Mailman 3 November 2007 - Python-announce-list

Hivurt new open source CMS 0.1.3pre-alfa released
by Mikhail Kashkin 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Hi everybody, Key Solutions (http://keysolutions.ru/) and Hivurt team (http:// hivurt.org/) proud to announce first public release of our Zope3- based content management system. Hivurt giving you strength of Zope 3 in easy to use environment. This is release aimed for developers and everybody who love new cool products, we want take first feedback from community and looking for new members. What you get: - Component architect - Easy switch between ZODB and Postgres data storage - Search and indexes - Easy editor UI (sorry we cut off some functionality, so there is still some dead links) - Easy frontend skin - L10n and i18n support, as in Zope 3 What's inside: - Pluggable Content Types and content types registry - Base conent types: - Folder - TextDocument - News Item - NewsFolder - Event - Event Folder - Site Folder - Form keeper, for quick and easy Feedback forms and quizes - Interface switcher, to easy switch interfaces provided by objects (we use it for quick skin switching) - Revolutionary SQLTools giving you freedom choose between ZODB and RDBMS, so you can easy integrate Hivurt in your company with existent infrastructure. Easy way to interact with existence data stored inside RDBMS as Zope objects (it is not only RDB Mapper) - Quick search and index - and many other features - Hivurt is fast, quick growing and supported. Requirements (You need to have before installing Hivurt) * Zope 3.3.x (3.4.x untested) * PostgreSQL 8.2 * Python 2.4.4 with psycopg2 and json libs * Tested on Mac OS X and Linux (Ubunty and ALTLiniux) Hivurt released under **ZPL**. You can download it: - Release 0.1.3 http://hivurt.org/downloads/ks.hivurtcms-0.1.3.tar.gz Include 10 minutes Install tutorial and demo site inside. Links: - Project home-page - http://hivurt.org/ - Blog - http://hivurt.wordpress.com/ (ok! we switch to something soon) - Bugs and translations - https://launchpad.net/hivurt/ P.S. Wow! We made it. P.P.S. We are looking for new clients feel free to contacts us. -- Mikhail Kashkin, skype:mkashkin, jabber:mkashkin@gmail.com Key Solutions (http://keysolutions.ru/) Offshore Zope3 development

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Ann: A Python interface to MOSEK.
by erling.d.andersen＠gmail.com 22 Nov '07

22 Nov '07

Hi I would like to announce a Python interface for MOSEK. MOSEK is a software package for solution of large scale optimization problems. Hence, MOSEK can solve * linear programming, * quadratic programming, * conic quadratic programming, * mixed-integer integer programming, * as well as nonlinear convex programming problems. The Python interface to MOSEK makes it easy and efficient to solve the above mentioned problem types from within Python. A manual about the interface is available at http://www.mosek.com/fileadmin/products/5_0/tools/doc/html/pyapi/findex.html Further information about the interface is available at http://www.mosek.com/index.php?id=56 The Python interface is included in the current version 5 distribution of MOSEK. MOSEK is commercial software but a free trial can be downloaded at http://www.mosek.com/download/ Feel free to contact MOSEK if you have any questions or comments about MOSEK and the Python interface. See http://www.mosek.com for contact details. Best regards Erling D. Andersen / CEO at MOSEK ApS <p><A HREF="http://www.mosek.com/index.php?id=56"> PyMosek version 5.0</A> A Python interface to MOSEK (22-Nov-2007) </p>

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ANN:Release of the first ViTables video
by Vicent Mas (V+) 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

===================================== Release of the first ViTables video ===================================== `Carabos <http://www.carabos.com/>`_ is very happy to announce the first of a series of videos dedicated to introducing the main features of ViTables to the public. http://www.carabos.com/videos/vitables-1-intro `ViTables <http://www.carabos.com/vitables>`_ is a GUI for `PyTables <http://www.pytables.org>`_. It allows to open arbitrarely large PyTables and HDF5 files and browse their data and metadata in a variety of ways. This first video is an introductory overview of ViTables, covering the following topics: * data and metadata displaying * navigation of huge datasets * complex queries * attribute editing * object tree editing It has a running length of about 9 minutes, so you can watch it during any short break. More videos about ViTables will be published in the near future. Stay tuned on www.carabos.com for their announcement. We would like to hear your opinion on the video so we can do it better the next time. We are also open to suggestions for the topics of future videos. Best regards, -- :: \ / Vicent Mas http://www.carabos.com 0;0 / \ Cárabos Coop. Enjoy Data V V " "

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dateutil 1.3
by Gustavo Niemeyer 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Version 1.3 of dateutil is available! Where ----- http://labix.org/python-dateutil Changes ------- - Fixed precision problem on conversion of decimal seconds to microseconds, as reported by Skip Montanaro. - Fixed bug in constructor of parser, and converted parser classes to new-style classes. Original report and patch by Michael Elsdörfer. - Initialize tzid and comps in tz.py, to prevent the code from ever raising a NameError (even with broken files). Johan Dahlin suggested the fix after a pyflakes run. - Version is now published in dateutil.__version__, as requested by Darren Dale. - All code is compatible with new-style division. - Timezone updates to tzdata2007i. -- Gustavo Niemeyer http://niemeyer.net

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Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Nov 19)
by Gabriel Genellina 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

QOTW: "I think the need for these 'eventloop unifications' stems from Visual Basic. VB programmers never learned to use more than one thread, and they are still struggling to unlearn the bad habits they aquired." - sturlamolden http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/41d29242b2a825de "XML. Almost as good as plain text for grepping." - Joe Mason Tips for loading data into MySQL efficiently: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/2afd4d… A misunderstanding on how Python threads and the GIL work leads to a good explanation by Chris Mellon: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/80f6e2… Thoughts about composition / inheritance and when to use them in Python: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/1b0fe5… Comparison: the effort of migrating two web apps to a new server, Python/Django vs. C#/ASP.net: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/ffb00f… There appears to be an issue with dictionaries being extremely slow on 64bits multiprocessor systems only: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/77e5d7… Python 3000 featured on a futuristic novel ("Halting State", by Charles Stross): http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/b97233… ======================================================================== 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. Just beginning with Python? This page is a great place to start: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python enthusiats": http://pythonpapers.org/ The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python: http://pythonmagazine.com Readers have recommended the "Planet" sites: http://planetpython.org http://planet.python.org 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 Python411 indexes "podcasts ... to help people learn Python ..." Updates appear more-than-weekly: http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html Steve Bethard continues the marvelous tradition early borne by Andrew Kuchling, Michael Hudson, Brett Cannon, Tony Meyer, and Tim Lesher 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 Although unmaintained since 2002, the Cetus collection of Python hyperlinks retains a few gems. 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 Many Python conferences around the world are in preparation. Watch this space for links to them. 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://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0042/ 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!". Write to the same address to unsubscribe. -- The Python-URL! Team-- Phaseit, Inc. (http://phaseit.net) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Python-URL!" project. Watch this space for upcoming news about posting archives.

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ANN: eGenix mxODBC and mxODBC Zope DA on AIX 5.3 (and later)
by eGenix Team: M.-A. Lemburg 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

________________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCING eGenix.com mxODBC Database Interface eGenix.com mxODBC Zope Database Adapter for AIX 5.3 and later This announcement is also available on our web-site for online reading: http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-mxODBC-on-AIX53-POWER5-GA.html ________________________________________________________________________ eGenix mxODBC Distribution The eGenix mxODBC Distribution is a Python database interface add-on distribution for our eGenix mx Base Distribution. It comes with mxODBC, our universal ODBC database interface for Python. Customers who have purchased licenses for other platforms and wish to move their installation to AIX 5.3 (or later), can do so without having to buy a new license. The licenses will continue to work on the AIX platform. Users of mxODBC 2.0 will have to purchase new licenses from our online shop in order to upgrade to mxODBC 3.0. You can request 30-day evaluation licenses on the product page. Downloads --------- Please visit the eGenix mxODBC Distribution page for downloads, instructions on installation and documentation of the packages. http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/ Note that in order to use the eGenix mxODBC Distribution you need to install the eGenix mx Base Distribution first. ________________________________________________________________________ eGenix mxODBC Zope DA eGenix mxODBC Zope DA is our database interface for Zope and Plone. It is based on the mxODBC interface. Customers who have purchased licenses for other platforms and wish to move their installation to AIX 5.3 (or later), can do so without having to buy a new license. The licenses will continue to work on the AIX platform. You can request 30-day evaluation licenses on the product page. Downloads --------- Please visit the eGenix mxODBC Zope DA product page for downloads, instructions on installation and documentation of the packages. http://www.egenix.com/products/zope/mxODBCZopeDA/ ________________________________________________________________________ More Information For more information on our products, licensing and download instructions, please write to sales(a)egenix.com. Enjoy, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Nov 19 2007) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ :::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,MacOSX for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611

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ANN: pyglet 1.0beta2
by Alex Holkner 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

Greetings I am pleased to announce pyglet 1.0 beta 2, a cross-platform windowing and multimedia package useful for developing games and other visually-rich applications. http://www.pyglet.org pyglet is written entirely in Python, with no external requirements needed to develop applications for Windows XP, Mac OS X or Linux. pyglet allows applications to open any number of top-level windows and draw into them using the OpenGL API. Multiple-monitor setups are well-supported. Applications using pyglet can also play sound and music samples in surround-sound, taking advantage of hardware acceleration where available. With the addition of a single DLL based on FFmpeg, applications can read compressed sound and video in many formats. pyglet is provided under the BSD open-source license, allowing you to use it for both commercial and other open-source projects with very little restriction. Cheers, Alex.

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OSDC 2007's Fabulous Keynotes!
by Richard Jones 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

Final reminder! Register now for the Open Source Developers' Conference 2007: http://www.osdc.com.au/registration/index.html The Open Source Developers' Conference is an Australian conference covering talks about software development for open source languages and projects; regardless of operating system. There will be 3-4 streams of talks over the three days of technical programme, with combined keynotes at the start of each day. Key information: 26th November - Tutorials 27th - 29th November - Technical programme 28th November - Google Conference Dinner Royal on the Park Hotel Cnr Alice & Albert Streets Brisbane CBD Queensland Each full registration ($325) includes one dinner ticket (until sold out). Single day tickets are also available for $150. Check out our tutorial program at http://www.cgpublisher.com/conferences/107/web/program-detail.html Keynote talks this year include: Rusty Russell: "C: A Humbling Language" ------------------------------------------------------------------ Some languages have beautiful constructs and elegant power. Others have novelty and fresh ideas. Surely C is a sometimes-necessary evil, and been around so long that there's nothing new to discover about it? So what kind of retarded masochist would select C as their language of choice? And why? Rasmus Lerdorf: "Exploring the Broken Web" ------------------------------------------------------------------ XSS and XSRF has been a thorn in the side of the web for years now. Rasmus will show some very common mistakes people make and tie it to the real world by showing a vulnerability in actual sites. Paul Fenwick: "An Illustrated History of Failure" ------------------------------------------------------------------ The average individual is given little scope for failure, at least not the type that really matters. The opportunity for catastrophic failure, that influences nations or continents, has been traditionally reserved for royalty, parliament, and others in a position of great leadership. However in recent times we have developed a profession who have the opportunity to fail like never before. A profession that can make mistakes that are so monumental, so wide-reaching, and so costly they can shake civilisation to its very core. This elite group, rarely seen by every day society, are the foundation upon which modern society depends. The few, the proud, the Software Developer. Join us for a voyage of discovery, as we travel back through history to some of the most monumental failures the world has ever seen. Jonathan Oxer: "Software Freedom: Pragmatic Idealism?" ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Free / Open Source Software (FOSS) community is incredibly diverse with a corresponding variety of reasons for participation. At one end of the scale is dreamy idealism, which aims to free all information for the good of mankind. At the other end is economic pragmatism, which sees Open Source as a powerful business opportunity and software development model. Is there common middle ground where both ends of the spectrum can meet? Can Free Software really can be Pragmatic Idealism? And what are we doing as a country in terms of building a sustainable local ICT industry? Be a part of this fantastic conference and help it be the best developers' conference this year! 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

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[ANN] IMDbPY 3.3
by Davide Alberani 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

IMDbPY 3.3 is available (tgz, deb, rpm, exe) from: http://imdbpy.sourceforge.net/ IMDbPY is a Python package useful to retrieve and manage the data of the IMDb movie database about movies, people and characters. With this release: support for the character pages, recently introduced by IMDb. Many bugs were fixed and there are important improvements for the imdbpy2sql.py script. Platform-independent and written in pure Python (and few C lines), it can retrieve data from both the IMDb's web server and a local copy of the whole database. IMDbPY package can be very easily used by programmers and developers to provide access to the IMDb's data to their programs. Some simple example scripts are included in the package; other IMDbPY-based programs are available from the home page. -- Davide Alberani <alberanid(a)libero.it> [PGP KeyID: 0x465BFD47] http://erlug.linux.it/~da/

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Version 1.3 of mod_wsgi is now available.
by Graham Dumpleton 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

Version 1.3 of mod_wsgi is now available. The software and documentation are both available from: http://www.modwsgi.org The mod_wsgi package consists of an Apache web server module designed and implemented specifically for hosting Python based web applications that support the WSGI interface specification. Examples of major Python web frameworks and applications which are known to work in conjunction with mod_wsgi include CherryPy, Django, MoinMoin, Pylons, Trac, TurboGears and Zope. Version 1.3 of mod_wsgi is a bug fix only release, addressing issues with mod_wsgi daemon processes hanging under certain conditions. It is highly recommended that users of mod_wsgi who use daemon mode of mod_wsgi upgrade to this new version. A description of all changes in this version can be found in the change notes at: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/ChangesInVersion0103 If you have any questions about mod_wsgi or wish to provide feedback, use the Google group for mod_wsgi found at: http://groups.google.com/group/modwsgi Enjoy Graham Dumpleton

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