Mailman 3 October 2005 - Python-announce-list

Myghty 0.99 Released
by mike bayer Oct. 5, 2005

Oct. 5, 2005

Myghty 0.99 Released Myghty is a Python Server Page templating and web framework designed for large-scale, high availability websites and applications. Its conceptual design and template syntax is derived from HTML::Mason, the widely used mod_perl web application platform. Myghty serves as an excellent platform for developers to create custom web applications, as well as a base framework for webstacks (pre-architected web framework/persistence framework packages). Since its original release, Myghty has introduced many new concepts and features not found in Mason, including a rudimentary MVC framework, WSGI support, threading support and an open-ended rule-based URL resolution system. It receives favorable reviews for its ease of use, small footprint, quick and smooth operation, and great flexibility. Version 0.99 introduces three built-in Python Paste templates, a connector for the new Routes resolver which does Ruby On Rails-style URI resolution, Memcached support for the page caching and session object systems, on-the-fly configurable global arguments, improved "static source" operation, as well as an array of bugfixes. Myghty is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). Documentation, examples and download links can be found at: http://www.myghty.org Michael Bayer mike(a)myghty.org <P><A HREF="http://www.myghty.org">Myghty 0.99</A> - A high performance Python Server Page templating framework derived from HTML::Mason. (05-Oct-05)

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Simple prototype text editor in python
by thakadu＠gmail.com Oct. 5, 2005

Oct. 5, 2005

I have written a small console based editor in python as an experiment. It is just over 300 lines of code including some junk that I have not weeded out yet. It uses the curses library. It is EXTREMELY basic at the moment and cannot be used for anything other than experimentation. Only a few keystrokes are currently implemented such as ^S save, ^E end of line, ^A beginning of line, ^F, ^B, ^N, ^P and arrow keys for cursor movement ^L delete line, baskspace and that is just about it. Apart from that I created it with a view to a plugin architecture to be implemented so that it will be possible for example for users to specify complete python functions in a .rc file that overide key bindings. I created it to learn about curses, python and to gain insight into how editors are written (or not written :-) ) If anyone is interested in the code or in giving some ideas or indeed has done something similar I would love to heard from you. Regards

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py2exe has a new maintainer
by Jimmy Retzlaff Oct. 5, 2005

Oct. 5, 2005

I am taking over the maintenance and support of py2exe from Thomas Heller. As he announced a few weeks ago he is looking to focus on other things. py2exe has been very useful to me over the years and I look forward to keeping it every bit as useful in the future. I plan to make the transition as smooth as possible for users of py2exe. I don't plan to make changes to the license other than adding my name to the list of people not to sue. I will try to be as helpful as Thomas has been in supporting py2exe on the py2exe mailing list and comp.lang.python. The mailing list, the SourceForge project, and the Wiki will continue in their current locations. The web site is moving to http://www.py2exe.org and the old site will forward to the new one so any bookmarks should still work. I will be releasing version 0.6.3 very soon with a few changes Thomas and others have made over the last few weeks. After that my priorities for py2exe will be: - Support - Documentation (which should help familiarize me with the code) - Automated tests (to point out when I haven't familiarized myself enough) - Bug fixes Any help on any of these fronts will be greatly appreciated. After I feel comfortable with things, I hope to work with other projects in the Python packaging community (e.g., cx_Freeze, PyInstaller/McMillan, py2app, setuptools, etc.) to see if we can't find synergies that will make all of them better. I recognize that different packagers are better for different audiences because of licensing, platform, Python versions, and module support among other things. Working together on the common parts (identifying dependencies, customized handling of modules with unique needs, etc.) should make all of the packagers serve their niches better. I'd like to thank Thomas for the great work he's done with py2exe over the years. He's set a very high standard for me to try and maintain. Jimmy

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ANNOUNCE: PyGTK 2.8.1
by Johan Dahlin Oct. 4, 2005

Oct. 4, 2005

I am pleased to announce version 2.8.1 of the Python bindings for GTK. The new release is available from ftp.gnome.org as and its mirrors as soon as its synced correctly: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/pygtk/2.8/pygtk-2.8.1.tar.gz What's new since 2.7.4: - Bug fixes (Gustavo, Johan) - Improve exceptions when registering properties (Gustavo) - Extend warnings (John Ehresman) - Raise exception when working on uninitialized objects (Johan) - Plug libglade leak (Gustavo) - Undeprecate a few gobject functions (Johan) - UINT64 buf fixes (Gustavo, Johan) - GCC 4.0 warnings (Johan) For a complete list of new features in 2.8.x, see the wiki page: http://live.gnome.org/PyGTK/WhatsNew28 Blurb: GTK is a toolkit for developing graphical applications that run on POSIX systems such as Linux, Windows and MacOS X (provided that the X server for MacOS X has been installed). It provides a comprehensive set of GUI widgets, can display Unicode bidi text. It links into the Gnome Accessibility Framework through the ATK library. PyGTK provides a convenient wrapper for the GTK+ library for use in Python programs, and takes care of many of the boring details such as managing memory and type casting. When combined with PyORBit and gnome-python, it can be used to write full featured Gnome applications. Like the GTK+ library itself PyGTK is licensed under the GNU LGPL, so is suitable for use in both free software and proprietary applications. It is already in use in many applications ranging from small single purpose scripts up to large full features applications. PyGTK requires GTK+ >= 2.8.0 and Python >= 2.3 to build. Bug reports, as always, should go to Bugzilla; check out http://pygtk.org/developer.html and http://pygtk.org/feedback.html for links to posting and querying bug reports for PyGTK. -- Johan Dahlin johan(a)gnome.org

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IssueTrackerProduct 0.6.13
by peterbe＠gmail.com Oct. 4, 2005

Oct. 4, 2005

I've just released IssueTrackerProduct 0.6.13. It contains a few bug fixes which makes my confident calling it a Stable release. You can read the whole announcement here: http://www.issuetrackerproduct.com/News/0.6.13 IssueTrackerProduct is... ...an issue/bug tracker web application ...free and Open Source under the ZPL license ...built in Python using the Zope web application ...very easy to use and fancy features are by default switched off ...fully cross-browser compatible and platform independent ...created and maintained by Peter Bengtsson of Fry-IT Please check out http://www.issuetrackerproduct.com

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NanoThreads 11
by simonwittber＠gmail.com Oct. 4, 2005

Oct. 4, 2005

NanoThreads v11 NanoThreads allows the programmer to simulate concurrent processing using generators as tasks, which are registered with a scheduler. While the scheduler is running, a NanoThread can be: - paused - resumed - ended (terminate and call all registered exit functions) - killed (terminate and do not call any registered exit functions) - preempted to the top of the execution queue New in v11: A NanoThread task can now yield control using 'yield nanothreads.UNBLOCK', which performs the next iteration of the task in a separate, OS level thread. This allows the scheduler to keep running other tasks, while the nanothread is, for example, performing CPU blocking IO, or calling some time consuming function. Sw.

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ANN: Paste Packages 0.3
by Ian Bicking Oct. 3, 2005

Oct. 3, 2005

I'm pleased to release the first official packaging of the Paste suite of tools. I'm starting at 0.3 -- less committal than 1.0, but more confident than 0.1... just right for now. Python Paste aims brings consistency to Python web development and web application installation, providing tools for both developers and system administrators. Paste includes these packages: Paste (Core): A set of tools for building web frameworks, built on WSGI. Paste Deploy: A configuration loader for composing WSGI applications into application instances (and implicitly a sort of application server). Paste Script: A pluggable script (paster) for application development, particularly web development. Paste WebKit: A reimplementation of the Webware API, implemented with the tools in Paste Core, the configuration of Paste Deploy, and the application setup of Paste Script. Wareweb: An alpha framework taking some of the ideas from WebKit, and presenting them in a simplified and more decoupled form. Locations --------- Websites: http://pythonpaste.org/ http://pythonpaste.org/deploy/ http://pythonpaste.org/script/ http://pythonpaste.org/webkit/ http://pythonpaste.org/wareweb/ Download: http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/Paste/ http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/PasteDeploy/ http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/PasteScript/ http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/PasteWebKit/ http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/Wareweb/ Discussion list: http://pythonpaste.org/community/mailing-list.html Blog (announcements): http://pythonpaste.org/news/

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MMA Musical MIDI Accompaniment version: Beta 0.16
by Bob van der Poel Oct. 3, 2005

Oct. 3, 2005

I'm pleased to announce the release of my program mma - Musical MIDI Accompaniment version: Beta 0.16 MMA is a accompaniment generator -- it creates midi tracks for a soloist to perform with. User supplied files contain pattern selections, chords, and MMA directives. MMA is very versatile and generates excellent tracks. It comes with an extensive user-extendable library with a variety of patterns for various popular rhythms, an extensive user manual, and many demo songs. MMA is a command line driven program. It creates MIDI files which need a sequencer or MIDI file play program. MMA is written in Python. You'll need Python 2.3 (or later) for MMA to function. MMA is supplied in 4 tar.gz archives. Included: mma-bin -- the main script and library files. mma-html -- documentation in HTML format. mma-pdf -- documentation in PDF format. mma-songs -- a collection of about 230 songs in MMA format. If you get all four download packages the total size is still less than 1.5 megabytes. MMA is currently in final BETAs. We are hoping for a 1.0 release in winter 2005. Right now we need help in debugging the program, creating songs for distribution, and new and improved library files. Best of all, MMA is free. It is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It has been developed on a Linux platform, but should be usable on just about any system. A detailed page now exists on our web site on how-to install on a Windows system. MMA is available on my personal home page: http://mypage.uniserve.com/~bvdp/mma/ If you have any questions or comments, please send them to: bvdp(a)uniserve.com Beta 0.16: Lots of little bug fixes, new SWINGMODE, more note offset and length options, NOTESPAN directive, better KEYSIG support, enhanced VOLUME options, negative offsets (prior bar) in patterns. You really need to read the DOCS for all this! Comments appreciated! -- Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: bvdp(a)uniserve.com WWW: http://mypage.uniserve.com/~bvdp

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[ANN] Release 0.50 of Task Coach
by Frank Niessink Oct. 2, 2005

Oct. 2, 2005

Hi all, Just a few moments ago I wrote: "I'm pleased to announce release 0.49 of Task Coach. All 897 unittests now pass on both Windows XP and Linux [...]" Unfortunately, a bug was still hiding, so here's release 0.50 with 898 passing unittests. Bug fixed: * Exception was thrown when opening a task with logged effort. What is Task Coach? Task Coach is a simple task manager that allows for hierarchical tasks, i.e. tasks in tasks. Task Coach is open source (GPL) and is developed using Python and wxPython. You can download Task Coach from: http://taskcoach.niessink.com https://sourceforge.net/projects/taskcoach/ A binary installer is available for Windows XP, in addition to the source distribution. Note that Task Coach is alpha software, meaning that it is wise to back up your task file regularly, and especially when upgrading to a new release. Cheers, Frank

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[ANN] Release 0.49 of Task Coach
by Frank Niessink Oct. 2, 2005

Oct. 2, 2005

Hi all, I'm pleased to announce release 0.49 of Task Coach. All 897 unittests now pass on both Windows XP and Linux (tested on Ubuntu 5.10, Python 2.4.2, wxPython 2.6.1). Here's the change log: Bug fixed: * Previous release did not work on Linux/Mac OSX because of a platform inconsistency between Windows and Linux (GetCountPerPage method is missing on Linux, added manually). Feature added: * Task colors can be adjusted via 'Edit' -> 'Preferences'. What is Task Coach? Task Coach is a simple task manager that allows for hierarchical tasks, i.e. tasks in tasks. Task Coach is open source (GPL) and is developed using Python and wxPython. You can download Task Coach from: http://taskcoach.niessink.com https://sourceforge.net/projects/taskcoach/ A binary installer is available for Windows XP, in addition to the source distribution. Note that Task Coach is alpha software, meaning that it is wise to back up your task file regularly, and especially when upgrading to a new release. Cheers, Frank

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