Mailman 3 February 2001 - Python-announce-list

[ANN] py2exe - new version
by Thomas Heller Feb. 15, 2001

Feb. 15, 2001

py2exe is a distutils extension to convert python scripts into standalone windows executables. The URL is: http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/py2exe/ I've released version 0.2.3 of py2exe, which seems pretty stable, although it should still be considered beta. It has been used for creating wxPython, PyGTK, pygame, win32com client and other standalone programs. I would like to thank the early adopters(in alphabetical order) Dan Rolander, Dave Brueck, Franz Geiger, Markus Gritsch, Pete Shinners, Peter Hansen, Robin Dunn, and Wayne Izatt for helpfull suggestions, testing and support. Development will continue. Features planned for the next release(s): - More aggressive way to find dependencies, hopefully making the building process more automatic - COM server support (localserver, inprocserver) Regards, Thomas

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***Python 9 New Updates and Activities***
by Amy Katherine Feb. 12, 2001

Feb. 12, 2001

Greetings! The Python 9 conference agenda is now available on-line at http://www1.python9.org/p9-agenda.html. Python 9 will offer two lunchtime "Birds of a Feather" (BOF) meetings, one on Tuesday, March 6 and one on Wednesday, March 7. The topic for the Tuesday meeting is "Adding Iterators to Python", and the topic for the Wednesday meeting is "Adding Sets to Python". To sign up for one or both of these BOFs, please send an email note to: Iterator-BOF(a)python9.org and/or Set-BOF(a)python9.org. On each day, tables will be reserved for BOF participants at lunchtime, and lunch will be served promptly at 12 Noon. Following lunch, BOF participants will adjourn to a meeting room for the remainder of the lunch break. The location of the meeting room will be posted on the bulletin board in the registration area. On-line registration for Python 9 closes on Sunday, February 25, 2001. To register, please go to http://www1.python9.org/p9-reginfo.html. Rooms at the Hilton Long Beach are no longer available at the special group rate of $134 per night. However, rooms for Python 9 attendees are now available at the Holiday Inn Downtown Long Beach and the Westin Long Beach hotels at favorable rates. For more information, please go to http://www1.python9.org/p9-hotelinfo.html. ActiveState (www.ActiveState.com) is pleased to launch its first annual Programmer's Choice award for the Python programmer who's actively contributing to the community. Nominate your favorite programmer by February 20, 2001 by going to http://www.ActiveState.com/Awards. The winner will be announced at the Python 9 conference. __________________________________________________________ Sponsors: Platinum Sponsor: ActiveState (www.ActiveState.com) Gold Sponsor: Digital Creations (www.digicool.com) Silver Sponsor: O'Reilly & Associates (www.oreilly.com) Exhibitors: ActiveState (www.ActiveState.com) Digital Creations (www.digicool.com) Archaeopteryx (www.archaeopteryx.com) Perforce Software (www.perforce.com) Irvine Sci-Tech Books (www.scitechbooks.com)

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[Module] vcalsax
by Ornicar Feb. 12, 2001

Feb. 12, 2001

vcalsax ------- A VCalendar parser with a SAX API Vcalsax provides a VCal file parser exporting a SAX API. It is thus possible to see such file as a DOM tree, to manipulate it and store it back in the native format using an XSL Transformation. VCal is the file format used by many calendar programs, including KOrganiser and Evolution. URL: http://www.logilab.org/vcalsax/ Download: ftp://ftp.logilab.org/pub/vcalsax/ License: GPL Requires: PyXML (and 4Suite for Read-write access) Categories: XML, Calendar Ornicar (contact(a)logilab.fr) http://www.logilab.org/ -- <a href="http://www.logilab.org/vcalsax/">vcalsax</a> -- A VCalendar parser with a SAX API

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testing - do not approve!
by Michael Hudson Feb. 12, 2001

Feb. 12, 2001

I haven't seen any clpa-announce mod requests for days. Wondering if something's broken. M.

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ANN: SRE 2.1a2 (separate distribution)
by Fredrik Lundh Feb. 12, 2001

Feb. 12, 2001

in case you don't want to upgrade Python right now: Secret Labs' Regular Expression Engine (SRE) is the new regular expression engine shipped with Python 1.6 and 2.0. The latest SRE version (from Python 2.1a2) is now available separately: http://www.pythonware.com/products/sre Changes from the 2.0 include a couple of bug fixes, and improved portability: this version also works under Python 1.5.2. The distribution includes library source code, and prebuilt Windows binaries for Python 1.5.2 and 2.0. enjoy, the pythonware team "Secret Labs -- makers of fine pythonware since 1997."

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O'Reilly Conference - LAST CALL
by David Beazley Feb. 11, 2001

Feb. 11, 2001

This is the final call for the conference. If you have a topic you would like to present, please submit a proposal (Note: speakers also receive complimentary conference registration). -- Dave ====== FINAL CALL ====== *** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION *** O'Reilly Open Source Convention July 23-27, 2001 San Diego, California *** Python Track *** O'Reilly & Associates is pleased to announce the 3rd annual Open Source Convention. This event is the central gathering place for the Open Source community to exchange ideas, techniques, and to advance the language. The Open Source Convention is a five-day event designed for programmers, developers, and technical staff involved in Open Source technology and its applications. The convention will be held at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, San Diego, California, July 23-27, 2001. The program committee of the Python track invites submissions of tutorial and convention presentation on topics of interest to Python programmers. Tutorial Presentations ---------------------- The first two days of the convention are devoted to tutorials. Tutorial proposals must include the following: - Tutorial length (3 or 6 hours) - Target audience including any recommended prerequisites. - What attendees will learn. - Tutorial outline--a short bullet list description of the course itself. - Speaker name - Speaker biography - Complete speaker contact information. The program committee particularly encourages the submission of tutorials that are designed to present core Python topics to a technically sophisticated audience (i.e., tutorials should favor technical depth versus advocacy and high-level overviews). Conference Presentations ------------------------ Convention proposals will be considered for the following types of talks: - Focused discussions related to a specific Python technology or programming technique. Typical examples might include extension building, internationalization, programming with threads, Tkinter, and XML. - New product/technology demonstrations. - Panel discussions. - Applications and case studies that describe the use of Python in real-world applications. Convention proposals must include the following: - Type of talk -- technology, new product, panel, or case-study. - Title of talk or demonstration. - Abstract of talk, maximum of 250 words. - Speaker name. - Speaker biography. - Complete speaker contact information. Submissions of novel and unusual Python applications are particularly encouraged. Presentations by marketing staff or with a marketing focus will not be accepted. Submitting Your Proposal ------------------------ All proposals must be sent to oscon2001-proposals(a)oreilly.com Proposals should be sent in plain text with no attachments. Submit one proposal per email. The subject line of your email must follow this format: Last name: proposal type: proposal title For example: Johnson: Tutorial: Advanced Python Programming You will receive an automatic confirmation upon receipt of each proposal. Important Dates --------------- Tutorial and presentation proposals due: February 15, 2001 (extended) Notification to presenters : March 1, 2001 Tutorial presentations due : May 1, 2001 Convention presentations due : June 1, 2001 More Information ---------------- More information about the convention can be found at: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2001 Specific questions concerning the Python track can be sent via e-mail to ora-python-pc(a)cs.uchicago.edu. Python Track Program Committee ------------------------------ Jason Asbahr, Origin/Electronic Arts David Ascher, ActiveState David Beazley, University of Chicago, Chair Paul Dubois, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Jeremy Hylton, Digital Creations Andrew Kuchling, MEMS Exchange Fredrik Lundh, Secret Labs AB/PythonWare Tim Peters, Digital Creations Andy Robinson, ReportLab Greg Stein, Technical Advisor, ActiveState Guido van Rossum, Digital Creations Aaron Watters, ReportLab

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QuakeWorld Python 1.0
by Barry Pederson Feb. 10, 2001

Feb. 10, 2001

QWPython (http://qwpython.sourceforge.net) is a Python-powered QuakeWorld dedicated server. The core engine has been wrapped up as a Python module and altered to call back to Python to execute Quake game logic. A QuakeC -> Python translator is also included, along with pre-translated versions of Deathmatch and Capture-The-Flag. Version 1.0 includes sourcecode which builds and runs on both Windows and Unix platforms, and Win32 binaries. Barry

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ANNOUNCE: Pmw megawidgets 0.8.5
by Greg McFarlane Feb. 10, 2001

Feb. 10, 2001

Pmw megawidgets Pmw.0.8.5 * Python 2.0 release * Pmw moved to SourceForge Pmw new home: http://pmw.sourceforge.net/ Pmw maintainer: Greg McFarlane <gregm(a)iname.com> A new release of Pmw is out. This is mainly a bug fix release for python 2.0, fixing a problem with Pmw.Counter caused by a change in the ascii representation of a long (no 'L'). Also, the home for Pmw development has moved to SourceForge. The Pmw sources and documentation are under CVS control and releases can be downloaded from there. I would like to thank Graham Dumpleton for allowing Pmw to be hosted at his web site for so long. I hope SourceForge will match the stability of Pmw's old site. Other changes in this release are: - Minor fixes to tests for Tk 8.3. - Fixed bug in Pmw.ScrolledFrame when given invalid flex options. - Added pmw2 font scheme, since the font used for balloon text with pmw1 is too small on Linux. - Removed syntax coloring from code window in demos. It did not look good and the pattern matching was not always correct. - Changed font size used for demos to 12 for Unix, since 14 looked too big under Linux. For more information on Pmw, see the (new) home page at http://pmw.sourceforge.net/ You can fetch the entire distribution from http://download.sourceforge.net/pmw/Pmw.0.8.5.tar.gz If you have any comments, enhancements or new contributions, please contact me (gregm(a)iname.com). ===================================================================== What is Pmw? Pmw is a GUI toolkit for building high-level compound widgets in Python using the Tkinter module. These compound widgets, called 'megawidgets', are constructed using other Tkinter widgets or Pmw megawidgets as component parts. It promotes consistent look and feel within and between graphical applications, is highly configurable and is easy to use. Pmw consists of: - A few base classes, providing a foundation for building megawidgets. - A library of flexible and extensible megawidgets built on the base classes, such as buttonboxes, notebooks, comboboxes, selection widgets, paned widgets, scrolled widgets and dialog windows. - A lazy importer/dynamic loader which is automatically invoked when Pmw is first imported. This gives unified access to all Pmw classes and functions through the Pmw. prefix. It also speeds up module loading time by only importing Pmw sub-modules when needed. - Reference documentation, consisting of complete listings of megawidget options, methods and components. Full descriptions are also available for all the base classes and several other megawidget classes. Descriptions of the other megawidgets will be released soon. - A test framework and tests for Pmw megawidgets. - A slick demonstration of the megawidgets. - An interface to the BLT busy, graph and vector commands. The interface to Pmw megawidgets is similar to basic Tk widgets, so it is easy for developers to include both megawidgets and basic Tk widgets in their graphical applications. In addition, Pmw megawidgets may themselves be extended, using either inheritance or composition. The use of the Pmw megawidgets replaces common widget combinations with higher level abstractions. This simplifies code, making it more readable and maintainable. The ability to extend Pmw megawidgets enables developers to create new megawidgets based on previous work. -- Greg McFarlane Really Good Software Pty Ltd Sydney Australia gregm(a)iname.com

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[Module] PyCES 0.10
by Parnassus Submission Feb. 6, 2001

Feb. 6, 2001

PyCES 0.10 ---------- PyCES (Python Common Entities for Science) is a standard set of classes for scientific computing. PyCES (Python Common Entities for Science) is standard set of classes for scientific computing. PyCES is initially concentrating on basic physical entities and properties, including vector quantities (with units), automatic unit conversions, and abstract particles with mass, location, and velocity. PyCES will expand in the future to deal with more complex entities, as well as providing a simulation framework. The eventual goal is to have a useful set of foundation classes for all entities encountered in scientific computing. PyCES uses Numerical Python for its vector and matrix operations. (URL of download page is www.micpc.org/moresci.html#Downloads) URL: www.micpc.org License: Python Style Platform: Win32, Linux, other Unix Requires: Numerical Python Categories: Math, Scientific Charles Blilie -- <a href="www.micpc.org">PyCES 0.10</a> -- PyCES (Python Common Entities for Science) is a standard set of classes for scientific computing.

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ANN: tkinter 3000 wck, release 1.0 alpha 1
by PythonWare Feb. 5, 2001

Feb. 5, 2001

the labs strikes again: The Tkinter 3000 project is working on a couple of enhancements to Python's popular Tkinter toolkit. First out is the Widget Construction Kit, which allows you to write new Tkinter widgets in pure Python. The first public alpha is now available from: http://www.pythonware.com/products/tkinter/tkinter3000.htm This distribution includes library source code, a couple of simple demos, and prebuilt Windows binaries for Python 1.5.2 and 2.0. See the site for documentation and information about other Tkinter 3000 3000 components. enjoy, the pythonware team "Secret Labs -- makers of fine pythonware since 1997."

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