Mailman 3 April 2007 - Python-announce-list

[ANN] ftputil 2.2.2 released
by Stefan Schwarzer 22 Apr '07

22 Apr '07

ftputil 2.2.2 is now available from http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net/download . Changes since version 2.2.1 --------------------------- This bugfix release handles whitespace in path names more reliably (thanks go to Johannes Strömberg). Upgrading is recommended. What is ftputil? ---------------- ftputil is a high-level FTP client library for the Python programming language. ftputil implements a virtual file system for accessing FTP servers, that is, it can generate file-like objects for remote files. The library supports many functions similar to those in the os, os.path and shutil modules. ftputil has convenience functions for conditional uploads and downloads, and handles FTP clients and servers in different timezones. Read the documentation at http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net/documentation . License ------- ftputil is Open Source software, released under the revised BSD license (see http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php ). Stefan -- Dr.-Ing. Stefan Schwarzer SSchwarzer.com - Softwareentwicklung für Technik und Wissenschaft http://sschwarzer.com

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Another Python Game Programming Challenge concludes
by Richard Jones 22 Apr '07

22 Apr '07

The fourth Python Game Programming Challenge (PyWeek) has now concluded with judges (PyWeek being peer-judged) declaring the winners: Individual: Which way is up? by Hectigo http://www.pyweek.org/e/Hectic/ Team: Bubble Kong by The Olde Battleaxe http://www.pyweek.org/e/toba4/ Congratulations to them and to the other entrants. You may view the complete listing of entries here: http://www.pyweek.org/4/entries/ and the scores here: http://media.pyweek.org/static/pyweek4_ratings.html and everything else about PyWeek is here: http://www.pyweek.org/ Before anyone asks, the next challenge will be in 6 months. There is no a date set. Richard Jones (the PyWeek guy ;)

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ANN: eric3 version 3.9.5 released
by Detlev Offenbach 21 Apr '07

21 Apr '07

Hi, this is to inform you about the release of eric3 version 3.9.5. This release fixes a few bugs and includes an updated PyLint interface. As usual it is available via http://www.die-offenbachs.de/detlev/eric.html Regards, Detlev -- Detlev Offenbach detlev(a)die-offenbachs.de

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[ANN] Release 0.63.2 of Task Coach
by Frank Niessink 20 Apr '07

20 Apr '07

Hi all, I'm pleased to announce release 0.63.2 of Task Coach. This is a bug fix release that should fix the following bug: * Task tree view does not always refresh tasks after task editing. 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 https://sourceforge.net/projects/taskcoach/ In addition to the source distribution, packaged distributions are available for Windows XP, 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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International Python user groups events calendar
by TechVenue Eventmaster 20 Apr '07

20 Apr '07

FYI All, International Python user groups events calendar: http://TechVenue.com/Calendars/Python/ Enjoy! TechVenue.com Eventmasters

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qxjsonrpc 0.0.9 - new online demo and more
by Viktor Ferenczi 20 Apr '07

20 Apr '07

Released qxjsonrpc 0.0.9, a library to easily implement JSON-RPC servers for WEB applications using the qooxdoo JavaScript library. Supports HTTP, WSGI, access control and session handling. Provides easy session handling and extensible access control. Any method can be publised by adding a single decorator. Online demo, download and more information: http://python.cx.hu/qxjsonrpc The source code is documented and there are a growing set of tests and examples to learn from. The "design" of the WEB page will change soon. The qooxdoo library: http://qooxdoo.org You could report bugs or write your opinion by mailing my. Viktor Ferenczi

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Python training in Colorado, June 2007
by Python Training 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Python author and trainer Mark Lutz will be teaching another 3-day Python class at a conference center in Longmont, Colorado, on June 11-13, 2007. This is a public training session open to individual enrollments, and covers the same topics as the 3-day onsite sessions that Mark teaches, with hands-on lab work. For more information on this, and our other 2007 public classes, please visit this web page: http://home.earthlink.net/~python-training/longmont-public-classes.htm Thanks for your interest. --Python Training Services

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Zope 3.4.0a1 released
by Christian Theune 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

19 April 2007 - The Zope 3 development team announces the Zope 3.4.0a1 release This release introduces support for binary large objects in the ZODB, provides a new postprocessing hook for publishing results and makes all Zope packages available as Python eggs. Development release and feedback -------------------------------- This is a development release with alpha quality. It is intended for developers to check their applications for compatibility with the new features. This release *is not intended to be used in production environments*. We'd love to hear about any bugs you encounter. Please use our bug tracker, the mailing lists, and the IRC channel to contact us in case you encounter any problems. This alpha release will be succeeded by a beta which is expected to be available by 3rd May 2007. For status updates on our roadmap check: https://launchpad.net/zope3/3.4/+milestones What is Zope 3? --------------- Zope 3 is a web application server that continues to build on the heritage of Zope. It was rewritten from scratch based on the latest software design patterns and the experiences of Zope 2. The component architecture is the very core of Zope 3 that allows developers to create flexible and powerful web applications. Compatibility with Zope 2 -------------------------- We continue to work on the transition from Zope 2 to Zope 3 by making Zope 2 use more and more of the Zope 3 packages. But we're not there yet. **You can't run Zope 2 applications in Zope 3.** New features and important changes ---------------------------------- - Updated the shipped ZODB to version 3.8 and introduced optimized handling for large files in conjunction with ZODB Blob support. Most Blob operations can be handled with O(1) effort now providing a scalable approach to handling large files. - Introduced IResult hook for postprocessing of publishing results. This replaces a similar private IResult hook from previous releases. It is a hook point into which a variety of interesting policies, including in-Zope pipelining, can be placed. See zope/publisher/httpresults.txt for more details, which itself points to the full details for IResult and IHTTPResponse.setResult in zope/publisher/interfaces/http.py. - zope.app.testing.functional.ZCMLLayer supports in-process tearDown. For backwards compatibility, this feature is disabled by default. You can enable it by passing ``allow_teardown=True`` to ``ZCMLLayer()`` or to ``defineLayer()``. - Removed unused and untested SFTP code from zope.app.twisted along with all the SSH keys. Removed all the SSL keys also. - Added new Decimal field type to zope.schema (and DecimalWidget in zope.app.form) and added security declarations for decimal.Decimal objects - Added new Time field type to zope.schema - Change the publication object to abort the current transaction if the transaction was doomed. Related to: http://www.zope.org/Collectors/Zope3-dev/655. There were many more features, restructurings and bugs fixed. Please consult the file `doc/CHANGES.txt` in the release for more information. Downloads --------- Zope 3 can be downloaded from: http://zope.org/Products/Zope3 Installation instructions for both Windows and Un*x/Linux are now available in the top level README.txt file of the distribution. The binary installer is recommended for Windows. Zope 3.4 requires Python 2.4.3 to run. You must also have zlib installed on your system. Resources --------- - Zope 3 Development Web Site: http://wiki.zope.org/zope3 - Zope 3 Developers Mailing List: http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope3-dev - Zope 3 Users Mailing List: http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope3-users - Bug tracker at launchpad: https://launchpad.net/zope3 - IRC Channel: #zope3-dev at irc.freenode.net Acknowledgments --------------- Much thanks to everyone who contributed to this release: Jim Fulton, Dmitry Vasiliev, Martijn Faassen, Christian Theune, Wolfgang Schnerring, Fred Drake, Marius Gedminas, Baiju M, Brian Sutherland, Gary Poster

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RELEASED Python 2.5.1, FINAL
by Anthony Baxter 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm happy to announce the release of Python 2.5.1 (FINAL) This is the first bugfix release of Python 2.5. Python 2.5 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. According to the release notes, over 150 bugs and patches have been addressed since Python 2.5, including a fair number in the new AST compiler (an internal implementation detail of the Python interpreter). This is a production release of Python, and should be a painless upgrade from 2.5. Since the release candidate, we have backed out a couple of small changes that caused 2.5.1 to behave differently to 2.5. See the release notes for more. For more information on Python 2.5.1, including download links for various platforms, release notes, and known issues, please see: http://www.python.org/2.5.1/ Highlights of this new release include: Bug fixes. According to the release notes, at least 150 have been fixed. Highlights of the previous major Python release (2.5) are available from the Python 2.5 page, at http://www.python.org/2.5/highlights.html Enjoy this release, Anthony Anthony Baxter anthony(a)python.org Python Release Manager (on behalf of the entire python-dev team)

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pyIDL 0.5 released
by Michael McKerns 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

updated Python bindings for IDL http://www.its.caltech.edu/~mmckerns/software.html # Version 0.5: 04/18/07 fixed support for python2.5 (Thanks to several of you kicking me in the butt... especially N. Pirzkal) --- Mike McKerns California Institute of Technology http://www.its.caltech.edu/~mmckerns

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