Mailman 3 February 2006 - Python-announce-list

Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Feb 6)
by Magnus Lycka 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

QOTW: "Excessive cleverness can lead to unmaintainable code. So can excessive stupidity." -- Alan Morgan "Also Python code is pretty bare-metal, so that file.write or socket.write go to the syscall immediately. Try that in Java and you'll find 30 layers of complex abstractions for doubtful benefits and obvious slowness." -- Giovanni Bajo Want to talk at the Python 14 Conference? Proposals are due Feb. 13th. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/4778f0e48… Need fuzzy lookups? It turns out the standard library has what you need! http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/43f3ef0bf… Metaclasses don't have to be so difficult... http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/4be7f1d3f… ActiveState goes solo. Again. http://blogs.activestate.com/activestate/2006/01/activestate_to_.html "Nokia ... announced [an agreement] to release the source code for its Python for S60 Platform software package ..." by way of SourceForge. http://www.ameinfo.com/76819.html If you want a computer with fewer keys than a mobile phone, you can now hack away in you favourite programming language on your Apple iPod! http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/cddcdfb99… Yet another program is saved from unwarranted use of regular expressions! http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/321290184… Yes, it's feasable to write Python DJing software. Hopefully, the OP realized that the answer was yes before the thread turned into pseudopilosophical drivel. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/fb73a7701… This Object-Oriented stuff takes time to grasp... http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/7e34915a7… http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/869e44876… Why make a code generator when you have Python? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/dfd984102… ======================================================================== 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/topic/python/ (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… There is *not* an RSS for "Python-URL!"--at least not yet. Arguments for and against are occasionally entertained. 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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Booksigning Party at PyCon This Year -- UPDATE
by Jeff Rush 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

DO NOT BRING YOUR OWN BOOKS For inventory security reasons, please do NOT bring your own books to the bookstore to be signed. Mixing attendee books with store books in a party atmosphere would be difficult to manage and we need to be considerate of the store. I mispoke in the original announcement. So that the bookstore can have copies on-hand, we'd like to collect a list of titles you'd consider having signed. Please edit the following wiki page and add your choices. Authors, you can add your books too. http://us.pycon.org/TX2006/BookSigning -Jeff

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itools 0.12.3 released
by "J. David Ibáñez" 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

itools is a Python library, it groups a number of packages into a single meta-package for easier development and deployment: itools.catalog itools.i18n itools.web itools.cms itools.ical itools.workflow itools.csv itools.resources itools.xhtml itools.datatypes itools.rss itools.xliff itools.gettext itools.schemas itools.xml itools.handlers itools.tmx itools.html itools.uri Changes: Resources - Add "tell" to the API of file resources (only implemented by memory resources for now). [#151] Web - Improved stability for the web server. We catch unexpected exceptions in a couple of places more, and send an "Internal Server Error" response to the browser; instead of crashing the server. Scripts - Add "igraph" to the collection of scripts; it draws a class diagram with the inheritance hierarchy. By Luis Belmar-Letelier [#219] Resources --------- Download http://www.ikaaro.org/download/itools/itools-0.12.3.tar.gz Home http://www.ikaaro.org/itools Mailing list http://in-girum.net/mailman/listinfo/ikaaro Bug Tracker http://in-girum.net/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi -- J. David Ibáñez Itaapy <http://www.itaapy.com> Tel +33 (0)1 42 23 67 45 9 rue Darwin, 75018 Paris Fax +33 (0)1 53 28 27 88

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FarPy GUIE v0.4.2
by dberlin＠gmail.com 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

GUIE (GUI Editor) provides a simple WYSIWYG GUI editor for wxWidgets. The program was made in C# and saves the GUI that was created to a XML format I called GUIML. This GUIML is a pretty standard representation of the GUI created with the program with some helpful additions for .NET. Next, GUIE takes these GUIML files and translates it to either wxPython Python code or wxRuby Ruby code (more languages in the future). You may ask yourself why I took the extra step? Why didn't I go straight from C# controls to wxPython code? Why is GUIML necessary? Well, it isn't. It is there simply for people (or maybe I) to take the GUIML and convert it to other languages. This, by effect can convert this tool from a Python GUI editor, to "any programming language with a GUI module" GUI editor. http://farpy.holev.com Changes (as of v0.4.2) Fixed: RadioButton not exported Fixed: New form opened even though file import failed Changed: Default font to- MS Sans Sarif (windows default) Added: Error reporting in more areas Fixed: Attempt at fixing error saving files ("file in use" error) Added: Snap to grid functionality

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ANN: MoinMoin 1.5.2 (advanced wiki engine) released
by Alexander Schremmer 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

_ _ /\/\ ___ (_)_ __ /\/\ ___ (_)_ __ / \ / _ \| | '_ \ / \ / _ \| | '_ \ __ / /\/\ \ (_) | | | | / /\/\ \ (_) | | | | | /| |_ \/ \/\___/|_|_| |_\/ \/\___/|_|_| |_| |.__) ============================================== MoinMoin 1.5.2 advanced wiki engine released ============================================== MoinMoin is an easy to use, full-featured and extensible wiki software package written in Python. It can fulfill a wide range of roles, such as a personal notes organizer deployed on a laptop or home web server, a company knowledge base deployed on an intranet, or an Internet server open to individuals sharing the same interests, goals or projects. A wiki is a collaborative hypertext environment with an emphasis on easy manipulation of information. MoinMoin 1.5.2 is a bug fix release. The 1.5 branch brings you several new features such as the GUI editor, which allows the users to edit pages in a WYSIWYG environment, and many bug fixes. The download page: http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/MoinMoinDownload New features in 1.5.1 ===================== * The FullSearchCached macro which is statically cached on the page. * Surge protection system to stop bots or DOS-attackers from abusing your system * Allow normal HTML entities like & in the wiki page Major bug fixes in 1.5.2 ======================== * Clean up of the internal formatter API * Fixed some edge cases of GUIEditor usage. Major new features in 1.5 ========================= * The WYSIWYG editor for wiki pages allows you to edit pages without touching the markup. Furthermore, the wiki page is not stored as HTML after editing but kept as wiki markup in order to simplify the editing process for users that cannot or do not want to use the new editor. * AutoAdmin security policy allows users to gain admin permissions on particular pages. * The new authentication system allows to add short methods that check the credentials of the user. This allowed us to add eGroupware single sign on support. * Separation of homepages into a separate wiki (in a farm) and having a single user database is supported. * A DeSpam action to allow mass-reverting of spam attacks. * PackageInstaller support for simplified installation of plugins, themes and page bundles. This enables you to decide in which languages help pages should be installed. Note that Python 2.3.0 or newer is required. For a more detailed list of changes, see the CHANGES file in the distribution or http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/MoinMoinRelease1.5/CHANGES MoinMoin History ================ MoinMoin has been around since year 2000. The codebase was initally started by Jürgen Hermann; it is currently being developed by a growing team. Being originally based on PikiPiki, it has evolved heavily since then (PikiPiki and MoinMoin 0.1 consisted of just one file!). Many large enterprises have been using MoinMoin as a key tool of their intranet, some even use it for their public web page. A large number of Open Source projects use MoinMoin for communication and documentation. Of course there are also many private installations. More Information ================ * Project site: http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ * Feature list: http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/MoinMoinFeatures * Download: http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/MoinMoinDownload * DesktopEdition: http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/DesktopEdition * This software is available under the GNU General Public License v2. * Changes: http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/MoinMoinRelease1.5/CHANGES * Known bugs: * http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/KnownIssues * http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/MoinMoinBugs sent by Alexander Schremmer for the MoinMoin team

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New Mailing List for PyCon Technology and Conference Software
by Jeff Rush 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

I have arranged for the creation of a new mailing list under python.org for the discussion of software development for PyCon, of any type and for any year. We've been sending a lot of email privately and making the process more visible would be good I think. There are a few disjoint efforts and a list would bring them together. This list is also for the discussion of other technical matters related to PyCon such as the audio/video recording efforts. This list can also help us prepare for the conference-software sprint that Andrew Kuching is pushing for PyCon this year. Please consider signing up by visiting: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-tech -Jeff

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Booksigning Party at PyCon This Year!
by Jeff Rush 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

Because many authors of books related to Python will be in attendance at PyCon, we would like to organize a book signing activity. It seems logical to hold it Saturday night at the party at the Nerdbooks.com bookstore. Bring your own books or buy new ones in the store! And if you're an author in attendance who would like to promote your book, drop an email to "jeff at taupro.com" or come forward when we call the book signing to order in the store. So that the bookstore can have copies on-hand, we'd like to collect a list of titles you'd consider having signed. Please edit the following wiki page and add your choices. Authors, you can add your books too. http://us.pycon.org/TX2006/BookSigning -Jeff

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Leipzig Python User Group - First Meeting 14.Feb.2006
by Mike Müller 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

We will meet the first time on 14.02.2006 at 8 pm. at the Training Centre of the Python Academy, which is located at Zur Schule 20, 04158 Leipzig, Germany. Our topic is the formation of the Leipzig Python User Group, or LE-Snakes. Food and drinks are provided. Please send a short mail to info(a)python-academy.de to notify if you come, so we can make appropriate arrangements. The meeting will take place regularly once a month. The Training Centre of the Python Academy will be the default meeting place. Other locations will be announced. We plan to have one presentation per meeting about Python related topics. The title of the first presentation is: Mike Müller "Parallelisierung von Pythonanwendungen mit Python Remote Objects (PYRO)"| The presentation will be given in German. There are slides available in English also. If there is demand the presentation can be given in English as well. Everybody who uses Python, plans to do so or is interested in learning more about the language is encouraged to participate. While the meeting language will be mainly German, English speakers are very welcome. We will provide English interpretation if needed. Current information are available here: http://www.python-academy.de/LE-Snakes/index.html Wir treffen uns zum ersten Mal am 14.02.2006. um 20:00 Uhr im Schulungszentrum der Python Academy, Zur Schule 20, 04158 Leipzig. Unser Thema ist die Gründung der Leipzig Python User Group, der LE-Snakes. Für das leibliche Wohl wird gesorgt. Wir bitten um kurze Anmeldung per e-mail an: info(a)python-academy.de Der Stammtisch soll regelmäßig einmal pro Monat in Leipzig stattfinden. Als Treffpunkt steht das Schulungszentrum der Python Academy zur Verfügung. Andere Treffpunkte werden bei den Einladungen zum Stammtisch bekannt gegeben. Geplant ist ein Vortrag zu einem Python-relevanten Thema pro Treffen. Der Titel des Vortrages des ersten Treffens lautet: Mike Müller "Parallelisierung von Pythonanwendungen mit Python Remote Objects (PYRO)" Teilnehmen kann jeder, der Interesse an Python hat, die Sprache bereits nutzt oder nutzen möchte. Die Arbeitssprachen des Treffens ist Deutsch. English sprechende Python-Enthusiastsen sind trotzdem herzlich eingeladen. Wir übersetzen gern. Aktuelle Infomationen dazu gibt es hier: http://www.python-academy.de/LE-Snakes/index.html

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python port for iPod
by jack 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

Hi, Since May 2005 there is a port of python (v2.4.1) for Apple iPod. Porting was an 'easy' job, the only consideration was how you can write with a iPod, ipodlinux [1] people did an interface called iPodRead that allows you type into iPod scrolling left or right on the wheel. (This affects to the file Parser/myreadline.c, line 47). Furthermore, is necessary run configure with options: --without-threads, --without-shared and --with-cxx and build it in a cross-compile environment for ARM architecture. Running make the only problem was the function hypot (umm, like ipod :) in the math module (I don't remember the problem) but i had to change hypot(x,y) to sqrt(x*x+y*y). You can see the differences between python original and python ported source in [2]. First announce about the port can be found in [3]. More info about this port, cool pictures and binaries & source code in [4]. [1] http://ipodlinux.org [2] http://www.ciberjacobo.com/en/diffs.html [3] http://ipodlinux.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1945 [4] http://www.ciberjacobo.com/en/linux_on_ipod.html#python -- Jacobo Avariento Gimeno http://ciberjacobo.com OpenPGP key: http://ciberjacobo.com/key.pem

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[ANN] DOPAL 0.55 - Python library for Azureus
by Allan Crooks 04 Feb '06

04 Feb '06

Summary: ------- DOPAL is a library to allow programs written in Python to easily communicate the Java BitTorrent client Azureus, via the XML/HTTP plugin (allowing communication over a network). Changes: ------- Version 0.55 is the second public release of DOPAL. The main change is a massive increase of supported classes defined by Azureus (up from 17 to 214!). There are also a few minor bugfixes in this release, as well as some internal core changes, and improved API documentation. The method definitions in this release are in sync with Azureus 2.3.0.7 b40 (though you can use any version of Azureus with DOPAL). Description: ----------- It provides a very Pythonic way of interacting with the objects available in Azureus's Plugin API - you can interact with remote objects and invoke methods on them as easily as any normal Python object (while all the connection handling and XML generation and parsing is done behind the scenes). It also allows you to write code which can do just the same things as Java plugins for Azureus can (well, almost). Website: ------- http://dopal.sourceforge.net/ Example usage: ------------- http://dopal.sourceforge.net/examples.html

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