a proposal to the tools track, send an email message to tools(a)python10.org. In your message, include the following information: - Speaker name and affiliation - Contact address - Presentation title - A one paragraph abstract - Approximate presentation time (if known). Presentations should be aimed at a technical audience. Proposals that blatantly focus on sales or marketing will be rejected. Also, proposals will be given preference based on the order in which they are received. Please submit your proposal now while time slots are available! You will receive a confirmation when your proposal is received. If you hear nothing or already submitted a proposal, please make sure you reconfirm your submission. Additional information about the Python conference can be found at http://www.python10.org. Dave Beazley - Tools track chair beazley(a)cs.uchicago.edu

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Roundup issue tracker preview release 0.3.0pre1
by Richard Jones 10 Oct '01

10 Oct '01

Roundup 0.3.0pre1 - an issue tracking system **PREVIEW RELEASE** This release is in use by Bizar Software, but has had little testing beyond that. It contains several new features which will require migration, so we're releasing this preview for the bleeding-edge users. **NOTE** existing users _must_ read the MIGRATION.txt that accompanies the source. This release includes several bug fixes and usability improvements. It switches the CGI interface authentication over from HTTP Basic to cookie based. It introduces encoded password storage. See the CHANGES file for more detail. Source and documentation is available at the website: http://roundup.sourceforge.net/ Release Info: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=56431 About Roundup ============= Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition. Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this project is richard(a)users.sourceforge.net. Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to (a) submit new issues, (b) find and edit existing issues, and (c) discuss issues with other participants. The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup is therefore usable "out of the box" with any python 2.0+ installation. It doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational, though a disutils-based install script is provided. It comes with two issue tracker templates and three database back-ends.

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Fame, Fortune and the Python Conference
by Paul Prescod 09 Oct '01

09 Oct '01

Many of you will have submitted papers for the Python conference. Whether you did or didn't, please consider another way to contribute to the conference. You could submit a talks to the Web Services and Protocols track, Zope or Tools tracks. The Web Services and Protocols track is for anyone who is using Python to communicate information between computers in an innovative way. You can get involved with a simple email back to me saying you are interested with a couple of sentences about your area of interest. I will work with you to turn that into an abstract. You do not have to submit a paper or anything else in advance. Just work with me on your abstract and then show up at the conference with a fascinating talk. We already have some well-known speakers signed up so you will be in good company! Here are some areas of interest: * Jabber peer-to-peer protocol * XML-based Web Services protocols (SOAP, XML-RPC) * CORBA Distributed Computing Protocol * Web Services Description Language * Business Integration techniques ("B2B") * Enterprise Application Integration techniques ("EAI") * Proprietary Protocols Just send me a note this week (why not reply right row!) describing your project with Python and protocols or web services and we'll work out whether there is an abstract in there. More info is available here: http://www.python10.org/p10-conferenceEvents.html#webServices Conference info (dates, location,etc.) is here: http://www.python10.org/ Paul Prescod

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Message to be posted
by MARTIME＠kellyservices.com 09 Oct '01

09 Oct '01

I would like to post a message to members. MY name is Maria Martino and I am recruiter at KellyServices. I have a need for a Python, VC++ programmer. Details are below. Any interested candidates, please email your resume as a Word document to: martime(a)kellyservices.com Thanks! Maria Martino IT Recruiter Kelly Services 212-984-1129 martime(a)kellyservices.com Details: Candidates should send their resumes to: Maria Martino martime(a)kellyservices.com Term: Contractor Length: 4 months Job Description: Work with the development team on an exciting business application software. Location: Tarrytown, Westchester County, NY Required Skills: Commercial development experience in Python and Visual C++ on Win32 platform. Strong analytical skill. Object-oriented programming is a must. SQL Server or other database server. Experience in widget-based GUI development. Experience in webserver or application server (e.g. IIS, Zope). Desirable skills: Advanced degree (CS/EE, Science, Math or other) welcome. Previous experience in finance, statistics, or Monte Carlo simulation. XML processing. Internet programming experience (TCP/IP, HTTP protocol, RPC, socket programming.) COM programming in business applications, interfacing with Access/Excel. Visual Basic for Applications. Source code revision control systems. Bug report database. InstallShield.

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