Mailman 3 July 2005 - Python-announce-list

ANN: Spyce 2.0.3
by Jonathan Ellis 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Spyce 2.0.3 released Spyce is a python web application server, combining features of popular frameworks such as ASP.NET and JSP with Pythonic elegance. Spyce may be deployed as a standalone server, proxied behind Apache, under mod_python, FastCGI, or CGI. Spyce 2.0 includes features unique to Python web frameworks such as Active Handlers - reusable components without the leaky abstractions seen in ASP.NET et al. - http://spyce.sourceforge.net/docs/doc-lang_handlers.html Active Tag compiler - http://spyce.sourceforge.net/docs/doc-tag_new2.html 2.0.3 is a bugfix and documentation-improvement release. The installation section of the manual has received particular attention. There is also the new section on starting your first project (http://spyce.sourceforge.net/docs/doc-conf_next.html), which answers the FAQ, "how do I organize my Spyce files." Demos and downloads are available at http://spyce.sourceforge.net/. Changelog is at http://svn-hosting.com/svn/spyce/trunk/spyce/CHANGES. Jonathan Ellis http://spyced.blogspot.com

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[ANN] Release 0.44 of Task Coach
by Frank Niessink 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Hi all, I'm pleased to announce release 0.44 of Task Coach. New in this release: Feature added: * Added Russian translation thanks to Valdimir Ilyash. 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: HarvestMan 1.4.5 a2
by Anand 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

I am glad to announce that the second alpha release of HarvestMan 1.4.5 version is available for download. The first alpha of version 1.4.5 was released on May 27 2005. HarvestMan [http://harvestman.freezope.org] is a multithreaded web crawler program written entirely in Python. It has many features which allows you to highly customize your www crawling/offline downloading. HarvestMan features as much as 60+ configuration options. Options are configured using a custom XML configuration file. Here are some changes for this release. o Use of collections.deque data structure in critical places. This improves the performance of the program when run with Python 2.4 . o Improved HTTP redirect handler to take care of redirect handling that requires cookies. o A number of bug fixes to reduce invalid url (HTTP 404) errors. o Code cleanup to rewrite exception handlers. o Obsolte modules removed. Complete changelog at http://harvestman.freezope.org /files/Changelog.txt . WWW: http://harvestman.freezope.org . -Anand

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SCF 1.2b1 released
by Philippe C. Martin 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

I am very please to announce the release of SCF 1.2b1 a Smart Card development system designed in Python: Two major features are being introduced: 1) Support for BasicCard DES/3/DES/AES secure messaging (Beta release 1) . 2) COM Support: access the power of SCF from Visual Basic or your favorite Windows® language! SCF COM extension is provided as source code so extensions can be applied by the programers. SCF is available on www.snakecard.com for download and free testing. You may also browse the reference guide online. Best regards, Philippe Martin

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AOPython 1.0
by Daniel Miller 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

I've written a small AOP module for Python called aopython: Aspect Oriented Python. Read about it (as I write more in the future): http://www.openpolitics.com/daniel/ Download the source: http://www.openpolitics.com/daniel/archives/aopython-v1.0.zip <p><a href="http://www.openpolitics.com/daniel/archives/001694.html">AOPython 1.0</a> - Aspect Oriented Python (21-Jul-05)</p> -- ~ Daniel Miller millerdev(a)gmail.com

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ANN: SPE 0.7.4.a Python IDE
by s_t_a_n_i＠gmx.net 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

Quick release for wxPython2.6, use at your own risk Major bugfix release for wxPython 2.6+ and Mac Os X (This version doesn't work for sure with wxPython versions lower than 2.5.4.1) Bug reports which are related to wxPython 2.6- will be ignored. SPE has a new website: http://www.stani.be/python/blog Update your bookmarks! --------------------------------------------- :Contribute: - packagers for Linux and Mac Os X - patches - doc writers and translators - SVN development - donations --------------------------------------------- :New Features: - editor: call-tips for classes - preferences: configurable shortcuts (see shortcuts/__init__.py) - preferences: word characters for autocompletion and calltips - sidebar: improved browser with filters - sidebar: realtime updating now works ----------------------------------------------- :Bug fixes: - major bugfix for wxpython 2.6+ - major bugfix for Mac OS X - notebooksizer deprecations - blender: support only exposed if run inside blender - editor: autocompletion (case sensitive) - editor: correctly scrolling to lines - editor: encoding - editor: improved call tips for classes - editor: no sash, no crash - editor: save checks if file exists - editor: scrollbars (no invisible source anymore) - editor: source gets focus properly - editor: find dialog gets focus if already opened - editor: shortcut for dedent is now Shift+Tab - preferences: added word characters - sdi: Tool pane has no toolbar - shell: pressing Tab no longer inserts a tab in the editor - sidebar: realtime updating - tool: find now also executes on enter - tool: find doesn't use notebooksizer anymore - tool: find now also executes on enter (Yoyong Hernan) - tool: browser add new folder starts from current folder (Yoyong Hernan) --------------------------------------------- :Requirements: - full python 2.3+ - wxpython 2.6+ - optional blender 2.35 -------------------------------------------------- :Donations: - Howard Jones (75 euro, thanks!) - J P Dowd (8 euro) - Mickey Hadick (5.00)

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Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Jul 20)
by Simon Brunning 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

QOTW: "Discussing goto statements and Microsoft together is like mixing dynamite and gasoline." - DH '"Spaghetti" doesn't quite describe it. I've settled on "Lovecraftian": reading the code, you can't help but get the impression of writhing tentacles and impossible angles.' - Robert Kern Highlight of the week; Jython 2.2a1: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/9… Nearly-highlight of the week; Simon Willison introduces Django, the web framework for perfectionists with deadlines: http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2005/07/17/django But Jeff Shell remains more impressed with Subway: http://griddlenoise.blogspot.com/2005/07/python-off-rails.html CherryPy-2.1.0-beta released: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/1… With all this web framework activity, what are people using? http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/6… Bob Ippolito wonders; what happened to YAML? http://bob.pythonmac.org/archives/2005/07/19/what-happened-to-yaml/ MKoool (!) is looking for the simplest way of stripping non-printable characters from text: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/2… Discovering WSGI and XSLT as middleware http://www.decafbad.com/blog/2005/07/18/discovering_wsgi_and_xslt_as_middle… Is there any worthwhile Python certification available? Is there any worthwhile certification at all? http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/4… Microsoft's very own Python scripts: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/python/pyindex.mspx Another notable release; python-dateutil 1.0: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/7… ======================================================================== 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. For far, FAR more Python reading than any one mind should absorb, much of it quite interesting, several pages index much of the universe of Pybloggers. http://lowlife.jp/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/PythonProgrammersWeblog http://www.planetpython.org/ http://mechanicalcat.net/pyblagg.html 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 Steve Bethard, Tim Lesher, and Tony Meyer continue the marvelous tradition early borne by Andrew Kuchling, Michael Hudson and Brett Cannon 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/ 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. del.icio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference commentary. It already aggregates quite a bit of Python intelligence. http://del.icio.us/tag/python *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/ (requires subscription) http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=python-url+group:comp.lang.python*&s… 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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ANN: PyDev 0.9.6 released
by Fabio Zadrozny 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

Hi All, PyDev - Python IDE (Python Development Enviroment for Eclipse) version 0.9.6 has just been released. This is to be considered a stable release for all features but the debugger, as there are still some integration issues for it to work with Eclipse 3.1, so, if you are using PyDev because of its debugger support, you should stick to version 3.0.x until those issues are fixed. Check the homepage (http://pydev.sourceforge.net/) for more details. The major release highlights is that it Eclipse 3.1 is now supported. Older versions of Eclipse are no longer supported. Regards, -- Fabio Zadrozny ------------------------------------------------------ Software Developer ESSS - Engineering Simulation and Scientific Software www.esss.com.br PyDev - Python Development Enviroment for Eclipse pydev.sf.net pydev.blogspot.com

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OSDC 2005 Call For Papers
by Anthony Baxter 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

[Please feel free to pass this on to any other people you think might be interested in submitting a paper! thanks] (Web page: http://osdc2005.cgpublisher.com/cfp.html) OSDC (Open Source Developers Conference) is a grass-roots/low cost conference in the style of a YAPC or PyCon. It's organised for developers, by developers, and we're looking for papers on open source languages, technologies and tools. The conference will be held in Melbourne (Monash University's Caulfield Campus) from the 5th til the 7th of December, 2005. Last years conference had about 160 people and around 60 papers, on a range of topics (including a Python track) - see http://www.osdc.com.au/papers/2004.html for a list. This list might also be useful if you're looking for ideas on what sort of thing would be appropriate. To submit a proposal, get yourself to the www.osdc.com.au website, and hit the 'Call for papers' link, or go directly to the paper submission website at http://osdc2005.cgpublisher.com/cfp.html Key Dates: Proposals deadline 19th August 2005 Proposal acceptance 12th September 2005 Submission deadline 28th October 2005 Final version for proceedings 15th November 2005 Conference 5th - 7th December 2005 Hope to see you there! Anthony -- Anthony Baxter OSDC 2005 Program Chair <anthony(a)osdc.com.au>

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[ANN] Release 0.43 of Task Coach
by Frank Niessink 19 Jul '05

19 Jul '05

Hi all, Unfortunately, release 0.42 of Task Coach introduced a bug, causing Task Coach to not update information correctly in the tree and list view. Release 0.43 is meant to fix that. Bug fixed: * Tree and list view were not updated correctly when changing sort key or sort order, or marking tasks completed. 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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