Mailman 3 March 2002 - Python-announce-list

MacPython 2.2.1c2 available
by Jack Jansen March 26, 2002

March 26, 2002

MacPython 2.2.1c2 is available through http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html . There are two relatively major changes since 2.2.1c1: - The IDE module browser should now work on OSX! This shouldn't have broken the IDE on older systems, but you are cordially invited to test this. - Most toolbox modules now weak-link against InterfaceLib, making the modules importable on older systems that miss some of the newer functionality. This should finally make 2.2.1c2 run on MacOS 8.1 and later. But: you are cordially invited to test that this indeed works (if you have 8.1 or 8.6) and doesn't break anything else (if you have OS9 or later). OSX users who previously installed 2.2.1c1 may have to remove their Python preferences file. -- - Jack Jansen <Jack.Jansen(a)oratrix.com> http://www.cwi.nl/~jack - - If I can't dance I don't want to be part of your revolution -- Emma Goldman -

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RELEASED: Python 2.2.1c2
by Michael Hudson March 26, 2002

March 26, 2002

We've released a second release candidate for the next bugfix release of Python, 2.2.1. There haven't been many changes since 2.2.1c1, just a few fixes. Note for AIX users: there are still problems with AIX in this release, and there has not been time to repair them without fear of breaking platforms that currently work. Hopefully by the time of the release of 2.2.1 final we will be able to provide a recipe that allows AIX users to build and run Python. Get the scoop (and the files) here: http://www.python.org/2.2.1/ In order to make 2.2.1 a solid release, please help by + Building the release, and running the test suite on your platform. + Running *your* extension modules' and applications' test suites against this release. + Reporting any problems to the bug tracker at sf: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=5470 This being a bugfix release, there are no exciting new features -- we just fixed a lot of bugs. For a moderately complete list, please see: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=81373 Feel free to email me the output of "make test", but please check that you are not duplicating effort by reading this page first: http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/221c2-reports.txt 2.2.1 final will follow "soon". Cheers, The Python development team.

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Vancouver Python and Zope User Group
by Andy McKay March 25, 2002

March 25, 2002

The next meeting is at our new regular time of 7pm on the first Tuesday of the month. Format will be very similar to the last one, informal. A quick chat and some introductions. As requested the talk will be "Top 10 of Zope: the most popular products" by Andy McKay. After that we will probably head for a beer. Date: Tuesday, April 2nd Time: 7pm Location: ActiveState, 580 Granville, Vancouver, BC (http://www.activestate.com/Contact/) See you then. -- Andy McKay

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SC-Track Roundup 0.4.1 - an issue tracking system
by Richard Jones March 24, 2002

March 24, 2002

================================================= SC-Track Roundup 0.4.1 - an issue tracking system ================================================= If you are upgrading please read MIGRATION.txt. Roundup requires python 2.1.1 for correct operation. Support for dumbdbm requires python 2.1.2 or 2.2. Big stuff in this release: - Users may register alternate addresses they might send e-mail from - Splitting of file storage in the backend into multiple directories - Better handling of 8-bit e-mail messages - Nicer configuration of web headers - Popup help for multilink classes - Cleanups in the date classes - Much, much more: see the CHANGES file for details. Source and documentation is available at the website: http://roundup.sourceforge.net/ Release Info (via download page): http://sourceforge.net/projects/roundup Mailing lists - the place to ask questions: http://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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[ANN] Puffin Testing Framework 0.8 Release
by A. Keyton Weissinger March 24, 2002

March 24, 2002

The Puffin Testing Framework is a Python-based web application testing system that allows you to dynamically test even the most complex web systems as though they were black boxes (i.e without regard to underlying technology). In the 0.8 release, I've added the ability to repeat the execution of a test plan until some condition is met. This allows for constant monitoring of a web application's functionality or a more complex test run with every username/password combination for your web application, for example. As I approach the 1.0 release, I will be adding 'flock,' a multi-threaded controller for puffin that allows you to run multiple instances of a puffin test against your web application at one time. The hope is that I can add easy-to-customize performance testing to puffin's already powerful functional testing capabilities. So stay tuned!!! In the mean time, I've updated the user's guide which will take you step-by-step through configuring puffin for your application and writing your own test plans and extensions (including the new repeatable test plans). Take a look and send me feedback, PLEASE! BTW, I'm trying to get a bit more disciplined about the use of the bug tracker on sourceforge so please submit bugs there. If you have any specific problems with configuring puffin for your web application, please email me at the address below. I will be more than happy to assist you in return for some more field testing. As I said in my last announcement, there are several other testing systems out there for web applications, but puffin allows for more flexibility than most and is better documented than almost any you will find. Take a look: https://sourceforge.net/projects/puffin/ I hope it comes in useful. Please provide me any feedback you can. I'm interested in making it the best web application testing system out there and I cannot do it alone... Keyton keyton(a)weissinger.org

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Sybase module 0.34 released
by Dave Cole March 22, 2002

March 22, 2002

What is it: The Sybase module provides a Python interface to the Sybase relational database system. It supports all of the Python Database API, version 2.0 with extensions. This is mostly a bug fix release. 1) Cursor state machine fix from Phillip J. Eby. 2) Fix for MS compiler reported by Roberto M Esguerra. 3) Added CS_IFILE option to ct_config() for Erik A. Dahl. The module is available here: http://www.object-craft.com.au/projects/sybase/sybase-0.34.tar.gz The mailing list for discussing the module is here: https://www.object-craft.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/python-sybase The module home page is here: http://www.object-craft.com.au/projects/sybase/ - Dave -- http://www.object-craft.com.au

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Python Sybase mailing list released
by Dave Cole March 22, 2002

March 22, 2002

What is it: The python-sybase mailing list is a list where users of the Sybase module for Python can discuss issues concerning the module. Since the person who wrote the Sybase module is a hopeless joke who only has access to the Linux platform and knows less than all of the module users, the list is a good place for modules users to discuss platform issues at the very least. Where is it: https://www.object-craft.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/python-sybase - Dave -- http://www.object-craft.com.au

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Packaging tool
by mohamed lazreg March 22, 2002

March 22, 2002

Dear Pythoneers, I have been encouraged by the responses I got about my bug tracking system question... So now I am looking for a free packaging tool writeen in python (it has to be in python)... By a packaging tool I mean a tool that goes into a development area of a software, takes the correct files and binaries depending on some user parameters then creates a package ready to release... Thank you again for all your help... Mohamed __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/

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ht2html project at SourceForge
by barry＠zope.com March 22, 2002

March 22, 2002

To maintain www.python.org, we use a web page templating system called `ht2html', which transforms .ht template files into .html files. While the generated html pages are fairly stylized, there is some degree of flexibility in customizing the style for other sites. E.g. www.list.org, www.jython.org, tmda.sf.net, barry.wooz.org. There's been enough interest in the software for me to finally create a SourceForge project for it. Please visit http://ht2html.sf.net for more information. -Barry

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[ANN] JudoScript, Scripting for Java
by judoscript＠hotmail.com March 22, 2002

March 22, 2002

Greetings! Introduced is JudoScript, a powerful scripting language for the Java platform: http://www.judoscript.com JudoScript is a general-purpose scripting language, built on top of Java. It allows to _use_ the riches in Java, that is, standard J2xE packages as well as open source Java software. It is designed ground-up, so there is no drag of history nor stretch for a new platform. Scripting languages are, as we all know, for doing things easily and efficiently. JudoScript brings easy-of-use to a new level. Because it is a 3GL-and-4GL (GL stands for Generation-Language). Many of the familiar languages, Python included, are 3GLs. These languages provide a relatively small set of core language constructs and syntax, plus an extension mechanism (libraries or modules or Java packages, ...), so that standard functionalities and user-defined ones are treated alike. 3GL scripting languages also embody "syntactic sugar" and that makes them much easier to do things quickly than system languages such as C/C++ and Java. 4GLs, on the other hand, are special-purpose programming languages. They contain domain-rich constructs, so you can "speak your language" while programming. Another way to put it, they allow to specify intentions, not solutions, and the language engines know how to do. The best 4GL example is SQL. JudoScript has embedded many application features right at the language level, making it a 4GL for these common application areas that are useful to many people. Its most notable features include: JDBC scripting, XML scripting and XSLT, HTML scraping, seamless Java scripting, HTTP client and server, archiving, send mail, scheduler with monitor, run executables, SSH and SCP, Windows registry, .... JudoScript is an open language (and open source, btw), that any good open source Java software and new JDK features can be easily integrated. The cool thing for Java-savvy programmers is, JudoScript tries to follow Java's models as much as possible (unless there is no Java counterpart), so that knowledge about a specific field (e.g. JDBC, ZIP, XML, ...) can be easily reused and requires minimal mind-set switch. JudoScript is an easier way to use Java features, not re-inventing everything in its own terms. Language design. JudoScript very much shares the philosophy with Python, which is good. It is not purist O.O., but rather a procedural and object-oriented hybrid language. It supports thread programming, similar but easier than Java's model. Exception handling, resume statement, function variables, ... It also has many powerful data structures. For instance, it has TableData, a two-dimensional data structure with column captions. It also has an ordered map, and supports sort by value in addition to by key. It is a programmers' language! Cross-platform-ness of Java is a double-edged sword. JudoScript's drawbacks largely stem from its other edge. Because Java is kind of common denominator of all OS's, some of the O.S.-specific features are not available in a JVM, such as some file-system features. Chmod/chown/chgrp are supported by JudoScript, but they are implemented as external executable runs. Fortunately, Java does cover most OS features, so 99% of the time you won't have problems using. Last but not least, JudoScript is open source under LGPL, so you are free and encouraged to use, bundle and embed in your Java software. Yes, it supports BSF and its own, lighter-weight interface. Hope you will have a lot of fun with JudoScript from this point on. Keep writing Python scripts; when it comes to Java, use JudoScript ;-) Cheers! -James Huang, author of JudoScript http://www.judoscript.com

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