Mailman 3 May 2002 - Python-announce-list

CMDSyntax 0.52
by David Boddie May 2, 2002

May 2, 2002

CMDSyntax 0.52 CMDSyntax is a library for parsing command line arguments according to a syntax definition, returning dictionaries which contain the values supplied by the user and rejecting inconsistent user input. It can assist in managing large numbers of options in cases where various combinations of options are forbidden, or have undefined meanings. In addition, the library supports the creation of a graphical form interface using the same syntax definition for cases where a command line interface is inappropriate. Author: David Boddie <david(a)boddie.net> Version: 0.52 (2nd May 2002) URL: http://david.boddie.org.uk/Projects/Python/CMDSyntax License: MIT-style license <P><A HREF="http://david.boddie.org.uk/Projects/Python/CMDSyntax"> CMDSyntax 0.52</A> - a library for parsing command line arguments according to a syntax definition. (02-May-02) ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________

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PyXML 0.7.1 released
by loewis＠informatik.hu-berlin.de May 2, 2002

May 2, 2002

Version 0.7.1 of the Python/XML distribution is now available. It should be considered a beta release, and can be downloaded from the following URLs: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.7.1.tar.gz http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.7.1.win32-py1.5.exe http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.7.1.win32-py2.1.exe http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.7.1.win32-py2.2.exe http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.7.1-1.5.2.i386.rpm http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.7.1-2.2.i386.rpm Changes in this version, compared to 0.7: * sgmlop offers the XMLUnicodeParser (contributed by Walter Dörwald). * setup.py now supports the option --with(out)-pyexpat. * On Mac OS X, -flat_namespace is used to build extensions. * XBEL support for parsing Opera, MSIE, and Netscape bookmarks was improved. * c14n is now documented in the reference manual. * Support for older expat versions is dropped from pyexpat. * pyexpat can intern strings found during parsing in a dictionary. * xml.ns now provides XLINK and RNG namespaces. * 4DOM supports now arbitrary Unicode element and attribute names. * pulldom supports the iterator protocol. * Spanish xmlproc messages have been added. * xml.sax.expatreader has a feature to intern strings, and a property to access the interning dictionary. * Construction of Unicode regular expressions in xml.utils.characters happens lazily through accessor functions. * Various bugs have been fixed (4DOM, minidom, c14n, marshal.generic, xmlproc, sax.expatreader, sax.writer, xml.utils.iso8601) The Python/XML distribution contains the basic tools required for processing XML data using the Python programming language, assembled into one easy-to-install package. The distribution includes parsers and standard interfaces such as SAX and DOM, along with various other useful modules. The package currently contains: * XML parsers: Pyexpat (Jack Jansen), xmlproc (Lars Marius Garshol), sgmlop (Fredrik Lundh). * SAX interface (Lars Marius Garshol) * minidom DOM implementation (Paul Prescod) * 4DOM and 4XPath from Fourthought (Uche Ogbuji, Mike Olson) * Schema implementations: TREX (James Tauber) * Various utility modules and functions (various people) * Documentation and example programs (various people) The code is being developed bazaar-style by contributors from the Python XML Special Interest Group, so please send comments, questions, or bug reports to <xml-sig(a)python.org>. For more information about Python and XML, see: http://www.python.org/topics/xml/ -- Martin v. Löwis http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~loewis

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[ANN] Puffin 0.8.8b Release -- Patch Only
by A. Keyton Weissinger May 2, 2002

May 2, 2002

There were a couple minor bugs that accidentally got released with 0.8.8 of the Puffin Web Application Testing Framework. I have resolved these and updated the download at sourceforge: http://puffin.sourceforge.net I apologize for any inconvenience. Keyton Weissinger keyton(a)weissinger.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- What is Puffin? Puffin allows you to test any web application or service. Once customized to your web application, you can use Puffin to unit test individual web pages, system test your entire web application, or load test your entire site. Now in its third public release, this web application testing framework is even more flexible and robust than before. Have a complex web application that needs to be rigorously tested? Puffin is the answer! Check out Puffin TODAY at http://puffin.sourceforge.net

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[ANN] Pyro 2.7 released
by Irmen de Jong May 1, 2002

May 1, 2002

You can get the latest Pyro version (2.7) at http://pyro.sourceforge.net This release contains some important updates: Agents can now be imported from a package, ES improvements, printing remote tracebacks, Windows socket reuse fix, NameServerLocator no longer uses broadcast when host is specified. What is Pyro? Pyro is an acronym for PYthon Remote Objects. It is a basic Distributed Object Technology system written entirely in Python. It is extremely easy to implement a distributed system with Pyro, because all network communication code is abstracted and hidden from your application. You just get a remote Python object and invoke methods on the object on the other machine. Pyro offers you a Name Server, an Event Service, mobile objects, remote exceptions, dynamic proxies, remote attribute access, automatic reconnection, a detailed manual, and many examples to get you started right away. Irmen de Jong

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ANNOUNCE: tarfile module release 0.4
by Lars Gust�bel May 1, 2002

May 1, 2002

I'd like to announce a new release of the tarfile module for Python. This is the first release that leaves the experimental state. Since my first announcement which was the 0.2.5, there have been lots of major and minor changes and bugfixes. Please check out the URL below for details. Synopsis: tarfile module is a pure python module for read and write access to tar format archive files, including gzip compressed archives. Features: - comprehensive class interface - full support for GNU extensions LONGNAME and LONGLINK - read support for GNU extension SPARSE files - additional (but limited) zipfile compatible class interface - possibility to use file-objects for addition and extraction - html documentation and unittest suite included Todo: There is not much left to include except for addition and extraction of character and block devices, which is not yet possible due to the lack of a os.mknod() function in python. Download: http://www.gustaebel.de/lars/tarfile/ Feedback is highly appreciated. Thank you very much for your attention. -- Lars Gustäbel lars(a)gustaebel.de

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