Mailman 3 March 2006 - Python-announce-list

ANN: SCSIPYTHON added to Sourceforge
by sam 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

I have updated and moved my SCSI diagnostic tools from starship to sourceforge. I will be still maintaining these files at both locations as long as starship exists. These tools allow low level tests to be conducted on storage devices under the Windows operating system. These routines access all storage devices through the Windows SCSIPASSTHROUGH layer, which maps all storage devices (SCSI,IDE/ATA,USB,PCMCIA,DVD,CD) to look like a SCSI device that is accessed using SCSI command descripter blocks. The move to Sourceforge also places the sourcecode,and files under CVS control. Starship link: http://starship.python.net/crew/samschul Sourceforge link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/scsipython Sam Schulenburg

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Release: DirectPython 0.2.5
by Heikki Salo 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

A new version of DirectPython is now available at http://directpython.sourceforge.net/ What is it? ----------- DirectPython is a C++ extension to the Python programming language which provides access to DirectX (9.0c) API, including Direct3D, DirectSound, DirectShow and DirectInput. The full distribution is very easy to install and it includes many samples and documentation that show the basics of DirectPython programming. No additional packages are needed. Whats new in 0.2.5? ------------------ This version has only few new features. Most of the changes in the API are minor and easy to fix in existing applications. See the readme.txt for any changes. Requirements ------------- A Windows operating system with Python 2.4.x and DirectX 9.0c installed.

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ANN: IlliPy (Champaign-Urbana's) Python User Group Kickoff Meeting 4/26 @ 7PM
by mbbx6spp 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

Venue: Giuliani (next to Murphy's Bar) Date: Wednesday April 26, 2006 Time: 7PM URL: http://illipy.tautology.net/events This is the kickoff meeting for the Champaign-Urbana Python User Group (called IlliPy). We will be talking about upcoming Python talks, open source project initiatives and the Python user group book club initiative. Please visit http://illipy.tautology.net for more details and if interested in attending meetings please subscribe to the IlliPy announcement mailing list at: http://groups.google.com/group/illipy-announce

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[ANNOUNCE] Thirtieth release of PythonCAD now available
by Art Haas 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

Hi. I'm pleased to announce the thirtieth development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The thirtieth PythonCAD release addresses a number of issues that appeared in the rewritten entity transfer code made available in the previous release. By once again rewriting the entity transfer code, the problems found in the last release have been fixed and additionally a number of latent problems for handling undo/redo operations on Dimension entities were addressed. In addition to the reworked entity transfer code, a number of internal code enhancements appear in this release. The use of the 'weakref' module has been eliminated, and a number of other bug fixes and improvements have been applied to the code. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822

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Release: vizann-2.0 Tkinter Neural Net Demo Program
by I. Myself 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

Release Name: vizann-2.0 <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78946> This freeware program may be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/annevolve. *Notes:* This is a program to graphically demonstrate the operational details of two types of ANN (Artificial Neural Network) when used to implement the XOR function. The program is 100% GUI, meaning that there is no line-by-line input nor output. The program is written in Python. (a free download from http://www.python.org) The .zip file contains only these five files: VizANN.py - The program source code VizANN.txt - documentation xormlp.gif - an image file which VizANN.py will display xorfcba.gif - an image file which VizANN.py will display VizANNnotes.txt - this file Mitchell Timin -- I'm proud of http://ANNEvolve.sourceforge.net. I'm currently working on a major update of the SailChallenge package. If you want to write software, or articles, or do testing for ANNEvolve, let me know. Humans may know that my email address is zenguy at shaw dot ca.

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itools 0.13.0 released
by "J. David Ibáñez" 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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.uri itools.cms itools.ical itools.web itools.csv itools.resources itools.workflow itools.datatypes itools.rss itools.xhtml itools.gettext itools.schemas itools.xliff itools.handlers itools.stl itools.xml itools.html itools.tmx The most relevant news in this release are... The "itools.cms" package does not depends on the ZODB anymore, now it stores the information directly in the filesystem, as files and folders. This enables us to use all the tools we like and love for introspection and manipulation of the database (grep, vi, etc.). It also means a boost to the application's performance. The Command Line Interface has been updated to use our new conventions. The script "icms.py" has been split into: icms-init, icms-start, icms-stop, icms-update and icms-restore; "igettext.py" has been split into: igettext-extract, igettext-merge and igettext-build; and so on. The consequences basically are shell completion for free, and a better online documentation. The packaging has also seen deep changes. Unit tests are all centralized into the "test" directory. The new family of "isetup" scripts (isetup-update-locale, isetup-build and isetup-test) will simplify the localization, build and test processes, hence helping us to deliver a better product. While only visible to us developers of itools, the switch from GNU arch to GIT [1] to manage the source code, will streamline the development process, reduce the entry barrier to new contributors, and in the end help us to get out a better product. Last, but probably most important, we have changed the licensing of itools from LGPL to GPL. While this change may not be for the taste of many Python developers, we believe that itools belongs to the group of libraries that "make a difference", hence it is better served by the GPL license [2]. For a more detailed list of the changes see the CHANGES.txt file. [1] http://git.or.cz/ [2] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html Resources - --------- Download http://www.ikaaro.org/download/itools/itools-0.13.0.tar.gz Home http://www.ikaaro.org/itools Mailing list http://in-girum.net/mailman/listinfo/ikaaro Bug Tracker http://bugs.lleu.org - -- 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEIDWJqTbdUBYy+tIRAtOdAJ0SDoi4B+ccI5SlXdrP2LroMz9S2QCfXo5/ w+TXj+zqHYJWKqfbIydZjuo= =C1VA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Nuxeo Calendar Server released in version 2
by Fermigier Stefane 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

Nuxeo Calendar Server released in version 2 ------------------------------------------- Nuxeo releases version 2 of it's calendar products for Python and Zope, updating to the latest technology frameworks. Nuxeo proudly presents version 2 of its calendar framework. The calendar framework is a set of advanced, flexible calendar components for Python and Zope. CalCore is a calendar component for Python. It allows the Python developer do write advanced calendar applications either using their own event storage or integrating with external calendar servers. Features of the CalCore include among others: * Support for making private calendars, shared calendars, resource booking and more, * invitation workflow, * iCalendar import and export, * meeting support, including helper functions to look for free time, * recurring event support, * etc. CalZope is the Zope module that provides a web user interface for CalCore. Features include: * an internationalized web user interface, * integration with iCalendar clients (Apple iCal, Mozilla Sunbird, ...) using the iCalendar and http, * an advanced meeting helper that allows you to search for free time amongst the invited users, * etc. The changes between version 1 and version 2 have been mostly in CalZope, where we now have started using more of the techniques available through the tighter integration of Zope 3s component architecture in Zope 2. * Local utilities instead of portal tools, providing for an easier installation and greater portability to various non-CMF frameworks, such as Silva and Zope 3. * zope.i18n for internationalization providing translations of CalZope without additional tools such as Localizer or PTS. CalZope will in a standard Zope now be automaticaly translated into english, french and more, and you can easily add your own translations. * Install script, so you can easily try CalZope out in a pure Zope environment. * And of course, various minor bugfixes. For CPS users, all these modules are a part of the CPSGroupware bundle, together with the CPSMailAccess webmail client. For more functional and technical information, see the Calendar Server web site: http://www.cps-project.org/sections/projects/calendar_server CalCore v2 can be downloaded here: http://www.cps-project.org/static/misc/CalCore-bundle-2.0.1.tgz CalZope v2 can be downloaded here: http://www.cps-project.org/static/misc/CalZope-bundle-2.2.2.tgz CPSGroupware 1.9.0 for CPS 3.4.0 can be downloaded here: http://www.cps-project.org/static/misc/CPSGroupware-1.9.0-1.tgz If you'd like to help with development or porting to other platforms, please join the cps-devel mailing list at http://lists.nuxeo.com/mailman/listinfo/cps-devel Enjoy, S. -- Stefane Fermigier - CEO, Nuxeo SAS - http://www.nuxeo.com/en/ Open Source ECM provider - http://www.cps-project.org Free soft. developer - http://blogs.nuxeo.com/sections/blogs/fermigier

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lxml 0.9 is out!
by Stefan Behnel 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

Hello everyone, after almost five months of hacking, lxml 0.9 has finally seen the light of night. :) http://codespeak.net/lxml/ http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/lxml/0.9 """ lxml is a Pythonic binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries. It provides safe and convenient access to these libraries using the ElementTree API. It extends the ElementTree API significantly to offer support for XPath, RelaxNG, XML Schema, XSLT, c14n and much more, all tightly integrated with the Python language. """ Version 0.9 has tons of new fancy features and several serious bug fixes. See the ChangeLog for details: http://codespeak.net/lxml/changes-0.9.html and the documentation for examples of the new features: http://codespeak.net/lxml/api.html http://codespeak.net/lxml/sax.html http://codespeak.net/lxml/namespace_extensions.html http://codespeak.net/lxml/extensions.html Installation has just become easier (at least on Linux): http://codespeak.net/lxml/installation.html http://codespeak.net/pipermail/lxml-dev/2006-March/001008.html Give it a try and keep spreading the word! Stefan

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ANN: pywinauto 0.3.0 released - now localization proof
by Mark Mc Mahon 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hi, The 0.3.0 release of pywinauto is now available. pywinauto is a set of open-source (LGPL) modules for using Python as a GUI automation 'driver' for Windows NT based Operating Systems (NT/W2K/XP). SourceForge project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywinauto Download from SourceForge http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=157379 Here is the list of changes from 0.2.5: 0.3.0 Added Application data - now useful for localization testing ------------------------------------------------------------------ 20-Mar-2006 * Added automatic Application data collection which can be used when running the same test on a different spoken language version. Support is still preliminary and is expected to change. Please treat as early Alpha. If you have a different language version of Windows then you can try this out by running the notepad_fast.py example with the langauge argument e.g. :: examples\notepad_fast.py language This will load the application data from the supplied file notepad_fast.pkl and use it for finding the right menu items and controls to select. * Test implementation to make it easier to start using an application. Previously you needed to write code like :: app = Application().connect_(title = 'Find') app.Find.Close.Click() app.NotePad.MenuSelect("File->Exit") 1st change was to implement static methods ``start()`` and ``connect()``. These methods return a new Application instance so the above code becomes:: app = Application.connect(title = 'Find') app.Find.Close.Click() app.NotePad.MenuSelect("File->Exit") I also wanted to make it easier to start working with a simple application - that may or may not have only one dialog. To make this situation easier I made ``window_()`` not throw if the application has not been ``start()ed`` or ``connect()ed`` first. This leads to simpler code like:: app = Application() app.Find.Close.Click() app.NotePad.MenuSelect("File->Exit") What happens here is that when you execute any of Application.window_(), Application.__getattr__() or Application.__getitem__() when the application hasn't been connected or started. It looks for the window that best matches your specification and connects the application to that process. This is extra functionality - existing connect_() and start_() methods still exist * Fixed HwndWrapper.SetFocus() so that it would work even if the window was not in the foreground. (it now makes the window foreground as well as giving it focus). This overcomes a restriction in Windows where you can only change the foreground window if you own the foreground window. * Changed some 2.4'isms that an anonymous commenter left on my blog :-) with these changes pywinauto should run on Python 2.3 (though I haven't done extensive testing). * Commented out controls.common_controls.TabControlWrapper.GetTabState() and TabStates() as these did not seem to be returning valid values anyway. * Fixed documentation issues were parts of the documentation were not getting generated to the HTML files. * Fixed issue where MenuSelect would sometimes not work as expected. Some Menu actions require that the window that owns the menu be active. Added a call to SetFocus() before selecting a menu item to ensure that the window was active. * Fixed Bug 1452832 where clipboard was not closed in clipboard.GetData() * Added more unit tests now up to 248 from 207 If you want to follow this project then please sign up to the mailing list: https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/pywinauto-users Thanks Mark -------------------------------------------- Mark Mc Mahon Manchester, NH 03110, USA <P><A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywinauto">pywinauto 0.3.0</A> Simple Windows GUI automation with Python. (20-Mar-06)

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Bug Day on Friday, 31st of March
by Georg Brandl 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hello, it's time for the 7th Python Bug Day. The aim of the bug day is to close as many bugs, patches and feature requests as possible, this time with a special focus on new features that can still go into the upcoming 2.5 alpha release. When? ^^^^^ The bug day will take place on Friday, March 31st, running from 1PM to 7PM GMT (9AM to 3PM Eastern time). You don't need to be around all day; feel free to stop by for a few hours and contribute. Where and How? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ To join, stop by the IRC channel #python-dev on irc.freenode.net, where efforts will be discussed and coordinated. We'll collaboratively go through the Python bug database at SourceForge and fix things as they come up. IMPORTANT: *No* prior knowledge of the Python source is necessary to participate! You'll get all assistance the developers can offer for starting up with helping, this is in fact a good opportunity to learn the basics. Bug day participation helps the developers and makes Python 2.5 a better release by reducing the backlog of bugs and patches. Plus, it's fun! More information ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ For instructions and more information, see the Wiki page at http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/PythonBugDay Cheers, Georg

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