Patrick Holz from the computing centre of the University Cologne has
kindly created a mailing list for the emerging Python User Group in
Cologne (Köln), Germany.
You can find further information and subscribe to the list under the
following URL:
https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/python-users
The conversation on this list is conducted in the German language. The
list interface is in German too by default, but you can switch it to
English if you like.
Posting, subscribers list and archives are currently for list members
only, though the latter may change after proper consideration of privacy
issues.
There is also some basic information about the new Python User Group on
the German Python Wiki:
http://wiki.python.de/User_Group_K%C3%B6ln
You'll find the dates for our regular meetings there, but we will also
announce them on the relevant Python mailing lists.
Regards, Christopher Arndt
Hi there !
I'm pleased to announce new bugs fix releases of pylint and astng. Most
bug discussed more or less recently on the python-projects mailing list
should be fixed by those releases, and astng inference capability has
been enhanced for some construction, so upgrade is recommended.
Visit the respective projects'page of our fresh new .org site to get the
latest source distribution :o)
http://www.logilab.org/project/name/pylinthttp://www.logilab.org/project/name/logilab-astng
Enjoy !
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Tonight November 23 from 6:30-8:30 pm, there will be a social
gathering of Sydney Python Users Group and any individuals interested
in discussing Python, Web, Zope, Plone, Ruby, Perl etc over drinks.
Laptops, code review etc allowed.
We will meet on the ground floor next to the internal
entrance of P.J. O'Briens Pub
at the Grace Hotel,
corner of York and King Streets.
To help find us, look for me, I am similar to the individual in this
photo,
http://osdc2006.cgpublisher.com/proposals/22/index_html
but now a little older and even less hair.
Regards
Mark
Hallöchen!
At http://pyvisa.sourceforge.net you can find information about the
PyVISA package. It realises Python bindings for the VISA library
functions, which enables you to control GPIB, USB, and RS232-serial
measurement devices via Python.
Yesterday I released version 1.1, which works much better together
with older VISA implementations. Moreover, we finally have reports
from Linux users. They successfully used PyVISA with Linux +
NI/Tektronix GPIB hardware.
Tschö,
Torsten.
F'up to comp.lang.python
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Ever wonder what Guido has been doing at Google? Now is your chance
to find out!
Guido has worked at Google for nearly a year. He splits his time
between working on Python and working on Google projects. He will be
giving a presentation and demo on Nov 30, 2006. I won't spoil it, but
this talk will touch on some aspects of Google's development process
and what Guido has done to improve it. He did such a good job,
engineers voted his project one of the top 10 accomplishments!
The talk will be at 7.00pm on Nov 30, 2006 at Google Headquarters in
Mountain View, CA in Building 43, room: Tunis. The talk is targeted
towards anyone interested in software development. It's not Python
specific. For updates, check http://code.google.com/
I believe the talk will be videotaped and put on Google video.
I hope to see lots of new faces!
n
Hello, I have the honour for the next time to make
bug fixes and updates for DrPython.
I am not intended to make any crucial changes, only
make it run for wxPython 2.7 and 2.8.
Because the last version is about 1 year old,
I made this Announce posting.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/drpython/
Zenoss Launches Core 1.0 Product
Breakthrough Solution Sets New Standard for Open Source IT Monitoring
Annapolis, MD — November 14, 2006 — Zenoss, Inc., a leading provider
of enterprise network and systems monitoring software, today
announced the availability of Zenoss Core version 1.0. Zenoss Core
is an integrated IT monitoring product that allows IT administrators
to manage the status and health of their entire infrastructures
through a single web-based console. As a free, open source software
product, Zenoss provides organizations world-wide with a new
alternative for enterprise-grade IT monitoring that is substantially
less expensive and easier to deploy than traditional solutions.
“Zenoss Core has been downloaded more than 50,000 times in the last
120 days; many organizations rely on the product every day to monitor
their mission critical IT infrastructure,” said Bill Karpovich, CEO
and Co-Founder of Zenoss, Inc. “The solution has already been proven
in demanding environments and today we’re launching it for mainstream
adoption.”
Zenoss is focused on helping medium-sized organizations more
effectively manage their rapidly growing IT infrastructures. Zenoss
Core provides these organizations with the rich, integrated
functionality previously available only through proprietary solutions
that were too expensive and complex.
“Systems Management 2.0 companies, like Zenoss, are lowering the
barriers to entry for systems management,” said RedMonk analyst
Michael Coté. “These companies and projects are typically
characterized by open source development and an overall, positive
simplification of the systems management space especially for the mid-
market.”
“We looked at several alternatives—including the large enterprise
suites—and narrowed the selection down to BMC and Zenoss,” said Jim
Stalder, CIO of Mercy Medical Services in Baltimore, MD. “Zenoss was
the best choice in terms of ease-of-deployment and price. With
Zenoss, we have improved our responsiveness and availability, and we
are saving 80% over the cost of a proprietary solution.”
Zenoss monitors the entire infrastructure including network devices,
server hardware, operating systems, applications, software versions,
and environmental controls. Zenoss Core 1.0 builds significant
advancements in scalability, a richer user interface, and a high
level of stability on top of the Zenoss Core features. The key
features of Zenoss include:
Cross-Layer Monitoring–Inventory and Configuration Model: Zenoss
populates (using auto-discovery) and maintains a complete database of
the IT infrastructure, including configuration details, dependencies,
and logical views.
Availability Monitoring: End-to-end, active testing of
infrastructure elements and application services, including process
monitoring, simple ping tests, and more sophisticated “synthetic
transactions.”
Performance Monitoring: Zenoss tracks and graphs over time a
virtually unlimited set of performance metrics across all
infrastructure components. Alerts are generated when Zenoss detects
breaches of end-user thresholds.
Event Management: Zenoss collects events and alarms from throughout
the infrastructure into a central repository where they are
correlated, prioritized, and archived for historical analysis. Rules
are configured by end users to generate pages and/or emails as
matching conditions are discovered.
Zenoss 1.0 also includes many new features that augment the Zenoss
Core modules.
Remote Management: Securely manage remote servers through the use
of Zen Plug-ins.
Sophisticated Alerting: Version 1.0 offers a complex alerting
faculty that enables alerts to be sent to pagers or email and can
even adhere to an “on call” schedule.
Automated Update Checking: A new automatic software update feature
makes it easy to keep up with the latest Zenoss Core security and
feature updates.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Support: Zenoss Core 1.0 is officially
supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 and has received Red Hat
Ready Certification. In addition, Zenoss has committed to support
future versions of the commercial Linux operating system.
Zenoss Core 1.0 is available for download at http://www.zenoss.com/
download/.
About Zenoss, Inc.
Recently named one of the “Top 10 Open Source Companies to Watch” by
Network World, Zenoss is an open source network and systems
management software company based in Annapolis, MD. Zenoss provides
the most complete open source monitoring platform as a lower cost and
easier-to-deploy alternative to traditional proprietary solutions.
For more information, please visit www.zenoss.com.
Project Blurb
Zenoss is Python/Zope-based, network/systems monitoring application
that has been in development since 2002. The goal of Zenoss is to
“Simplify Systems Management” with a Python, open source alternative
to the big commercial management suites (e.g. IBM Tivoli, HP
OpenView, etc.).
The rpncalc package adds an interactive Reverse Polish Notation (RPN)
interpreter to Python. This interpreter allows the use of Python as
an RPN calculator. You can easily switch between the RPN interpreter
and the standard Python interpreter.
Home page: http://calcrpnpy.sourceforge.net/
Changes in 2.5
* Update the included clnum package.
* Added ratapx and unique_roots commands.
The ratfun module provides classes for defining polynomial and rational
function (ratio of two polynomials) objects. These objects can be used
in arithmetic expressions and evaluated at a particular point.
Home page: http://calcrpnpy.sourceforge.net/ratfun.html
Note: If you are using rpncalc-1.2 or later, this module is already
included. This release is for folks who don't want rpncalc.
Changes in 2.4
* Updated the included clnum package.
* Added uniqueRoots to handle polynomials with multiple roots.