Mailman 3 February 2001 - Python-announce-list

New PostgreSQL Database Adapters: psycopg and ZpsycopgDA
by Federico Di Gregorio Feb. 28, 2001

Feb. 28, 2001

Hi *, the guys here at initd (http://initd.org/) arre happy to announce the release of psycopg, a Python/PostgreSQL driver module and ZPsycopgDA, a Zope Database Adapter based on the psycopg driver. Now, I'll answer the questions you asked... (_what_ questions? well... follow me...) Q. Why another postgresql dba? we already have pygres and popy! A. That's true. We had some ideas about a performant, thread-safe driver and we wanted to hack a little bit. the resulting driver is slim, fast, with clean code and some nice features (see below.) Writing a Zope DBA was a logical consequence only because we use it. Q. Should I switch to psycopg and zpsycopgda? A. Not if you are happy with your current driver [and i hope it is popy ;-)] The only real reason is if you want the advanced features you can find only in psycopg: 1/ level-2 thread safety 2/ advanced type-casting system 3/ automatic management of multiple phisical connections to the DB (one per thread) to speed up queries 4/ extremely clean and maintainable code also, in a future release (0.5) zpsycopgda will support db and table management from zope management screens. Q. Hey! you're from MIXAD LIVE, is psycopg a popy fork? A. No, psycopg is 100% clean code. we had some ideas on how a db driver should workin a heavily multithreaded environment and we wanted to test them. that's all. Q. Where can I download it? A. http://initd.org/Software/psycopg (tarball and precompiled debian packages) ciao and good hacking, federico -- Federico Di Gregorio MIXAD LIVE Chief of Research & Technology fog(a)mixadlive.com Debian GNU/Linux Developer & Italian Press Contact fog(a)debian.org Qu'est ce que la folie? Juste un sentiment de liberté si fort qu'on en oublie ce qui nous rattache au monde... -- J. de Loctra

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Lightning Talks session at Python Conference
by Jeremy Hylton Feb. 27, 2001

Feb. 27, 2001

The Lightning Talks session provides an opportunity for conference attendees to present new or ongoing work and cool ideas. Each talk is five to seven minutes long -- time enough for a one good idea and a few questions. In past years, this session has always been fun. If you would like to give a lightning talk, please send email to lightning-talks(a)python9.org. Speaker slots are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Jeremy Hylton Lightning Talks session chair

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Python 1.6.1 released towards GPL incompatibility
by Guido van Rossum Feb. 27, 2001

Feb. 27, 2001

The Corporation for National Research Initiatives has released Python 1.6.1. This is a "bugfix" release for Python 1.6, fixing a GPL incompatibility in the license. The new 1.6.1 release can be found here: http://www.python.org/1.6.1/ There is great subtlety to GPL compatibility. I refer to the webpages of the Free Software Foundation for an explanation, in particular http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html. This change does not imply that Python 2.0 or later versions are now compatible with the GPL. Similar changes to their licenses need to be made there; these are still under negotiation. I'll keep you posted. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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[Module] GuestBook 1.0.0
by Parnassus Submission Feb. 26, 2001

Feb. 26, 2001

GuestBook 1.0.0 --------------- Script to manage your own guestbook A simple script to add a guestbook to your website. Totally self contained, doesn't need any non standard modules. URL: http://www.programmedintegration.com/pguestbook.htm Download: http://www.programmedintegration.com/files/guestbook.zip License: Public Domain Platform: Win32, Linux Requires: None Binaries: N/A Gui: N/A Categories: CGI Scripts Colin Meeks -- <a href="http://www.programmedintegration.com/pguestbook.htm">GuestBook 1.0.0</a> -- Script to manage your own guestbook

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ANN: xmlrpclib 0.9.9
by Fredrik Lundh Feb. 26, 2001

Feb. 26, 2001

it's monday. it's release day: Secret Labs' xmlrpclib is a widely popular implementation of the XML-RPC remote call protocol (http://xmlrpc.com). Version 0.9.9 (aka 1.0 beta 1) adds support for XML encodings, Unicode, and safe transports (via https). Get your copy from http://www.pythonware.com/products/xmlrpc enjoy, the pythonware team "Secret Labs -- makers of fine pythonware since 1997."

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Python 1.6.1 released to fix GPL incompatibility
by Guido van Rossum Feb. 25, 2001

Feb. 25, 2001

The Corporation for National Research Initiatives has released Python 1.6.1. This is a "bugfix" release for Python 1.6, fixing the GPL-incompatibility of the license. The new 1.6.1 release can be found here: http://www.python.org/1.6.1/ There is great subtlety to GPL compatibility. I refer to the webpages of the Free Software Foundation for an explanation, in particular http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html. This change does not imply that Python 2.0 or later versions are now compatible with the GPL. Similar changes to their licenses need to be made there; these are still under negotiation. I'll keep you posted. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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[Module] Serpent 2.0
by Benblins Feb. 25, 2001

Feb. 25, 2001

Serpent 2.0 ----------- Le jeu du serpent ! Vous etes un serpent qui doit attraper des pommes pour grandir, attention a ne pas se mordre !! Vive Python et la benblins.corp, visit ours site web...You want to learn Python, visit www.benblins.com !!! URL: http://www.benblins.com Download: http://www.multimania.com/benblins/python/prog/projethelo01.htm License: GPL Platform: Win32 Requires: only instal it on "c:\" Gui: Tkinter,Win32 Categories: Games Benblins (benblins(a)multimania.com) www.benblins.com -- <a href="http://www.benblins.com">Serpent 2.0</a> -- Le jeu du serpent !

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ANN: Win32 Installer - new release for Python 2
by Gordon McMillan Feb. 24, 2001

Feb. 24, 2001

With many, many thanks to Barry Scott, a new release of the Win32 Installer package is here: http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/install1.html Barry found my major boo-boo in the code that resolves a C extension inside a package. He also greatly improved the messages that come out of the runtime when something goes wrong at the top level. And if you're a user of Mark Hammond's stuff, he also made it so, for example, "import pywintypes" automatically finds PyWinTypes20.dll. Also in this release: the fix for builtin modules, and a fix to the analysis of C extensions and dlls. The documentation now has a page of how-tos for common extensions / packages (e.g., Pmw, PIL among others). Background: The Win32 Installer is a sort of compilerless Freeze - a way of distributing Python apps with all the required support built in. It also understands binary resources (.dlls and .pyds) and can package up arbitrary files that your app might require. Old-Python-style license. Contact: gmcm(a)hypernet.com <P><A HREF="http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/install1.html"> Win32 Installer release 3j</A> A compiler-less way of distributing Python 2.0 apps on Windows. (24-Feb-01) - Gordon

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[ANN] Pippy: Python for the Palm
by Jeff Collins Feb. 23, 2001

Feb. 23, 2001

We are pleased to announce the 0.6b release of Pippy, a port of Python to the Palm. Those interested in creating Python-based applications for Palm handheld computers and other devices that use the Palm operating system will find this to be an excellent VM. For more information, please see http://www.endeavors.com/pippy. -- Jeffery D. Collins, Ph.D. Sr. Software Developer Endeavors Technology, Inc. http://www.endeavors.com

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[Module] Options
by Tim Colles Feb. 23, 2001

Feb. 23, 2001

Options ------- Command line option processor, port of Perl Getopt::Long Processes long and short command line options. Allows multiple iterations through options and values for options which can be set in identifiers. Multiple options can set lists. Also X=Y options can set dictionarys. This is a port of the Perl Getopt::Long module and is functionally identical except for some differences in argument passing and option value setting. URL: http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/~timc/Options-1.0.tar.gz Download: http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/~timc/Options-1.0.tar.gz License: GPL Categories: User Interfaces Tim Colles (timc(a)dai.ed.ac.uk) http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/~timc/ -- <a href="http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/~timc/Options-1.0.tar.gz">Options</a> -- Command line option processor, port of Perl Getopt::Long

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