Mailman 3 November 2004 - Python-announce-list

ANNOUNCE: gnome-python-extras 2.9.0 (unstable)
by Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

gnome-python-extras 2.9.0 has been just released. This is a companion release to gnome-python 2.9.0, containing the modules that were removed from it due to wrapping libraries not part of the GNOME Developer Platform. The source tarball can be found here: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-python-extras/2.9/ gnome-python-extras 2.9.0 ========================== * Now targetting gnome 2.10 platform (though currently compiles with 2.8) * Module layout: - gnomeapplet imported from gnome-python - gnomeprint* imported from gnome-python - gtkhtml2 imported from gnome-python - gtksourceview imported from external pygtksourceview package - egg.trayicon imported from l-wrap[1] with minor modifications [1] ftp://www6.software.ibm.com/software/developer/library/l-wrap/l-wrap.zip -- Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro <gjc(a)inescporto.pt> <gustavo(a)users.sourceforge.net> The universe is always one step beyond logic

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ANNOUNCE: gnome-python 2.9.0 (unstable)
by Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

gnome-python 2.9.0 has been just released. This is the first *unstable* release of the series leading up to gnome-python 2.10. This release contains some internal reorganisations in the modules, as previously announced in pygtk list. gnome-python provides python interfacing modules for the most important GNOME Developer Platform libraries. The source tarball can be found here: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-python/2.9/ Overview of Changes from gnome-python 2.6.1 to gnome-python 2.9.0 ================================================================= * Now targetting gnome 2.10 platform (though currently compiles with 2.8) * New module layout: - gnome.applet moved to gnome-python-extras and renamed as gnomeapplet - gnome.vfs was renamed as gnomevfs - gnome.canvas was renamed as gnomecanvas - gnomeprint* moved to gnome-python-extras - gtkhtml2 moved to gnome-python-extras - gnome.nautilus was removed * A bunch of new gconf functions wrapped (Gustavo, Johan) * A bunch of new gnome.ui functions wrapped (Gustavo) * Proper property support in gnome.program_init (Gustavo) * gnomevfs - wrap gnome_vfs_format_file_size_for_display (Benoît Dejean) * canvas - implement CanvasItem.grab (Johan) -- Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro <gjc(a)inescporto.pt> <gustavo(a)users.sourceforge.net> The universe is always one step beyond logic

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ANNOUNCE: PyQwt-4.1
by Gerard Vermeulen 21 Nov '04

21 Nov '04

I am proud to announce PyQwt-4.1. What is PyQwt? - it is a set of Python bindings for the Qwt C++ class library which extends the Qt framework with widgets for scientific, engineering and financial applications. It provides a widget to plot 2-dimensional data and various widgets to display and control bounded or unbounded floating point values. - it requires and extends PyQt, a set of Python bindings for Qt. - it really shines with either Numeric, numarray or both. Numeric and/or numarray extend the Python language with new data types which turn Python into an ideal system for numerical computing and experimentation, better than MatLab and IDL. - it supports the use of PyQt, Qt, Qwt, the Numerical Python extensions (either Numeric, or numarray or both) and optionally SciPy in a GUI Python application or in an interactive Python session. - it runs on POSIX, MacOS/X and Windows (any operating system supported by Qt and Python). The home page of PyQwt is http://pyqwt.sourceforge.net. Main changes in PyQwt-4.1: 1. supports PyQt-3.13, -3.12, PyQt-3.11, and PyQt-3.10. 2. supports sip-4.1.1, -4.1, -4.0, sip-3.11, and sip-3.10. 3. supports Qt-3.3.3 downto -2.3.0. 4. based on Qwt-4.2.0. 5. either links with a shared (dll) Qwt-4.2.0 library or links statically with a slightly patched internal version of Qwt-4.2.0. Have fun -- Gerard Vermeulen

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ANN: urwid 0.8.4
by Ian Ward 21 Nov '04

21 Nov '04

Announcing urwid 0.8.4 ---------------------- Urwid home page: http://excess.org/urwid/ Tarball: http://excess.org/urwid/urwid-0.8.4.tar.gz New in this release: - Improved support for Cyrillic and other simple 8-bit encodings. - Added new functions to simplify taking screenshots: html_fragment.screenshot_init(..) html_fragment.screenshot_collect() - Improved urwid/curses_display.py input debugging - Fixed cursor in screenshots of CJK text. Fixed "end" key in Edit boxes with CJK text. About Urwid =========== Urwid is a curses-based UI library for Python. It features fluid interface resizing, CJK support, multiple text layouts, simple attribute markup, powerful scrolling list boxes and flexible edit boxes. Urwid maximizes the use of your available screen real estate. It does not provide code for box drawing or simulated drop shadows. It aims to make writing professional, responsive console applictions easier. Ian Ward <ian#excess,org> <P><A HREF="http://excess.org/urwid/">urwid 0.8.4</A> - curses-based UI library (20-Nov-04)

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PyGTA (Toronto-area Python group) next meeting will be Tuesday November 23rd 7-9pm
by Peter Hansen 20 Nov '04

20 Nov '04

The next meeting of PyGTA, the Toronto-area Python user group, will occur at the Givex offices at 366 Adelaide St W, on Tuesday November 23rd from 7pm to 9pm Mike Fletcher will give a talk entitled: "New-Style Classes: Features and implications" See the web page http://web.engcorp.com/pygta/wiki/NextMeeting for more details and directions. The usual post-meeting get-together will occur at the Charlotte Room, just across the street, for anyone who needs trans fats, carbs or alcohol to last out the evening... -Peter, Ian, meeting organizers (The group has several mailing lists, one for general discussion and one for announcements like this. Periodically we like to post an announcement here in c.l.p.announce as well, to reach potential new members. We hope to see you there!)

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ANN: 4Suite 1.0a4
by Uche Ogbuji 20 Nov '04

20 Nov '04

Today we release 1.0 alpha 4, now available from Sourceforge and ftp.4suite.org. 4Suite is a comprehensive platform for XML and RDF processing, with base libraries and a server framework. It is implemented in Python and C, and provides Python and XSLT APIs, Web and command line interfaces. For general information, see: http://4suite.org http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/4Suite/ http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/akara/nodes/2003-01-01/4suite-section For the files, see: ftp://ftp.4suite.org/pub/4Suite/ Sources: ftp://ftp.4suite.org/pub/4Suite/4Suite-1.0a4.tar.gz Windows installer: ftp://ftp.4suite.org/pub/4Suite/4Suite-1.0a4.win32-py2.2.exe ftp://ftp.4suite.org/pub/4Suite/4Suite-1.0a4.win32-py2.3.exe ftp://ftp.4suite.org/pub/4Suite/4Suite-1.0a4.win32-py2.4.exe Windows zip: ftp://ftp.4suite.org/pub/4Suite/4Suite-1.0a4.zip You can also get the files on Sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/foursuite/ https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39954 Documentation: In the locations specified above, with filenames of the form 4Suite-docs-1.0a4.* Highlights of changes -- This release has been extremely an long time in coming, and a great number of changes have come about. I'll try my best to summarize: * Python 2.2.1 is now the minimum required version * Feature enhancements for the domlettes, including - Ability to control encoding for parse - Ability to parse from general entities (i.e. multiple root elements) - .xpath() convenience method on nodes * Feature enhancements for the repository, including - MySQL driver - Flat File driver is no longer flat (now uses native directories) - Repository / Driver API restructured - ftss: URI scheme used throughout * Feature enhancements for Versa, including - Versa functions to control query scoping * Pruning of built-in XPath and XSLT extensions for consistency with EXSLT * Other API changes (mostly just name changes or adding optional functionality). Old names work, but are deprecated and trigger warnings * cDomlette is stable and FtMiniDom is deprecated. * Improvements to packaging and deployment * Numerous performance enhancements * Numerous bug fixes IMPORTANT alpha release notes -- If you have built a 4Suite repository using an older version of 4Suite, you will probably have to make adjustments for this new release. If you used 0.12.0a3, or a more recent version, then you will have to follow the migration instructions detailed in the following message: http://lists.fourthought.com/pipermail/4suite/2004-October/012933.html In general, it's worth being familiar with the following document: http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/akara/nodes/2003-01-01/backup There have been on and off problems for Mac OS X users. Please see the following page for current status, notes and recommendations: http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/akara/nodes/2003-01-01/osx Installation locations have changed on both Windows and Unix. See the current installation directory layout document at: http://4suite.org/docs/installation-locations.xhtml If there is a server config files at the default location for the build and platform (e.g. /usr/local/lib/4Suite/4ss.conf by default on UNIX), it will be renamed to 4ss.conf.old and then overwritten. For insulation from Domlette implementation changes, developers should always use the generic Ft.Xml.Domlette APIs (rather than, say Ft.Xml.cDomlette). -- Uche Ogbuji Fourthought, Inc. http://uche.ogbuji.net http://4Suite.org http://fourthought.com A hands-on introduction to ISO Schematron - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/x-dw-xschematron-i.html Schematron abstract patterns - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-stron.html Wrestling HTML (using Python) - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/09/08/pyxml.html XML's growing pains - http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=10196 XMLOpen and more XML Hacks - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think27.html A survey of XML standards - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-stand4/

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ANN: ActivePython 2.4c1 is available
by Trent Mick 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

ActivePython 2.4c1 is now available from: http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/ActivePython This is a release candidate matching the recently tagged core Python 2.4c1. Builds for Windows, Linux and Solaris are available. We would welcome any and all feedback to: ActivePython-feedback(a)ActiveState.com Please file bugs against ActivePython at: http://bugs.ActiveState.com/ActivePython What is ActivePython? --------------------- ActivePython is ActiveState's quality-assured binary build of Python. Builds for Windows, Linux and Solaris and made freely available. ActivePython includes the Python core and core extensions (zlib 1.2.1, bzip2 1.0.2, bsddb 4.2.52, Tk 8.4.4, and Tix 8.1.4). On Windows, ActivePython includes the PyWin32 suite of Windows tools developed by Mark Hammond, including the Pythonwin IDE, bindings to the Win32 API and Windows COM; and more. ActivePython also includes a wealth of Python documentation, including: - the core Python docs; - Andrew Kuchling's "What's New in Python" series; - the Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python; - Mark Pilgrim's excellent "Dive into Python"; and - a snapshot of the Python FAQs, HOWTOs and PEPs. An online version of the docs can be found here: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/welcome.html Thanks, and enjoy! Trent -- Trent Mick trentm(a)activestate.com

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[ANN] Release 0.15 of Task Coach - Your friendly task manager
by frank＠niessink.com 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

I'm happy to announce the release of version 0.15 of Task Coach. This is the second public release and hopefully Task Coach is now more portable. Functionality is largely the same in comparison with the previous release. I'm specifically solliciting feedback on: 1) how portable is Task Coach? Can your run it on your platform, and if not, can you help me sort out the problem(s)? And 2) what features would you like to see included? Task Coach is a simple task manager that allows for hierarchical tasks, i.e. tasks in tasks. Task Coach is open source (GPL) and uses wxPython. You can download Task Coach from: http://taskcoach.niessink.com. A binary installer is available for Windows XP, in addition to the source distribution. Thanks, Frank

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RELEASED Python 2.4, release candidate 1
by Anthony Baxter 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm happy to announce the first release candidate of Python 2.4. Python 2.4c1 is a release candidate - we'd greatly appreciate it if you could download it, kick the tires and let us know of any problems you find, but it is probably not suitable for production usage. At this point, we're particularly interested in build bugs. If you could grab the source archive, build it and then run the test suite, we'd appreciate it. http://www.python.org/2.4 Notable changes in rc1 include a handful of bug fixes, including a thread shutdown race bug. See either the highlights, the What's New in Python 2.4, or the detailed NEWS file -- all available from the Python 2.4 webpage. This is the first release candidate of Python 2.4. Python 2.4 is now close to release - there should be few or no new features, merely bug fixes. Assuming no problems, we're looking at a final release around the end of November (if there are problems, there will be another release candidate). Please log any problems you have with this release in the SourceForge bug tracker (noting that you're using 2.4c1): http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=5470 Enjoy the new release, Anthony Anthony Baxter anthony(a)python.org Python Release Manager (on behalf of the entire python-dev team)

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ANN: CherryTemplate-1.0.0 released
by remi＠cherrypy.org 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

Hello everyone, I'm happy to announce the first release of CherryTemplate, an easy and powerful templating system in python. Note that it is not "yet another templating system" because it used to be part of CherryPy, but is now released as a standalone package. Basically, you use it like this: $ python Python 2.3.3 (#51, Dec 18 2003, 20:22:39) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from cherrytemplate import renderTemplate >>> name = "world" >>> renderTemplate('Hello, <py-eval="name"/>') 'Hello, world' The language only has a few tags: py-eval, py-exec, py-code, py-if, py-for, py-include but it is quite powerful because most of python's power is still available from the template: - "py-for" allows you to do things like <py-for="i,j in [(0,0), (1,2), (3,1)]"> - "py-code" allows you to insert full blocks of pure python code inside your template (it takes care of the indentation for you) CherryTemplate can also render external templates (ex: renderTemplate(file = 'template.html')) and has full unicode support. Once nice feature about it is that is uses generators to render your template, so if you need to process a large amount of data you can tell it to return a generator, and then you can loop through it. This way it doesn't use up too much memory. Here is an example: >>> template = '''<py-for="i in range(5)">i:<py-eval="str(i)"/></py-for>''' >>> result = renderTemplate(template, returnGenerator = True) >>> for res in result: print repr(res) 'i:' '0' 'i:' '1' 'i:' '2' 'i:' '3' 'i:' '4' >>> You can find more information (including the download link) on this page: http://trac.cherrypy.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/wiki/CherryTemplate Remi.

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