Mailman 3 November 2006 - Python-announce-list

ANN: version 3.9.2 of eric3 available
by Detlev Offenbach 12 Nov '06

12 Nov '06

Hi, this is to informe you about the availability of eric3 v 3.9.2. This is bug fix release with some new features. It is available via http://www.die-offenbachs.de/detlev/eric.html Changelog: - bug fixes - added support for new QScintilla stuff (e.g. autocomplete from document and APIs) - extended debugger to not set the encoding (configurable) - added keyboard shortcuts for the shell -- to clear the shell -- for all zoom aczions (zoom in, zoom out, zoom) - added the tool eric3-configure to setup eric3 without the need to start the IDE Regards, Detlev -- Detlev Offenbach detlev(a)die-offenbachs.de

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[ANN] Release 0.61.2 of Task Coach
by Frank Niessink 11 Nov '06

11 Nov '06

Hi all, Release 0.61.2 of Task Coach is a bug-fix release that hopefully gets rid of the following bugs: * Some Linux distributions do not have the BROWSER environment variable set, causing errors. Be prepared. * Saving failed with a UnicodeError if a category description would contain non-ASCII characters. * Deleting a task would not delete the task from the categories it belonged to, resulting in errors upon next loading of the task file. 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 and a disk image is available for Mac OSX, 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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Registrations are open for tutorials at OSDC 2006
by Richard Jones 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

Time is running out to register for tutorials at the Open Source Developers' Conference 2006 tutorial program: http://www.osdc.com.au/registration/index.html The tutorials run on the 5th December, followed by the technical program on the 6th - 8th December. Most tutorials include printed reference material. Our tutorial program is included below: Room 1 Room 2 9:00am Cascading Style Sheets Open Source Python GIS Hacks 12:30pm Lunch Lunch 1:30pm Test Web Apps with Perl Drupal Tutorial 3:00pm Afternoon tea Afternoon tea 3:30pm Intro to Perl Template::Toolkit Large Scale Web Apps A morning tea break will occur roughly half way through the the 9am - 12:30pm tutorials. For more information on what each tutorial covers, please visit: http://www.osdc.com.au/papers/tutorials.html Prices and information on how to register can be found at: http://www.osdc.com.au/registration/index.html You can help us make this conference be the best developers' conference this year just by turning up and participating! We look forward to sharing this great conference with you. If your business would like to benefit from exposure to many of Australia's best open source developers then perhaps you should consider sponsorship. We have a wide range of sponsorship options, to find out more information please visit: http://www.osdc.com.au/sponsors/index.html Richard Jones OSDC Program Chair

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Pythonika 1.0
by Ero Carrera 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

Hi, I'm happy to announce the first release of Pythonika, a free MathLink module for Mathematica that makes it possible to write (and run) Python code within Mathematica's notebooks. It handles the conversion of Python and Mathematica objects transparently and allows to use all of Python's modules in the machine (Mathematica, Numarray, NetworkX, etc. all at once :-P ). I find the mix of Mathematica's interactivity with Python to be a really good combination. == Download & Information == Pythonika is available at: http://dkbza.org/pythonika.html (an example notebook is available on the previous link as well as in the downloaded package) Entry in the Wolfram Information Center: http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/6622/ The download includes source code and binaries for OSX/Windows/Linux. Regards, -- Ero Carrera

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[Ann] ctypes wiki
by Thomas Heller 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

I have installed a wiki which could / should be used to document the ctypes package and ctypes related packages (like comtypes, for example). ctypes is a foreign function library for Python: http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/ I hope the wiki will evolve over time into a useful resource. Currently there is no actual contents - so please contribute by adding tips, tricks, and whatever you have to share about ctypes. The wiki URL is: http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/wiki Thomas

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Roundup Issue Tracker release 1.3.0
by Richard Jones 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

I'm proud to release version 1.3.0 of Roundup. New Features in 1.3.0: - WSGI support via roundup.cgi.wsgi_handler Fixed in 1.3.0: - sqlite module detection was broken for python 2.5 compiled without sqlite support - fixed support for pysqlite2 (version 2.1.0 is the minimum version supported) - roundup-server called setuid when run by non-root user - fix sort/group direction checkbox in issue.index.html (sf bug 1593025) - fix error detection for non-EN locales of postgres (sf bug 1592249) - fix email change note rendering of multiline properties (sf patch 1575223) - fix sidebar search links (sf patch 1574467) - nicer "permission required" messages (sf patch 1558183) - fix unstable ordering of detectors (sf bug 1585378) If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation. Roundup requires python 2.3 or later for correct operation. To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run:: roundup-demo Release info and download page: http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/roundup Source and documentation is available at the website: http://roundup.sourceforge.net/ Mailing lists - the place to ask questions: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577 About Roundup ============= Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition. Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this project is richard(a)users.sourceforge.net. Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to: (a) submit new issues, (b) find and edit existing issues, and (c) discuss issues with other participants. The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup is therefore usable "out of the box" with any python 2.3+ installation. It doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational, though a disutils-based install script is provided. It comes with two issue tracker templates (a classic bug/feature tracker and a minimal skeleton) and five database back-ends (anydbm, sqlite, metakit, mysql and postgresql).

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ANN: Amplee 0.3.2
by Sylvain Hellegouarch 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

Hi all, I'm happy to introduce the release of Amplee 0.3.2, a Python implementation of the Atom Publishing Protocol. This release is a bug fixes but with a few new features as well: * Support of the Amazon S3 service as a storage * Support for the Hachoir library which should offer more format supported as members * Better support for Atom members * Updated demo code showing more functionalities of amplee (not yet updated on the wiki though so please look at: http://trac.defuze.org/browser/oss/amplee/amplee/demo == Download == * easy_install -U amplee * Tarballs http://www.defuze.org/oss/amplee/ * svn co https://svn.defuze.org/oss/amplee/ == Documentation == http://trac.defuze.org/wiki/amplee == TODO == * Add tests * Fix the WSGI handler to use the new routing_args spec. * Improve documentation This release is still a little rough around the edges but it's getting better :) Have fun, -- Sylvain Hellegouarch http://www.defuze.org

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ANN: wxPython 2.7.2.0
by Robin Dunn 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

Announcing ---------- The 2.7.2.0 release of wxPython is now available for download at http://wxpython.org/download.php. This is expected to be the last stepping stone in the path to the next stable release series, 2.8.x. We're pushing full speed ahead in order to get 2.8.0 included with OSX 10.5, and so far we are very close to being on schedule. This release has some house-keeping style changes, as well as some user-contributed patches and also the usual crop of bug fixes. Source and binaries are available for both Python 2.4 and 2.5 for Windows and Mac, as well some pacakges for varous Linux distributions. A summary of changes is listed below and also at http://wxpython.org/recentchanges.php. What is wxPython? ----------------- wxPython is a GUI toolkit for the Python programming language. It allows Python programmers to create programs with a robust, highly functional graphical user interface, simply and easily. It is implemented as a Python extension module that wraps the GUI components of the popular wxWidgets cross platform library, which is written in C++. wxPython is a cross-platform toolkit. This means that the same program will usually run on multiple platforms without modifications. Currently supported platforms are 32-bit Microsoft Windows, most Linux or other Unix-like systems using GTK2, and Mac OS X 10.3+, in most cases the native widgets are used on each platform. Changes in 2.7.2.0 ------------------ Patch [ 1583183 ] Fixes printing/print preview inconsistencies Add events API to wxHtmlWindow (patch #1504493 by Francesco Montorsi) Added wxTB_RIGHT style for right-aligned toolbars (Igor Korot) Added New Zealand NZST and NZDT timezone support to wx.DateTime. wx.Window.GetAdjustedBestSize is deprecated. In every conceivable scenario GetEffectiveMinSize is probably what you want to use instead. wx.Image: Gained support for TGA image file format. wx.aui: The classes in the wx.aui module have been renamed to be more consistent with each other, and make it easier to recognize in the docs and etc. that they belong together. FrameManager --> AuiManager FrameManagerEvent --> AuiManagerEvent PaneInfo --> AuiPaneInfo FloatingPane --> AuiFloatingPane DockArt --> AuiDockArt TabArt --> AuiTabArt AuiMultiNotebook --> AuiNotebook AuiNotebookEvent --> AuiNotebookEvent wx.lib.customtreectrl: A patch from Frame Niessink which adds an additional style (TR_AUTO_CHECK_PARENT) that (un)checks a parent when all children are (un)checked. wx.animate.AnimationCtrl fixed to display inactive bitmap at start (patch 1590192) Patch from Dj Gilcrease adding the FNB_HIDE_ON_SINGLE_TAB style flag for wx.lib.flatnotebook. wx.Window.GetBestFittingSize has been renamed to GetEffectiveMinSize. SetBestFittingSize has been renamed to SetInitialSize, since it is most often used only to set the initial (and minimal) size of a widget. The QuickTime backend for wx.media.MediaCtrl on MS Windows works again. Just pass szBackend=wx.media.MEDIABACKEND_QUICKTIME to the constructor to use it instead of the default ActiveMovie backend, (assuming the quicktime DLLs are available on the system.) -- Robin Dunn Software Craftsman http://wxPython.org Java give you jitters? Relax with wxPython!

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Last chance to join the Summer of PyPy!
by Michael Hudson 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

Hopefully by now you have heard of the "Summer of PyPy", our program for funding the expenses of attending a sprint for students. If not, you've just read the essence of the idea :-) However, the PyPy EU funding period is drawing to an end and there is now only one sprint left where we can sponsor the travel costs of interested students within our program. This sprint will probably take place in Leysin, Switzerland from 8th-14th of January 2007. So, as explained in more detail at: http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/summer-of-pypy.html we would encourage any interested students to submit a proposal in the next month or so. If you're stuck for ideas, you can find some at http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/project-ideas.html but please do not feel limited in any way by this list! Cheers, mwh ... and the PyPy team -- This is an off-the-top-of-the-head-and-not-quite-sober suggestion, so is probably technically laughable. I'll see how embarassed I feel tomorrow morning. -- Patrick Gosling, ucam.comp.misc

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1. Koelner Python-Stammtisch Thu, 16th Nov 2006, 18:45h
by Christopher Arndt 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

Hi everybody, the 1. Kölner Python Stammtisch (Python meetup Cologne) takes place on Thursday, 16th Nov 2006. I invite everybody interested in Python, users and developers alike, be they from Cologne and surroundings or from afar, to join this event for the strengthening of the network of Pythoneers in Germany. The meeting point is in the foyer of the Maritim Hotel (located directly next to the Deutzer bridge and the Heumarkt) at 18:45h. We will then walk to a nearby pub in the old town of Cologne, probably the "Brauerei zu Malzmühle" (Heumarkt 16). I will check the location again at the beginning of next week, and post an update if necessary. This meeting occurs on occasion of the LinuxWorld Expo, which takes place from 14th to 16th Nov 2006 at the KoelnMesse on the other side of the Rhine. For anybody who is not able attend on Thursday evening, there is the possibility of meeting for a chat at the fair at any of the three days. For further information, see this (German) page: http://wiki.python.de/User_Treffen Since this is the first meeting of its kind in Cologne and we are meeting in a relaxed environment, no special agenda is planned. If you want to suggest a discussion topic, presentation, social proceeding etc. you are encouraged to do so! Meanwhile it is hoped, that this event will give the opportunity to make contacts, discuss the merits of our favourite programming language and ponder over the viability a regular meeting. I hope to see many of you there! Chris P.S. If somebody is late or has trouble finding us, my mobile number is: 0176-28259175

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