Mailman 3 August 2005 - Python-announce-list

ANN: xmlrpcserver 0.99.1
by Julien Oster 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

I am pleased to announce the initial release of xmlrpcserver 0.99.1, an XML-RPC server module on top of xmlrpclib. xmlrpcserver is a simple to use but fairly complete XML-RPC server module for Python, implemented on top of the standard module xmlrpclib. This module may, for example, be used in CGIs, inside application servers or within an application, or even standalone as an HTTP server waiting for XML-RPC requests. xmlrpcserver is completely written in python and has no dependencies other than python standard modules. xmlrpcserver allows you to incorporate a full XML-RPC server in your projects in virtually no time. xmlrpcserver includes compliance to and announcement of the following de-facto standards: * XML-RPC * system.getCapabilities * Fault Code Interoperability Here is a completely operational example for usage as CGI: ---------- #!/usr/bin/env python import sys from xmlrpc import XmlRpcServer def testmethod(meta, argument1, argument2): print (meta, argument1, argument2) return [1, 2, 3, 4] server = XmlRpcServer() server.register('test.test', testmethod) # read the request, perform the call and send the response sys.stdout.write("Content-type: text/xml\n\n") server.execute() ---------- xmlrpcserver also includes a handy standalone HTTP server, XmlRpcHTTPServer, derived from both BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer and XmlRpcServer. Additional connection data is provided with the metadata dictionary. You can find xmlrpcserver at http://www.julien-oster.de/projects/xmlrpcserver/ Regards, Julien

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ANN: Naja 1.2.5 is now available
by webmaster＠keyphrene.com 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

Naja is a download manager and a website grabber written in Python/wxPython.You can add some plugins (newsreader, newsgroups grabber, FTP - FTPS - SFTP client,WebDAV client) and take control of your downloads from your office. Naja supports proxy (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP,SOCKS v4a, SOCKSv5), and use some authentication methods.The downloading maybe achieved by splitting the file being downloaded into several parts and downloading these parts at the same time (HTTP,HTTPS,FTP). Donwload speeds are increased by downloading the file from the mirrors sites,when the sites propose it. Others features: Csv filter Cheksums (CRC32, MD2, MD4, MD5, SHA, SHA1, MDC2, RMD160) Crypt (Only for the eXtended version) and Decrypt (AES, DES, 3DES ...) newsreader, newsposter (uue, yEnc) CGI & WebDAV Server Web Interface basic and digest authentication for client and server Compress and decompress (zip, tar.gz, tar.bz2) Picture viewer Text Editor Naja is available for download from the Keyphrene web site: http://www.keyphrene.com/products/naja

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OSDC 2005 Call For Papers
by Simon Taylor 14 Aug '05

14 Aug '05

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 - 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 Please feel free to pass this on to any other people or groups you think might be interested in submitting a paper! thanks Hope to see you there! - Simon Taylor

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[Ann] DMpdb: improvements and extensions for "pdb"
by Dieter Maurer 14 Aug '05

14 Aug '05

DMpdb is a tiny Python package with improvements and extensions for "pdb", Pythons built-in debugger: * the 'where' command gets optional arguments 'number' and 'end' to control the amount of entries printed; its output is made more readable; by defining the method 'getAdditionalFrameInfo', a derived class can show additional debugging info. * the 'do_break' command can now be used from outside the debugger to define breakpoints * the new 'frame' command allows to directly switch to an interesting frame The package also defines the module "Zpdb" providing a debugger class that understands Zope's additional debugging info ('__traceback_info__' and '__traceback_supplement__'). Download: <http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects>

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pyExcelerator 0.6.0a is now available
by Roman V. Kiseliov 14 Aug '05

14 Aug '05

Hi! I'm pleased to announce that pyExcelerator 0.6.0a is now available for download. ------------------------------------------------------- What can you do with pyExcelerator: Generating Excel 97+ files with Python 2.4+ (need decorators), importing Excel 95+ files, support for UNICODE in Excel files, using variety of formatting features and printing options, NEW: formulas, dates, numbers support, Excel files and OLE2 compound files dumper. No need in Windows/COM --------------------------------------------------------- 0.6.0a (14.08.2005) --------- * blanks, numbers, currency (use number formats!) and dates (use number formats!) * pyExcelerator uses 1.5-2 times less memory (thanks to __brains__ and __slots__) * fixes for Big Endian CPUs * some refactorings * new examples: blanks.py, merged1.py, dates.py, numbers.py, num_formats.py, formulas.py * most important change: formulas support ---------------------------------------------------------- DOWNLOAD: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyexcelerator/ http://www.kiseliov.ru/downloads.html /---------------------------------------------------------- / Regards, Roman V. Kiseliov roman(a)kiseliov.ru

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ANN: cssutils 0.8a3 (alpha 3 release)
by Christof 13 Aug '05

13 Aug '05

what is it ---------- A Python package to parse and build CSS Cascading Style Sheets. Partly implements the DOM Level 2 Stylesheets and DOM Level 2 CSS interfaces. The implementation uses some Python standard features like standard lists for classes like css.CSSRuleList and is hopefully a bit easier to use. changes since the last full release ----------------------------------- **MAJOR API CHANGE** reflecting DOM Level 2 Stylesheets and DOM Level 2 CSS see http://cthedot.de/cssutils/ for a complete list of changes, examples etc changes in 0.8a3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * custom log for CSSparser should work again * calling script cssparser has 2 new options (not using optparse yet...) cssparser.py filename.css [encoding[, "debug"]] 1. encoding of the filename.css to parse 2. if called with "debug" debugging mode is enabled and default log prints all messages * cssutils.css.CSSUnknownRule reintegrated and Tests added * cssutils.Comment reintegrated implements css.CSSRule, there a new typevalue COMMENT (=-1) is added * lexer does handle strings *almost* right now... * bugfixes * simplified lexer, still lots of simplification todo known issues ------------ * @media and @page rules are disabled (Unknown Rule will be used currently) * string with enclosed quotes probably do cause errors e.g. content: "some \"text"; will likely break the parser * probably all escaped characters (\x) will break the parser * nested blocks like in @media or custom at-rules will probably not work license ------- cssutils is published under the LGPL. download -------- download cssutils 0.8a3 alpha - 050813 from http://cthedot.de/cssutils/ This is an alpha release so use at your own risk! Some parts will not work as expected... Any bug report is welcome. cssutils needs * Python 2.3 (tested with Python 2.4.1 on Windows XP only) * maybe PyXML (tested with PyXML 0.8.4 installed) any comment will be appreciated, thanks christof hoeke <P><A HREF="http://cthedot.de/cssutils/">cssutils 0.8a3</A> - cssutils - CSS Cascading Style Sheets library for Python (13-Aug-05)

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new PEP type: Process
by David Goodger 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

Barry Warsaw and I, the PEP editors, have been discussing the need for a new PEP type lately. Martin von Löwis' PEP 347 was a prime example of a PEP that didn't fit into the existing Standards Track and Informational categories. We agreed upon a new "Process" PEP type. For more information, please see PEP 1 (http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0001.html) -- the type of which has also been changed to Process. Other good examples of Process PEPs are the release schedule PEPs, and I understand there may be a new one soon. (Please cc: any PEP-related mail to peps(a)python.org) -- David Goodger <http://python.net/~goodger>

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Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Aug 12)
by Cameron Laird 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

QOTW: "... So I started profiling the code and the slowdown was actually taking place at places where I didn't expect it." -- Guyon Mor?e (and about twenty-three thousand others) "[A] suggestion from the world of 'agile development': stop making so many decisions and start writing some actual code!" -- Peter Hansen Scott David Daniels and others illustrate that the most common answer for Python is, "It's (already) in there." In the case at hand the subject is primitive symbolic arithmetic: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/index/browse_frm/thread/13e… Andy Smith rails against "frameworks": http://an9.org/devdev/why_frameworks_suck?sxip-homesite=&checked=1 "Porcupine is a [Python-based] Web application server that features an embedded object database, the Porcupine Object Query Language, XMLRPC support, and QuiX, an integrated JavaScript XUL motor." http://www.innoscript.org Getters and setters are (mostly) for other languages; Python has properties (and descriptors!): http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/f903ab… Ramza Brown confusingly but helpfully repackages "the absolute minimum libraries needed for Python to work with Win32": http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/d0d4e4… Paolino offers a technique for *pruning* attributes in a subclass: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/180544… Hard though it may be for some of us to accept, a zillion threads might not be all bad. http://www.usenix.org/events/hotos03/tech/vonbehren.html Python helps win awards: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/c61905… Python fits on small machines, sort-of: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/834f5b… ======================================================================== 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! 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[ANN] Release 0.46 of Task Coach
by Frank Niessink 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

Hi all, I'm pleased to announce release 0.46 of Task Coach. New in this release: Bugs fixed: * In the effort views, the status bar would show information about tasks, not about effort. * Entering a negative effort duration while using a non-english language would crash Task Coach. * Having a two letter language string (e.g. 'en') in the TaskCoach.ini file would cause an error in the preferences dialog. Features added: * Double-clicking the system tray icon when Task Coach is not minimized will raise the Task Coach window. * Added Spanish translation thanks to Juan José. Feature changed: * Keyboard shortcut for deleting a task is now 'Delete' instead of 'Ctrl-D' and 'Ctrl-Enter' marks the selected task(s) completed. Implementation changes: * Task ids are now persistent, i.e. they are saved to and loaded from the Task Coach (XML) file. This will make it easier, in the future, to keep tasks synchronized with external sources, e.g. Outlook. * Task Coach now keeps track of the last modification time of tasks. These times are saved to and loaded from the Task Coach (XML) file. This change is also in preparation of synchronization functionality. 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: pycairo 0.9.0
by Steve Chaplin 10 Aug '05

10 Aug '05

Pycairo is a set of Python bindings for the vector graphics library cairo. http://www.cairographics.org http://www.cairographics.org/pycairo A new pycairo snapshot 0.9.0 is now available from: http://cairographics.org/snapshots/pycairo-0.9.0.tar.gz http://cairographics.org/snapshots/pycairo-0.9.0.tar.gz.md5 a01c9c34bcb15e89fcea03c324158422 pycairo-0.9.0.tar.gz Overview of changes from pycairo 0.6.0 to pycairo 0.9.0 ======================================================= General changes: Pycairo has been updated to work with cairo 0.9.0. New cairo functions supported: cairo_get_antialias cairo_set_antialias cairo_surface_mark_dirty_rectangle cairo_surface_flush Bug Fixes - double buffering now works with the cairo.gtk module Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com

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