Mailman 3 December 2007 - Python-announce-list

ANN: Leo 4.4.6 beta 1 released
by Edward K Ream 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Leo 4.4.6 beta 1 is available at: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3458&package_id=29106 Leo 4.4.6 fixes several recently reported bugs, all minor. Leo is a text editor, data organizer, project manager and much more. See: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/intro.html The highlights of Leo 4.4.6: ---------------------------- - Fixes all known bugs. - Added @auto importers for javascript and xml files. - Added find-next-clone and toggle-sparse-move commands. Links: ------ Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html Home: http://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/ Download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3458 CVS: http://leo.tigris.org/source/browse/leo/ Quotes: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/testimonials.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward K. Ream email: edreamleo(a)yahoo.com Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Donate to the Python Software Foundation!
by Stephan Deibel (PSF) 16 Dec '07

16 Dec '07

Hi, Please consider donating to the Python Software Foundation (PSF) this year in your year-end charitable giving. The PSF is the non-profit that holds and protects the intellectual property rights behind Python, keeping it free and open for all to use. We also provide the financial backing that makes PyCon possible, donate to other Python conferences around the world, and fund grants and special projects in the Python community. For general information about the PSF, please see our pages on the Python website: http://www.python.org/psf/ Donations from individuals are tax deductible in the US and may be tax deductible in other countries, or as a business expense. We take credit cards, checks, wire transfers, and PayPal: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/ Businesses invested in Python can also consider becoming a sponsor member of the PSF: http://www.python.org/psf/sponsorship/ Or become a sponsor of PyCon 2008, a great way to gain exposure for your business or find talented Python programmers to hire: http://us.pycon.org/2008/sponsors/ If you have any questions, please email me directly. Thanks, and Happy Holidays! -- Stephan Deibel Chairman of the Board Python Software Foundation http://python.org/psf

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[ANN] Release 0.67.0 of Task Coach
by Frank Niessink 16 Dec '07

16 Dec '07

Hi, I'm happy to announce release 0.67.0 of Task Coach. This release makes it possible to color tasks via their categories, adds a translation in Hebrew, and makes it easier to mark tasks as not completed. Bug fixed: * Don't move selection to the first line of the task tree viewer when deleting a subtask. Features added: * Added Hebrew translation thanks to Ziv Barcesat. * You can assign a color to a category. Tasks are colored according to the color of the categories they belong to. * The 'mark task completed' button and menu items can now also be used to mark tasks as not completed. Dependency changed: * Task Coach now needs at least wxPython 2.8.6.0-unicode. Since the Windows installer and the Mac OSX dmg package have wxPython included, this only affects users of the RPM, Debian, and source distributions. 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://www.taskcoach.org In addition to the source distribution, packaged distributions are available for Windows XP/Vista, Mac OSX, and Linux (Debian and RPM format). 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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IMDbPY 3.4 released
by Davide Alberani 16 Dec '07

16 Dec '07

IMDbPY 3.4 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 characters was introduced for both "local" and "sql" data access systems. Some bugs were fixed and now there's a global configuration file to easily configure IMDbPY-based scripts and programs. 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.

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ANN: OpenOpt 0.15 (free optimization framework)
by dmitrey 15 Dec '07

15 Dec '07

Hi all, we are glad to inform you about OpenOpt v 0.15 (release), free (license: BSD) optimization framework for Python language programmers Changes since previous release (September 4): * some new classes * several new solvers written * some more solvers connected * NLP/NSP solver ralg can handle constrained problems * some bugfixes * some enhancements in graphical output (especially for constrained problems) Regards, OpenOpt developers http://scipy.org/scipy/scikits/wiki/OpenOpt http://openopt.blogspot.com/

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ANN: eric 4.0.4 released
by Detlev Offenbach 15 Dec '07

15 Dec '07

Hi, today I released version 4.0.4 of the eric4 Python IDE. This is a bug fix release. As usual it is available via http://www.die-offenbachs.de/eric/index.html What is eric? ------------- eric is a Python (and Ruby) IDE written using PyQt. It comes with all batteries included. Please see the above link for more details. Regards, Detlev -- Detlev Offenbach detlev(a)die-offenbachs.de

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buzhug 1.0 released
by Pierre Quentel 14 Dec '07

14 Dec '07

Hi all, buzhug is a fast, pure-Python database engine, using a syntax that Python programmers should find very intuitive The data is stored and accessed on disk (it is not an in-memory database) ; the implementation has been designed to make all operations, and especially selection, as fast as possible. Speed comparisons show much better performance than other popular pure- Python solutions (gadfly, Kirbybase) The new features in version 1.0 are : - a bug fix for the float 0.0 - the support of a new type : datetime.time - the method sort_by() of result sets is made compatible with Python 2.3 Home page : http://buzhug.sourceforge.net/ Tutorial : http://buzhug.sourceforge.net/tutorial.html Download : http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=167078 Regards, Pierre

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ANN: Python-MinGW 2.5.1v2
by Don Bennett 14 Dec '07

14 Dec '07

Python-MinGW 2.5.1v2 now available ---------------------------------- Python-MinGW 2.5.1v2 is now available. It is available for download at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=182839 . Target Audience --------------- Windows developers who want to compile Python with the MinGW compilers; Linux developers who want a convenient way to download and build a Python environment with lots of add-on modules; What is Python-MinGW? --------------------- Python-MinGW is a set of patches to the python source distribution that can be used to build a Win32 version of python using 'configure' and 'make'. It requires Cygwin to provide a unix-like build environment and the MinGW compiler toolchain for generation of win32 executables. The companion Makefiles package will download and compile the zlib, bzip2, openssl, gdbm, and sqlite libraries. The package can also download and build a number of other python modules after the python build is complete. In addition to driving the win32 build, it is useful for downloading, building, and installing the add-on pieces when building on Linux. For More Information -------------------- Visit the web site at http://python-mingw.donbennett.org . Don Bennett

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Call for Project Participation in Development Sprints at PyCon 2008
by Facundo Batista 14 Dec '07

14 Dec '07

Python-related projects: join the PyCon Development Sprints! The development sprints are a key part of PyCon, a chance for the contributors to open-source projects to get together face-to-face for up to four days of intensive learning and development. Newbies sit at the same table as the gurus, go out for lunch and dinner together, and have a great time while advancing their project. At PyCon 2007 in Dallas we must have had 20 projects sprinting. If your project would like to sprint at PyCon, now is the time to let us know. We need to collect the info and publish it, so participants will have time to make plans. We need to get the word out early, because no matter what we do during the conference, most people who haven't already decided to sprint won't be able to stay, because they have a planes to catch and no hotel rooms. In the past, many people have been reluctant to commit to sprinting. Some may not know what sprinting is all about; others may think that they're not "qualified" to sprint. We want to change that perception. * We want to help promote your sprint. The PyCon website, the PyCon blog, the PyCon podcast, and press releases will be there for you. * PyCon attendees will be asked to commit to sprints on the registration form, which will include a list of sprints with links to further info. * We will be featuring a "How To Sprint" session on Sunday afternoon, followed by sprint-related tutorials, all for free. * Some sponsors are helping out with the sprints as well. There's also cost. Although the sprinting itself is free, sprints have associated time and hotel costs. We can't do anything about the time cost, but we may have some complimentary rooms and funding available for sprinters. We will have more to say on financial aid later. Those who want to propose a sprint should send the following information to pycon-organizers(a)python.org: * Project/sprint name * Project URL * The name and contact info (email & telephone) for the sprint leader(s) and other contributors who will attend the sprint * Instructions for accessing the project's code repository and documentation (or a URL) * Pointers to new contributor information (setup, etc.) * Any special requirements (projector? whiteboard? flux capacitor?) We will add this information to the PyCon website and set up a wiki page for you (or we can link to yours). Projects need a list of goals (bugs to fix, features to add, docs to write, etc.), especially some goals for beginners, to attract new sprinters. The more detail you put there, the more prepared your sprinters will be, and the more results you'll get. In 2007 there were sprints for Python, Jython, Zope, Django, TurboGears, Python in Education, SchoolTool, Trac, Docutils, the Python Job Board, PyCon-Tech, and other projects. We would like to see all these and more! The sprints will run from Monday, March 17 through Thursday, March 20, 2008. You can find more details here: http://us.pycon.org/2008/sprints/. Thank you very much, and happy coding! Facundo Batista, PyCon 2008 Sprint Coordinator David Goodger, PyCon 2008 Chair

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Call for Papers (Python or PyPy): Workshop on Self-sustaining Systems (S3) 2008
by Raymond Hettinger 13 Dec '07

13 Dec '07

*** Workshop on Self-sustaining Systems (S3) 2008 *** May 15-16, 2008 Potsdam, Germany http://www.swa.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/s3/ -- Call for papers: The Workshop on Self-sustaining Systems (S3) is a forum for discussion of topics relating to computer systems and languages that are able to bootstrap, implement, modify, and maintain themselves. One property of these systems is that their implementation is based on small but powerful abstractions; examples include (amongst others) Squeak/ Smalltalk, COLA, Klein/Self, PyPy/Python, Rubinius/Ruby, and Lisp. Such systems are the engines of their own replacement, giving researchers and developers great power to experiment with, and explore future directions from within, their own small language kernels. S3 will be take place May 15-16, 2008 at the Hasso-Plattner-Institute in Potsdam, Germany. It is an exciting opportunity for researchers and practitioners interested in self-sustaining systems to meet and share their knowledge, experience, and ideas for future research and development. -- Invited talk: Ian Piumarta: Late-bound Object Lambda Architectures (Viewpoints Research Institute, USA) -- Submissions and proceedings: S3 invites submissions of high-quality papers reporting original research, or describing innovative contributions to, or experience with, self-sustaining systems, their implementation, and their application. Papers that depart significantly from established ideas and practices are particularly welcome. Submissions must not have been published previously and must not be under review for any another refereed event or publication. The program committee will evaluate each contributed paper based on its relevance, significance, clarity, and originality. Revised papers will be published as post-proceedings in the Springer LNCS series. Papers should be submitted electronically via EasyChair at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=s3 in PDF format. Submissions must be written in English (the official language of the workshop) and must not exceed 20 pages. They should use the LNCS format, templates for which are available at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. -- Venue: Hasso-Plattner-Institut (Potsdam, Germany) -- Important dates: Submission of papers: February 15, 2008 Author notification: April 11, 2008 Revised papers due: April 25, 2008 S3 workshop: May 15-16, 2008 Final papers for LNCS post-proceedings due: June 6, 2008 -- Chairs: * Robert Hirschfeld (Hasso-Plattner-Institut Potsdam, Germany) * Kim Rose (Viewpoints Research Institute, USA) -- Program committee: * Johan Brichau, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium * Pascal Costanza, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium * Wolfgang De Meuter, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium * Stephane Ducasse, INRIA Lille, France * Michael Haupt, Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Germany * Robert Hirschfeld, Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Germany * Dan Ingalls, Sun Microsystems Laboratories, USA * Martin von Löwis, Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Germany * Hidehiko Masuhara, University of Tokyo, Japan * Ian Piumarta, Viewpoints Research Institute, USA * David Ungar, IBM, USA -- Registration fees: Early (until April 18, 2008) * Regular participants: EUR 160 * Students: EUR 80 Late (after April 18, 2008) * Regular participants: EUR 170 * Students: EUR 90

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