Mailman 3 April 2006 - Python-announce-list

mimedecode.py version 2.1
by Oleg Broytmann April 27, 2006

April 27, 2006

Hello! mimedecode.py WHAT IS IT Mail users, especially in non-English countries, often find that mail messages arrived in different formats, with different content types, in different encodings and charsets. Usually this is good because it allows us to use apropriate format/encoding/whatever. Sometimes, though, some unification is desireable. For example, one may want to put mail messages into an archive, make HTML indicies, run search indexer, etc. In such situations converting messages to text in one character set and skipping some binary atachmetnts is much desireable. Here is the solution - mimedecode.py. This is a program to decode MIME messages. The program expects one input file (either on command line or on stdin) which is treated as an RFC822 mesage, and decoded to stdout. If the file is not an RFC822 message it is just piped to stdout one-to-one. If the file is a simple RFC822 message it is just decoded as one part. If it is a MIME message with multiple parts ("attachments") all parts are decoded. Decoding can be controlled by command-line options. WHAT'S NEW in version 2.1.0 (2006-04-27) A patch by Bogdan Maryniuk <bogdan.maryniuk(a)gmail.com>: portable way to get the default charset. WHAT'S NEW in version 2.0.0 Major rewrite to use python email package. WHERE TO GET Master site: http://phd.pp.ru/Software/Python/#mimedecode Faster mirrors: http://phd.by.ru/Software/Python/#mimedecode http://phd2.chat.ru/Software/Python/#mimedecode Requires: Python 2.2.2+ Recommends: configured mailcap database. Documentation (also included in the package): http://phd.pp.ru/Software/Python/mimedecode.txt http://phd.by.ru/Software/Python/mimedecode.txt http://phd2.chat.ru/Software/Python/mimedecode.txt AUTHOR Oleg Broytmann <phd(a)phd.pp.ru> COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2001-2006 PhiloSoft Design LICENSE GPL Oleg. -- Oleg Broytmann http://phd.pp.ru/ phd(a)phd.pp.ru Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.

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RELEASED Python 2.5 (alpha 2)
by Anthony Baxter April 27, 2006

April 27, 2006

On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm happy to announce the second alpha release of Python 2.5. This is an *alpha* release of Python 2.5. As such, it is not suitable for a production environment. It is being released to solicit feedback and hopefully discover bugs, as well as allowing you to determine how changes in 2.5 might impact you. If you find things broken or incorrect, please log a bug on Sourceforge. In particular, note that changes to improve Python's support of 64 bit systems might require authors of C extensions to change their code. More information (as well as source distributions and Windows installers) are available from the 2.5 website: http://www.python.org/2.5/ Since the first alpha, a host of bug fixes and smaller new features have been added. See the release notes (available from the 2.5 webpage) for more. The plan from here is for either one more alpha release, or (more likely) moving to the beta releases, then moving to a 2.5 final release around August. PEP 356 includes the schedule and will be updated as the schedule evolves. The new features in Python 2.5 are described in Andrew Kuchling's What's New In Python 2.5. It's available from the 2.5 web page. Amongst the language features added include conditional expressions, the with statement, the merge of try/except and try/finally into try/except/finally, enhancements to generators to produce a coroutine kind of functionality, and a brand new AST-based compiler implementation. New modules added include hashlib, ElementTree, sqlite3 and ctypes. In addition, a new profiling module cProfile was added. In addition, in the second alpha we have the new 'mailbox' module (a product of last years Google Summer of Code). Enjoy this new release, Anthony Anthony Baxter anthony(a)python.org Python Release Manager (on behalf of the entire python-dev team)

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Roundup Issue Tracker release 1.1.2
by Richard Jones April 26, 2006

April 26, 2006

I'm proud to release version 1.1.2 of Roundup. Feature: - server-ctl script uses server configuration file (sf bug 1443805) Fixed: - indexing may be turned off for FileClass "content" now ("content" and "type" properties are now automatically included in the FileClass schema where previously the "content" property was faked and "type" was optional) - reduced frequency of session timestamp update - progress display in roundup-admin reindex - bug in menu() permission filter (sf bug 1444440) - verbose output during import is optional now (sf bug 1475624) - escape *all* uses of "schema" in mysql backend (sf bug 1472120) - responses to user rego email (sf bug 1470254) - dangling connections in session handling (sf bug 1463359) - classhelp popup pagination forgot about "type" (sf bug 1465836) - umask is now configurable (with the same 0002 default) - sorting of entries in classhelp popup (sf bug 1449000) - allow single digit seconds in date spec (sf bug 1447141) - prevent generation of new single-digit seconds dates (sf bug 1429390) - implement close() on all indexers (sf bug 1242477) 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:: python demo.py 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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itools 0.13.3 released
by "J. David Ibáñez" April 26, 2006

April 26, 2006

-----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 Changes: CSV - Be strict when parsing CSV files (check all lines have the same number of columns), by Piotr Macuk. [#263] Catalog - New format, much more compact. CMS - Speed-up write operations. - Add datatype "Enumerate", by Hervé Cauwelier. [#304] - Update the French translation, by Hervé Cauwelier. [#303] Resources - --------- Download http://download.ikaaro.org/itools/itools-0.13.3.tar.gz Home http://www.ikaaro.org/itools Mailing list http://in-girum.net/mailman/listinfo/ikaaro Bug Tracker http://bugs.ikaaro.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 iD8DBQFET0A3qTbdUBYy+tIRAnbXAJ0ckpSdKW5oWgwUI1RBz+E+8J6+9gCggTQb 5oCka7wodMckiAyeqi8LYbI= =kYG0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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REMINDER: BayPIGgies: April 26, 7:30pm (Google)
by Aahz April 25, 2006

April 25, 2006

NOTE: Special date of WEDNESDAY April 26 at Google, usual time of 7:30pm Please show up by 7:15 so we can start the meeting on time! This does not change the usual May meeting on May 11 at Google; stay tuned for an announcement of that. Special meeting! One of the lead developers of Django is in town! Jacob Kaplan-Moss will be talking about Django at Google. He says he'll be fine-tuning the talk until the last minute but plans to cover: * How Django came into being -- a bit about the Journal-World, the problems that Django was designed to solve, some bits about its evolution, and a glance at how *we* use Django today. * What writing Django apps look -- I'll show off some real code and talk about each of the bits of Django's stack. This'll be the bulk of the talk. * What's in store for the future of Django -- there's some awesome community work going on, as well as some under-the-radar stuff we're working on that I'll try to preview or at least talk about. BayPIGgies meetings alternate between IronPort (San Bruno, California) and Google (Mountain View, California). For more information and directions, see http://baypiggies.net/ Before the meeting, we sometimes meet at 6pm for dinner. Discussion of dinner plans is handled on the BayPIGgies mailing list. Advance notice: We have speakers for May. We are currently setting up the schedule for the rest of the year. Please e-mail baypiggies(a)python.org if you want to suggest an agenda (or volunteer to give a presentation). -- Aahz (aahz(a)pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours." --Richard Bach

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ANN: pywinauto 0.3.4 released - Fixed issue with latest ctypes, speed gains, other changes
by Mark Mc Mahon April 25, 2006

April 25, 2006

Hi, 0.3.4 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 0.3.3: 0.3.4 Fixed issue with latest ctypes, speed gains, other changes ------------------------------------------------------------------ 25-Apr-2006 * The latest version of ctypes (0.9.9.6) removed the code generator I was using some generated code in win32functions.py (stdcall). I was not using those functions so I just commented them out. * Started the process of renaming methods of the ``Application`` and ``WindowSpecification`` classes. I will be converting names to ``UppercaseNames_()``. The trailing ``_`` is to disambiguate the method names from potential Window titles. * Updated how print_control_identifiers works so that it now always prints the disambiguated control name. (even for single controls) * Added __hash__ to HwndWrapper so that controls could be dictionary keys. * Caching various information at various points. For example I cache how well two pieces of text match. For short scripts this has little impact - but for larger script it could well have a major impact. Also caching information for controls that cannot change e.g. TopLeveParent, Parent, etc 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 0.3.4</A> Simple Windows GUI automation with Python. (25-Apr-06)

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released: RPyC 2.50A
by tomerfiliba＠gmail.com April 25, 2006

April 25, 2006

Remote Python Call (RPyC) version 2.50-final is about to be released in the week or so. meanwhile, a release candidate (2.50A) has been released to public review -- please report bugs. i'm still working on real unit-tests for the library, but i'm sure users can help uncover more bugs. http://rpyc.wikispaces.com -tomer

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ANN: uuid-0.3.1 released
by Jürgen Urner April 25, 2006

April 25, 2006

Happy to announce the release of uuid-0.3.1 (bugfix release) What is uuid? uuid is a python module to create RFC 4122 compatible UUIDs The module supports generation off RFC 4122 compatible time based, random, sha1 and md5 based UUIDs Whats new? x. fixed a bug where a call to uuid_nd5() and uuid_sha1() could lead to infinite recursion For download and documentation see http://home.arcor.de/jurner/python/

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ANNOUNCE: kiwi 1.9.8
by Johan Dahlin April 25, 2006

April 25, 2006

New in this released is API documentation which is generated using epydoc[3]. It's still being written but at this point I feel that it's good enough to be a very useful resource to help understand kiwi. Kiwi is a PyGTK framework for building graphical applications loosely based on MVC Model-View-Controller (MVC) and Allen Holub's Visual proxy [1]. Think of Kiwi as a high-level, object-oriented layer built on PyGTK. Its design is based on real-world experience using PyGTK to develop large desktop applications, which use many concepts common to most graphical applications: multiple windows and dialogs, forms, data persistence, lists and high-level classes that support domain objects directly. Download ======== Grab the latest sources from: http://www.async.com.br/projects/kiwi/download/kiwi-1.9.8.tar.gz What's new since 1.9.7? ======================= - distutils.setup() replacement - date tests - FileChooser & FileChooserButton - Rename all proxy widgets to start with Proxy - Win32 installation fixes - UI test threading fixes - Sizegroup merging (Ronaldo) - Mask improvements (Ronaldo) - ObjectList improvements (Johan, Ronaldo, Patrick) - Lots of bug fixes (Johan, Ronaldo, Sidnei) Features ======== * An MVC-derived framework of classes: * Views, which represent the graphical display * Controllers, which handles user interaction with the widgets in a View. * Delegates, combines a View and a Controller. * Models, which are special mixins for your domain objects * Proxies, special types of Delegate designed to implement forms * Validation: Kiwi supports validation on different levels: data type validation and verification on the Model/Proxy level, View validation and hooks for visually displaying validation state. * ObjectList widget, which provides a higher level abstraction of GtkTreeView and all its classes (GtkTreeModel, GtkTreeViewColumn, GtkCellRenderer) with hooks to easily integrate into the Kiwi Framework. * Mask suport: You can set a mask on entries to force the input to follow a certain standard, such as zip code, social security, ip address * Gazpacho integration for most (non-deprecated) interactive widgets with attributes for handling validation and proxy attributes. * UI Test framework Features a recorder and a player. The recorder allows you to record different tasks, a script will be saved which will reproduce the actions you made in the interface. * Kiwi Tasklets Tasklet is a small coroutines framework written by Gustavo Carneiro, it was previously known as gtasklets. * PyGTK utilities, to make it easier to add signals and properties to your objects. * i18n translation utilities, to help you translate PyGTK applications, currently depends on gettext and intltool. * and many other things! Requirements ============ Python 2.3 or higher (2.4 recommended) http://www.python.org/ PyGTK 2.6.0 or higher (2.8 recommended) http://www.pygtk.org/ gazpacho 0.6.5 (svn recommenced) http://gazpacho.sicem.biz/ Documentation ============= Kiwi provides API documentation generated by epydoc, it can be found at http://www.async.com.br/projects/kiwi/api/ Included in the tarball are also a number of examples, which serves as a good starting point. Keep in mind that most of them require gazpacho to be installed. Thanks ====== Christian Robottom Reis: Original author and design Lorenzo Gil Sanchez: PyGTK 2.x port Also thanks to the following people which has contributed features or bug reports: Ali Afshar, Henrique Romano, Daniel Saran R. da Cunha, Evandro Vale Miquelito, Gustavo Barbieri, Gustavo Carneiro, Sidnei da Silva Patrick O'Brien, Ronaldo Maia Resources ========= Homepage http://www.async.com.br/projects/kiwi/ Download http://www.async.com.br/projects/kiwi/download/ Repository http://svn.async.com.br/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/kiwi/ Report a bug http://bugs.async.com.br/enter_bug.cgi?product=Kiwi API docs http://www.async.com.br/projects/kiwi/api/ Open bugs http://tinyurl.com/cyrms Mail. list http://www.async.com.br/mailman/listinfo/kiwi/ [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-view-controller [2] http://tinyurl.com/2ccch [3] http://epydoc.sourceforge.net/ -- Johan Dahlin <jdahlin(a)async.com.br> Async Open Source

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Pydev and Pydev Extensions 1.0.6 release
by Fabio Zadrozny April 24, 2006

April 24, 2006

Hi All, Pydev and Pydev Extensions 1.0.6 have been released Check http://www.fabioz.com/pydev for details on Pydev Extensions and http://pydev.sf.net for details on Pydev Release Highlights in Pydev Extensions: ----------------------------------------------------------------- - New Feature: Show hierarchy (F4) -- Still in a beta state (currently only looks for subclasses on the same project). - Analysis happens in a Thread, so, you should now always have the latest parse without any halts (this happened only when the option was set to analyze only on save). - Class variable marked as error when self ommitted - when an undefined import is found within a try..except ImportError, it will not be reported. - Allow changing the keybinding for activating the Interactive Console (Ctrl+Enter) - Added a simple text-search that looks for in all .py and .pyw files (will be improved in the future to make a real python-like search). - The keywords that match the 'simple' keywords completion do not show up. Release Highlights in Pydev: ---------------------------------------------- - Assign variables to attributes (Ctrl+2+a): Contributed by Joel Hedlund (this is the first contribution using the new jython scripting engine). - 3 minor 'quirks' were fixed in the indentation engine - The debugger had some changes (so, if you had halts with it, please try it again). - Allow changing the keybinding for activating the Find next problem (Ctrl+.) - The debugger step-return had its behaviour changed. - Additional scripts location added to pythonpath in the jython scripting engine - Transversal of nested references improved - Fixed problems with compiled modules when they had 'nested' module structures (e.g.: wx.glcanvas) What is PyDev? --------------------------- PyDev is a plugin that enables users to use Eclipse for Python and Jython development -- making Eclipse a first class Python IDE -- It comes with many goodies such as code completion, syntax highlighting, syntax analysis, refactor, debug and many others. Cheers, -- Fabio Zadrozny ------------------------------------------------------ Software Developer ESSS - Engineering Simulation and Scientific Software http://www.esss.com.br Pydev Extensions http://www.fabioz.com/pydev Pydev - Python Development Enviroment for Eclipse http://pydev.sf.net http://pydev.blogspot.com

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