Mailman 3 October 2004 - Python-announce-list

SPyRE version 0.5 -> Simple Pythonic Rendering Engine
by dvkeeney＠gmail.com 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

The "Pitcher's Duel" project has released SPyRE v0.5 (Simple Pythonic Rendering Engine), a conversion of the lightweight rendering engine 'zoe', to use Pygame/SDL rather than GLUT. This release also includes html help files. SPyRE was formerly known as zoePG. Provide pyOpenGL code to draw the model, and the SPyRE engine will display the model in an interface that provides zooming, panning and rotation of camera position using mouse and keyboard. The project includes demos such as a fountain of sparks, a swarming behavior model, a random walk example, a whirlpool effect using gravity and drag, and an example of chaos theory, and a lighted shaded forest scene. The project page is at http://pduel.sourceforge.net/spyre To use SPyRE, you also need to have installed Python, pyOpenGL, and PyGame. David Keeney

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ANN: urwid 0.8.0 - link now works
by Ian Ward 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

The tarball download link is now fixed, and rest assured, brown paper bag is firmly in place. Urwid home page: http://excess.org/urwid/ Tarball: http://excess.org/urwid/urwid-0.8.0.tar.gz Ian Ward

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Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Oct 25)
by Cameron Laird 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

QOTW: "[M]uch of the sample Python code in the world represents relatively good programming practices." -- Tim Roberts http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=pu3mn0hpnqn4shs0cofgfa8i2gu61mb5pd%404… "[C]hoosing a language based on the speed of its implementations is the ultimate _premature_ optimization, of course." -- Alex Martelli http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1gl6fnk.m1zq7z1fm0nhbN%25aleaxit%40yah… Andreas Kostyrka summarizes the design judgment behind Python's locking. http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=mailman.4377.1097009674.5135.python-li… Not only has the logging module become an apparent moral imperative, but explaining its ease seems on the same path. Ville Vainio and others do their part. http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=10bba0a04f732ecf Andrew Clover knows how to deal with expat's limitations in confronting DBCS encodings. You'll want this if you deal with oriental writing systems. http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=ece30b7ac22a07ca Web production is collaborative. This has consequences. Alex Martelli makes the design ones clear. Max M and others argue the range of applicability of "templating". http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=e04c0e3a94f5dbea Python can compose functions in single lines, when pushed. http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=70faaff2eafa600f Rather than fret about schedules, compatibility, and so on, Jeremy Bowers' response to the puzzle of Tile upgrades is simply to use them. http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=7470b5487e0132f8 Python even connects to the real world. That's the experience, at least, of the folks at Engenuity Corporation and Phaseit on the verge of sponsoring an Agile Control Forum. "Control" here has to do with physical objects--things that move. http://www.engcorp.com/acf/AcfAnnouncement ======================================================================== Everything Python-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Notice especially the master FAQ http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the marvelous daily python url http://www.pythonware.com/daily Mygale is a news-gathering webcrawler that specializes in (new) World-Wide Web articles related to Python. http://www.awaretek.com/nowak/mygale.html While cosmetically similar, Mygale and the Daily Python-URL are utterly different in their technologies and generally in their results. comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newsgroup weekly. http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python.announce Brett Cannon continues the marvelous tradition established by Andrew Kuchling and Michael Hudson of intelligently summarizing action on the python-dev mailing list once every other week. http://www.python.org/dev/summary/ The Python Package Index catalogues packages. http://www.python.org/pypi/ The somewhat older Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects references to all sorts of Python resources. http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/ Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ The Python Business Forum "further[s] the interests of companies that base their business on ... Python." http://www.python-in-business.org Python Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're subject with a vision of what the language makes practical. http://www.pythonology.com/success The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python Consortium as an independent nexus of activity. It has official responsibility for Python's development and maintenance. http://www.python.org/psf/ Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation. http://www.python.org/psf/donate.html Kurt B. Kaiser publishes a weekly report on faults and patches. http://www.google.com/groups?as_usubject=weekly%20python%20patch Cetus collects Python hyperlinks. http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html Python FAQTS http://python.faqts.com/ The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and interesting recipes. http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available are http://www.python.org/channews.rdf http://bootleg-rss.g-blog.net/pythonware_com_daily.pcgi http://python.de/backend.php For more, see http://www.syndic8.com/feedlist.php?ShowMatch=python&ShowStatus=all The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a SourceForge reincarnation. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=5470&func=browse http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0042.html The online Python Journal is posted at pythonjournal.cognizor.com. editor(a)pythonjournal.com and editor(a)pythonjournal.cognizor.com welcome submission of material that helps people's understanding of Python use, and offer Web presentation of your work. *Py: the Journal of the Python Language* http://www.pyzine.com Archive probing tricks of the trade: http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python&num=100 http://groups.google.com/groups?meta=site%3Dgroups%26group%3Dcomp.lang.pyth… Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://www.ddj.com/topics/pythonurl/ http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html (dormant) or http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Python-URL!&as_ugroup=comp.lan… Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. E-mail to <Python-URL(a)phaseit.net> should get through. To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning (approximately), ask <claird(a)phaseit.net> to subscribe. Mention "Python-URL!". -- The Python-URL! Team-- Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Python-URL!" project.

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ZODB 3.2.4 (final) released
by Tim Peters 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

I'm pleased to announce the release of ZODB 3.2.4 (final). This corresponds to the ZODB (and ZEO) that shipped with Zope 2.7.3 (final). You can download a source tarball or Windows installer from: http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.2 Note that 3.2.4 incorporates a major change in semantics: it's incorrect to attempt to close a connection when objects from that connection are still in a modified state, and 3.2.4 raises the new ConnectionStateError exception in such cases. 3.2.4 also incorporates a significant ZEO performance fix, and a number of smaller bugfixes. See the news file for details: http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.2/NEWS Note that ZODB 3.2.4 does not support Zope 2.7.2, because the Zope 2.7.2 publishing subsystem is an example of application code that didn't always finish a transaction before closing connections. ZODB 3.2.4 can be used with Zope 2.7.3. Note that ZODB 3.2.4 does not support Zope X3 or Zope 2.8 (they require ZODB 3.3).

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[ANN] Apycot 0.5.2
by Sylvain Thénault 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

Hi there, I'm please to announce a new APyCot release. This is a minor release, mainly existing to follow an API change into the latest PyLint release. If you want to download it or to get some information about Apycot, please visit our web site : http://www.logilab.org/projects/apycot About APyCot: Apycot is an Automated Pythonic Code Tester. Use it to daily run your tests and generate reports about code or document quality. Most options you may look for are already implemented. Enjoy ! -- Sylvain Thénault LOGILAB, Paris (France). http://www.logilab.com http://www.logilab.fr http://www.logilab.org

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[ANN] PyLint 0.5
by Sylvain Thénault 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

Hi all, I'm pleased to announce a new PyLint's release. This is a major development release, since PyLint doesn't have anymore to import analyzed modules (well, there are still some cases where modules are imported, but it's not to build the underlying representation of the python source code). This release requires the latest common library release (0.7). Visit our website to download it or to get more information : http//www.logilab.org/projects/pylint Enjoy ! -- Sylvain Thénault LOGILAB, Paris (France). http://www.logilab.com http://www.logilab.fr http://www.logilab.org

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ANN: urwid 0.8.0 curses-based UI/widget library - First Public Release
by Ian Ward 24 Oct '04

24 Oct '04

urwid 0.8.0 - First Public Release ---------------------------------- Urwid is a curses-based UI/widget library. It includes many features useful for console application developers, including: - Fluid interface resizing (xterm window resizing / fbset on Linux console) - Multiple text alignment and wrapping modes built-in - Ability to register user-defined text alignment and wrapping modes - Simple markup for setting text attributes - Powerful list box that handles scrolling between different widget types - List box contents may be managed with a user-defined class - Flexible edit box for editing almost any type of text - Plain HTML screen shots Example Programs: tour.py A list box showing the built-in widget types and modes. fib.py A Fibonacci set viewer that demonstrates a list box with infinite data. edit.py A text editor that starts-up instantly by lazily reading files. It is suitable for editing text files with lines longer than the terminal width. browse.py A directory browser that displays directories in a single tree structure. It reads directories as required and lets you select multiple files. calc.py A calculator program that shows its work. It splits sub-expressions into separate columns for easy editing. Urwid is licensed under the GNU GPL. http://excess.org/urwid/ Ian Ward <ian#excess,org> <P><A HREF="http://excess.org/urwid/">urwid 0.8.0</A> - curses-based UI/widget library with fluid interface resizing. (24-Oct-04)

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PyCon 2005: Call for Proposals
by A.M. Kuchling 23 Oct '04

23 Oct '04

Want to share your expertise? PyCon DC 2005 is looking for proposals to fill the formal presentation tracks. Important Dates ===================== ========================== =================== Submission deadline Dec. 31, 2004 Acceptance deadline Jan. 15, 2005 Electronic copy deadline Feb. 10, 2005 ========================== =================== PyCon Topics ================= Suitable topics for PyCon presentations include, but are not limited to: * Web-based Systems * Databases * Network Programming * Games Programming * Programming Tools * Python Documentation * Packaging Issues * Python in Business * Project Best Practices * The Python Core * Open Source Python Projects * Python Integration * Python in Education * Science and Math Submission Format ======================= Proposals should ideally be 250 to 1000 words long (i.e. one to four pages in manuscript format), containing the following information: * Author name(s) * Contact information * Requested timeslot (thirty or forty-five minutes) * Summary of proposed presentation * Presentation outline ASCII format is preferred (plain or `reST <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/>`_), with HTML as a secondary alternative. If you have any queries about submission, or if you would like to discuss the possibility of submitting in a different format or style, please send mail to the conference organizers at `pycon(a)python.org <mailto:pycon@python.org>`_. Submission Mechanics =============================== Use the `PyCon Online Proposal Submission <http://submit.pycon.org>`_ to send us your proposals and ideas. If your paper is accepted, you have the option of including a companion paper along with your presentation. The paper will get published on the PyCon web site. Presentations and papers may be in text (plain or `reST <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/>`_), HTML, or PDF; HTML and PDF are preferred. Other Presentations ========================== If you don't want to make a formal presentation, there will be a significant amount of Open Space to allow for informal and spur-of-the-moment presentations for which no formal submission is required. There will also be several Lightning Talk sessions for talks no longer than five minutes.

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py2exe 0.5.4 released
by Thomas Heller 22 Oct '04

22 Oct '04

**py2exe 0.5.4** released =================================== py2exe is a Python distutils extension which converts python scripts into executable windows programs, able to run without requiring a python installation. Console and Windows (GUI) applications, windows NT services, exe and dll COM servers are supported. Changes in this release: * The new ``--xref`` or ``-x`` command line switch instructs py2exe to create a python module cross reference and display it in the webbrowser. This allows to answer question why a certain module has been included, or if you can exlude a certain module and it's dependencies. This has *not* been extensively tested, but it's a start. Also, the html page includes links which will even allow to view the source code of a module in the browser, for easy inspection. A sample cross reference can be found here, note that the links to open the .py files will of course not work over the internet: http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/py2exe/sample_xref.html * Mark Hammond fixed some thread state issues with dll com servers. * Mark Hammond added support for standalone ISAPI dlls. * py2exe now can handle python modules with the '.pyw' extension. * It is now allowed to specify 'zipfile=None' in the setup script, in this case the zip archive containing the python modules will be appended to the exe file. Homepage: <http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/py2exe> Download from the usual location: <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=15583> Enjoy, Thomas

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ANN: Candygram 1.0 final released. (Python + Erlang)
by mike＠hobbshouse.org 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

Announcing the final release of Candygram 1.0. There are no changes from the beta 2 release. Candygram is a Python implementation of Erlang concurrency primitives. Erlang is widely respected for its elegant built-in facilities for concurrent programming. This package attempts to emulate those facilities as closely as possible in Python. With Candygram, developers can send and receive messages between threads using semantics nearly identical to those in the Erlang language. More information about Candygram can be found at http://candygram.sourceforge.net

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