Mailman 3 January 2004 - Python-announce-list

[ANN] ip2cc-0.3: now it works with Python 2.3
by Denis S. Otkidach 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

ip2cc: Lookup country country by IP address =========================================== WHAT IS IT If you want to gather web statistics by countries (not by top-level domains) or implement targeting, here is solution: ip2cc. This module allows to resolve country from IP address. USAGE update.py - build/update database ip2cc.py <address> - print country name for which <address> is registered For example: $ ./ip2cc.py python.org python.org (194.109.137.226) is located in NETHERLANDS $ ./ip2cc.py google.com.ru google.com.ru (216.239.33.100) is located in UNITED STATES Module can be used as CGI. WHERE TO GET Homepage: http://ppa.sf.net/#ip2cc Download: http://prdownloads.sf.net/ppa/ip2cc-0.3.tar.gz?download LICENSE Python-style ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Jason R. Mastaler Fredrik Lundh CHANGES 0.3 - Due to bug in bsddb module (http://python.org/sf/788421) it's rewriten to use very simple own database. 0.2 - Adopted to new format of registrars. - Added LACNIC to sources. - Fixed contry code map and added -check option to simplify maintainance. 0.1 Initial release -- Denis S. Otkidach http://www.python.ru/ [ru]

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ANN: soprano 0.05
by frank 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

GUI (wxpython) network scanner written in python that scans a selected range of ip addresses and try to get info about the hosts such as users, localgroups, shares,operating system, open ports, etc. There is also binary windows package available. new in 0.0.5: new portscanner with the new 2.3 socket settimeout portscanner now also looks up portinfo from a txt file stored under "data\port-numbers.txt" (http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers). now scans upto 5 hosts simultaneously. more settings: set portscanner timeout and set ping timeout Saves almost everything to xml. a lot of small fixes. note: this is very far from the final release http://sourceforge.net/projects/soprano/

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Zope 3 sprint at PyCon 2004
by Jim Fulton 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

I'm planning to host a Zope 3 sprint at PyCon 2004, http://www.python.org/pycon/dc2004/ There is room for sprinting March 20-23. Attending a Zope 3 sprint is a good way to: - Contribute to Zope 3 - Learn about Zope 3 development - Meet and work with Zope developers As an added bonus, PyCon sprints provide an opportunity to meet and interact with developers on other Python projects. To plan this sprint, I need to get an idea of who might participate. The schedule and tasks for the sprint will depend on participant's availability, skills and intereest. If there are participants who haven't worked on Zope 3 before, I will present an in-depth hands-on Zope 3 developemnt tutorial. Tasks will depend on participants interests. They can range from UI or application development, to refactoring, to documentation. If you are interested, please contact me as *soon as possible* and let me know: - What days you'd like to participage from the possible dates of March 20-23. - What your skill level is, either as a Zope or Python developer - If you know, what sorts of projects you'd be interested in working on. Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@zope.com Python Powered! CTO (540) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org

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ANN: OSCON 2004 (Python 12) call for participation - proposal deadline February 9th!
by Kevin Altis 26 Jan '04

26 Jan '04

2004 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Call for Participation: Opening the Future: Discover, Develop, Deliver http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2004/ The O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) will be held July 26-30, 2004 at the Portland Marriott Downtown in Portland, OR. Proposals Submission Information--Deadline: February 9, 2004 http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/create/e_sess Sebastopol, CA--"There is an upheaval in the open source landscape, particularly Linux, and the corporate landscape is changing too," observes Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly & Associates. Economic pressures and legal battles have combined to push open source topics to the front burner as companies, institutions, and governments of every size make technology decisions. O'Reilly, long a vocal open source advocate, brings together open source influencers, early adopters, technology activists, developers, and business leaders to evaluate and debate the evolving open source landscape at OSCON, the annual O'Reilly Open Source Convention. The 2004 O'Reilly Open Source Convention, to be held in Portland, OR from July 26-30, is now accepting proposals delving into topics that matter most to the entire open source community, which includes new--and perhaps unexpected--players. "OSCON provides an analysis of what's happening now and what may come--what will affect the future landscape. This convention brings together projects in a way that other conferences don't. We're able to cover a broad range of topics in a deep, coherent way," says OSCON program chair Nathan Torkington. "It's not just about trimming costs at large companies, it's about collaborating and innovating our way into the next big thing. This convention is like a radar. It's a mix of what you'll be doing as soon as you get back to your desk and what you'll be doing differently in six months." The keynote speakers for the next OSCON exemplify the event's wide-ranging mix: Freeman, George, and Esther Dyson, presenting a joint keynote address; Robert Lefkowitz, who was one of OSCON 2003's most thought-provoking speakers; Milton Ngan of Weta Digital, the company that created the digital effects for "The Lord of the Rings" films; and Tim O'Reilly. Other influential open source leaders will come to OSCON to accept the first Open Source Awards, produced by the Open Source Institute (OSI) and ZDNet (winners will be announced in stages during the winter and spring of 2004). Proposals Submission Information--Deadline: February 9, 2004 http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/create/e_sess Individuals and companies interested in making session or tutorial presentations, or participating in panel discussions, are invited to submit proposals. Presentations by marketing staff or with a marketing focus will not be accepted; neither will submissions made by anyone other than the proposed speaker. Session presentations are 45 or 90 minutes long, and tutorials are either a half-day (three hours) or a full day (six hours). The theme for OSCON 2004 is "Opening the Future: Discover, Develop, Deliver." Proposals for sessions that help attendees discover new open source projects, develop new relationships, or deliver value to their employers and coworkers are especially welcome. Proposals that are not related to the theme are also encouraged, such as case studies showing how open source software solved thorny problems or replaced expensive closed source software, best practices for a tool or system, new features or modules, and fundamental skills. The tracks and conferences running in parallel at the convention include: Linux - Management, security, administration, configuration - Desktop, server farm, back office, personal productivity tools, development PHP Conference 4 - Unix, Windows, Apache, and beyond - New developments, security, case studies, large-scale applications development, best practices The Python 12 Conference - Python and Zope - Using the latest modules, software engineering, case studies Perl Conference 8 - Perl 5, Perl 6, Parrot, mod_perl - Useful modules, software development tips, developing for Parrot and Perl 6 MySQL and PostgreSQL - Configuration, migration, data warehousing, tuning - Clustering and replication, fallover, backups - Efficient client-side processing and query design Apache httpd, Java, and XML projects - Apache web server: 2.0, modules, configuration, performance tuning, security - Apache XML projects: Xerces, Xalan, Cocoon, FOP, SOAP, XML-RPC, XML Security - Apache and Open Source Java projects: Jakarta, Jserv, Avalon, Geronimo XML - XML Schemas, Transformations, Software, Services, and Standards - New standards, best practices, web services, IP issues around standards and schemas Applications - System administration tools, servers, back office utilities - GUI systems, user applications, productivity tools Ruby - Introductions to aspects of Ruby for people unfamiliar with the language - Power user talks for experienced Ruby programmers OSCON is the one place open source practitioners of every stripe can gather to learn useful skills, discover what's new, and "cross-fertilize" projects. Concludes Tim O'Reilly, "OSCON is for anyone interested in open source. It's the one event that brings together leaders of all the major open source projects not only with the hacker community but also with commercial software developers, business leaders, analysts, and even opponents of open source."

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PyCon Reminder: Early bird reg deadline 2/1
by Guido van Rossum 26 Jan '04

26 Jan '04

Info ---- This is a reminder that the deadline for early bird registration for PyCon DC 2004 is February 1, 2004. Early bird registration is $175; after that, it will be $250 through March 17, then $300 at the door. (Note that a week ago I announced the wrong prices for non-early bird. :-) To register, visit: http://www.pycon.org/dc2004/register/ Plug ---- PyCon is the most important conference in the year for me. It brings together the largest group of Python users and developers imaginable. I come to PyCon for many reasons: to meet with other core Python developers face to face; to hear about the exciting things that users from all over the world are doing with Python; to interact in person with Python users of all types, from newbies to veterans of many years; to hear everybody's feedback on where Python is and where they'd like it to go; and perhaps most of all to continue to encourage this wonderful community by my presence, words and actions to grow, reach out to new users of all kinds, and keep listening to each other. I hope everyone who comes to the conference will return from it with a new or renewed feeling of excitement about Python, whether they are developers, sophisticated users, beginners, or even skeptical passers-by. The Python community includes everyone, from grade schoolers just learning about computer science to renowned scientists interested in using the best tools and business people looking for a secret weapon. I'm looking forward to seeing you all at PyCon! Background ---------- PyCon is a community-oriented conference targeting developers (both those using Python and those working on the Python project). It gives you opportunities to learn about significant advances in the Python development community, to participate in a programming sprint with some of the leading minds in the Open Source community, and to meet fellow developers from around the world. The organizers work to make the conference affordable and accessible to all. DC 2004 will be held March 24-26, 2004 in Washington, D.C. The keynote speaker is Mitch Kapor of the Open Source Applications Foundation (http://www.osafoundation.org/). There will be a four-day development sprint before the conference. We're looking for volunteers to help run PyCon. If you're interested, subscribe to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-organizers Don't miss any PyCon announcements! Subscribe to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-announce You can discuss PyCon with other interested people by subscribing to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-interest The central resource for PyCon DC 2004 is http://www.pycon.org/ --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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PyCon sprints: sign up now!
by Aahz 26 Jan '04

26 Jan '04

We're starting the process of pulling PyCon sprints together, and we want to know whether *you* are going to volunteer. The PSF is sponsoring the sprints, so all registered PyCon attendees can work on sprints for free. To let the sprint organizers know who's interested, sign up on the sprint wiki: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/SprintPlan2004 PS: Don't forget to register! Early bird ends Jan 31! PPS: Donate money to the PSF at http://www.python.org/psf/donations.html PyCon is a community-oriented conference targeting developers (both those using Python and those working on the Python project). It gives you opportunities to learn about significant advances in the Python development community, to participate in a programming sprint with some of the leading minds in the Open Source community, and to meet fellow developers from around the world. The organizers work to make the conference affordable and accessible to all. DC 2004 will be held March 24-26, 2004 in Washington, D.C. The keynote speaker is Mitch Kapor of the Open Source Applications Foundation (http://www.osafoundation.org/). There will be a four-day development sprint before the conference. We're looking for volunteers to help run PyCon. If you're interested, subscribe to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-organizers Don't miss any PyCon announcements! Subscribe to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-announce You can discuss PyCon with other interested people by subscribing to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-interest The central resource for PyCon DC 2004 is http://www.pycon.org/ -- Aahz (aahz(a)pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "The joy of coding Python should be in seeing short, concise, readable classes that express a lot of action in a small amount of clear code -- not in reams of trivial code that bores the reader to death." --GvR

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Summary of 2003 Python news
by A.M. Kuchling 26 Jan '04

26 Jan '04

python.org is now carrying a look back at the past year of Python news and events. Please see http://www.python.org/topics/2003.html --amk

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Kodos 2.3.1 - Python GUI for creating, debugging and tested regular expressions
by stuff＠mailzilla.net 26 Jan '04

26 Jan '04

Kodos 2.3.1 has been released and is available at: http://kodos.sourceforge.net Changes since 2.3.0: - Fixed several bugs that were introduced by my first attempt at internationalizing the application. - Added a Polish translation of Kodos that was contributed by Jarek Zgoda. Many thanks to Jarek for his translation efforts and 2.3.0 bug reports. If you prefer to use the Polish version of Kodos, simply launch Kodos with the -l pl flag (kodos.py -l pl or kodos.exe -l pl) Wanted: - Additional language translations. Please contact me if you're interested in translating Kodos. About Kodos: Kodos is a regular expression designer, tester, debugger and validator that allows a developer to create and modify regular expressions against a test string. The intuitive grahpical interface allows the developer the ability to modify the regular expression (regex) and to see the effects against their test string in real-time. Key Features: - Matches can be easily viewed and each match can be seen distinctly - Regex groups and named groups are clearly displayed - Sample source code is shown so even python developers new to regular expressions can quickly add the produced regular expressions to their own projects. - Ability to load and save your test cases - Kodos relies on PyQt for the GUI elements. http://kodos.sourceforge.net

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makeExe.py
by Premshree Pillai 25 Jan '04

25 Jan '04

Wrote a simple Python script that makes life a wee bit easier when using py2exe: Also available at http://premshree.resource-locator.com/python/makeExe.py """ makeExe.py - Simple Python script to automate the creation of Python executables using py2exe. (c) 2004 Premshree Pillai (24/01/04) http://www.qiksearch.com/ """ ## Run this file from Python root dir import sys import re fileName = raw_input("Enter file name (rel or abs path, eg., python/file.py): ") package = re.split(":",fileName) package = re.split("/",package[len(package) - 1]) package = re.split(".py",package[len(package) - 1]) package = package[0] fp = open("setup.py","w") temp = """from distutils.core import setup import py2exe setup(name = "%s", scripts = ["%s"], )""" % (package,fileName) fp.write(temp) fp.close() sys.argv.append("py2exe") execfile("setup.py") fp = open("setup.py","w") temp = "" fp.write(temp) fp.close() print "\n", "Executable created!" print "Press <enter> to exit..." if(raw_input()): exit ===== -Premshree [http://www.qiksearch.com/] ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Mobile: Download the latest polyphonic ringtones. Go to http://in.mobile.yahoo.com

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[ANN] Custom 0.8-1 Released
by Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton 25 Jan '04

25 Jan '04

Custom 0.8-1 ------ custom is an e-commerce solution for small to medium-sized businesses that provides: - a customisable web front-end for customers and Point-of-Sale staff to place orders - for warehouse staff to manage stock - for accountants and sales staff to manage and generate invoices - for purchasing managers to keep track of suppliers and competitive pricing. Download -------- http://sf.net/projects/custom http://sf.net/projects/pysqldb OS Requirements --------------- Custom is a pure Python application with no critical OS dependencies. Therefore it is entirely your choice as to what OS you use, but it must obviously run python (see http://python.org). Python is known to run on GNU/Linux, all version of Unix, all the BSDs, BEOS, MAC/OS 10, and many others. Software Requirements --------------------- This package requires or uses some additional software packages, which can all be obtained as RPMs, Debian Packages or compiled from Source if you feel the need. At each site, RPMs, DEBs and source are all typically available for download. You will need: - An up-to-date web server capable of SSL (if you need it) and also capable of running CGI-bin scripts. e.g. Apache2 (http://apache.org) - Python 2.1 or greater (http://python.org) - the pysqldb package version 0.6 or greater (http://sf.net/projects/pysqldb) - EITHER: - MySQL client libraries (http://mysql.org) - Andy Dustman's MySQLdb package (requires MySQL client) (http://sf.net/projects/mysqldb) OR: - Pysxqmll (a Python / MS-SQL / XML client for MS-SQL 2000) (http://sf.net/projects/pysxqmll) [what a stupid name.] - The mxDateTime and DateTime packages (http://www.egenix.com/files/python/mxDateTime.html) - PyCrypto version 1.9a1 or greater (http://sf.net/projects/pycrypto) - Python HTML-TMPL (generates HTML from templates) In case you were wondering, PostgreSQL and SAPdb are under investigation to be added into the database abstraction system that custom uses. custom uses some features in the SocketServer class that were introduced in Python 2.1. If you wish to stick with Python 2.0, you may wish to copy over the SocketServer.py file from the distribution of Python 2.1 or greater, and use that (making sure that you back up your original SocketServer.py file!) Debian install ------ It's a lot easier if you are using Debian: here is a list of the package names. It'll be even easier once the Debian packaging is released. - python-crypto - python-egenix-mxdatetime - python-mysqldb - python-htmltmpl - apache or apache2 - python-pysqldb If you install the three python packages using apt-get or dselect, that should be enough to pull in all the dependencies (including Python 2.3 and MySQL) except for python-pysqldb which you will likely still need to manually download from http://sf.net/projects/pysqldb SQL --- You must also install MySQL or MS-SQL 2000 on a server, where you may wish to install the SQL server on a separate system. If you do so, as noted above you will need to put the MySQL or MS-SQL client libraries onto the Custom Server. For various reasons, a high-availability cluster pair is recommended for your SQL system. You WILL be able to run the Back Office program monitord.py, on a HA cluster, because it is designed to cope with several concurrent copies of monitord.py running off the same SQL server. monitord.py is smart enough to lock the job scheduling table in the SQL database before taking a scheduled job out of the queue, so if running a SQL cluster it must obviously support table locking - you need to check! Optional requirements --------------------- A barcode scanning device, such as those available from Worth Data (www.pcbarcode.com) that reads EAN and other barcodes and pretends to be a USB keyboard, proves to be very useful. If you are using the Linux kernel under GNU/Linux, install the full HID USB device module and the Input Device and Keyboard support modules. If compiling your own kernel, make sure that the following are enabled (check the .config file) before running 'make modules': CONFIG_INPUT=m CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV=m CONFIG_USB_HID=m Do not be fooled into installing the partial HID USB keyboard device (CONFIG_USB_KBD) on its own, because it won't work, you MUST install the full HID support. TODO ---- - Create website to describe custom [done 29dec2002] - Create user documentation [started 29dec2002] - Move as much administration into SQL as possible

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