Mailman 3 July 2007 - Python-announce-list

ceODBC 1.0
by Anthony Tuininga 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

What is ceODBC? ceODBC is a Python extension module that enables access to databases using the ODBC API and conforms to the Python database API 2.0 specifications with a few exceptions. I have tested this on Windows against SQL Server, Access and Oracle. On Linux I have tested this against PostgreSQL. Where do I get it? http://ceodbc.sourceforge.net Background I recently had the need for accessing SQL Server and Access databases and checked out the available options. The odbc module that comes with the win32 extensions worked reasonably well but it had a number of deficiencies and it was clear from the documentation that no further work was intended. I then checked out mxODBC. It is a great module but for my purposes the cost was too great to warrant purchasing it. I decided to see how much effort writing my own module would take and discovered that, with a copy of cx_Oracle as a starting point, the effort was minimal. With the hope that this module might prove useful to others as it already has to me, I am making this release. Any and all feedback welcome. Anthony Tuininga

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SQLObject 0.7.8
by Oleg Broytmann 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

Hello! I'm pleased to announce the 0.7.8 release of SQLObject. What is SQLObject ================= SQLObject is an object-relational mapper. Your database tables are described as classes, and rows are instances of those classes. SQLObject is meant to be easy to use and quick to get started with. SQLObject supports a number of backends: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and Firebird. It also has newly added support for Sybase, MSSQL and MaxDB (also known as SAPDB). Where is SQLObject ================== Site: http://sqlobject.org Mailing list: https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/sqlobject-discuss Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.sqlobject Download: http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/SQLObject/0.7.8 News and changes: http://sqlobject.org/docs/News.html What's New ========== News since 0.7.7 ---------------- Bug Fixes ~~~~~~~~~ * Replaced calls to style.dbColumnToPythonAttr() in joins.py by name/dbName lookup in case the user named columns differently using dbName. * Minor correction in the tests: we fully support EnumCol in Postgres. * MySQLConnection now recognizes Enum, Double and Time columns when drawing the database scheme from DB. * Minor fix in FirebirdConnection.fromDatabase. * Fixed a bug with default field values for columns for firebird connection. * Prevent a deadlock in declarative.threadSafeMethod() by not reacquiring the class lock. * Fixed a bug in col.createSQL(). * Fixed a bug in converting date/time for years < 1000 (time.strptime() requires exactly 4 digits for %Y, hence a year < 1000 must be 0-padded). Other Changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Changed string quoting style for PostgreSQL and MySQL from \' to ''. For a more complete list, please see the news: http://sqlobject.org/docs/News.html 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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itools 0.16.4 released
by "J. David Ibáñez" 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

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.tmx itools.cms itools.ical itools.uri itools.csv itools.odf itools.vfs itools.datatypes itools.pdf itools.web itools.gettext itools.rest itools.workflow itools.handlers itools.rss itools.xhtml itools.html itools.schemas itools.xliff itools.http itools.stl itools.xml For the first time in a looong time we have tested itools on Windows. Now itools installs and the unit tests pass. As a side effect the "vfs.move" method (from "itools.vfs") now is cross-platform (and faster). There is a new, and simple, handler for Gzip files (in "itools.handlers"). The document type declaration (DOCTYPE) is correctly parsed now, by both "itools.xml" and "itools.html". And an small bug has been fixed in the (X)HTML sanitizer. The CMS ("itools.cms") has a couple of enhancements. Now emails are sent asynchronously; if sending an email fails, it will be tried again later. The forum posts are now HTML instead of plain text. The HTML editor is used to edit the posts, and the HTML is sanitized to avoid security problems. There are also several fixes: in the tracker, the calendar, and when cut&paste a document in the same folder. Credits: - Nicolas Deram worked on the tracker; - David Hughes helped testing itools on Windows; - J. David Ibáñez worked on itools.cms, itools.xml and the unit tests; - Sylvain Taverne worked on the forum and fixed several bugs; Resources --------- Download http://download.ikaaro.org/itools/itools-0.16.4.tar.gz Home http://www.ikaaro.org/itools Mailing list http://mail.ikaaro.org/mailman/listinfo/itools 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

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ANN: PyQwt-5.0.1 released
by Gerard Vermeulen 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

What is PyQwt ( http://pyqwt.sourceforge.net ) ? - it is a set of Python bindings for the Qwt C++ class library which extends the Qt framework with widgets for scientific and engineering applications. It provides a widget to plot 2-dimensional data and various widgets to display and control bounded or unbounded floating point values. - it requires and extends PyQt, a set of Python bindings for Qt. - it supports the use of PyQt, Qt, Qwt, and optionally NumPy or SciPy in a GUI Python application or in an interactive Python session. - it runs on POSIX, Mac OS X and Windows platforms (practically any platform supported by Qt and Python). - it plots fast: displaying data with 100,000 points takes about 0.1 s (PyQwt with Qt-3 is faster than with Qt-4). - it is licensed under the GPL with an exception to allow dynamic linking with non-free releases of Qt and PyQt. The most important new features of PyQwt-5.0.1 are: - support for Qt-4.3, SIP-4.7, and PyQt-4.3 - support for the N-D array interface specification ( http://numpy.scipy.org/array_interface.shtml ). - the iqt module also supports an interactive Python session without the help of the GNU readline module. - PyQwt is now part of the PyQt-Py2.5-gpl-4.3 binary installer for Windows ( http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/Downloads/PyQt4/GPL/ ) The most important bug fix in PyQwt-5.0.1 is: - removal of a huge memory leak in the conversion from an array to a QImage. PyQwt-5.0.1 supports: 1. Python-2.5, or -2.4. 2. PyQt-3.17. 3. PyQt-4.3, or PyQt-4.2. 3 SIP-4.7, or SIP-4.6. 4. Qt-3.3, or Qt-3.2. 5. Qt-4.3, or Qt-4.2. 6. Recent versions of NumPy, numarray, and/or Numeric. Enjoy -- Gerard Vermeulen

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ANN: sortmail - module to sort incoming mail for delivery to multiple destinations
by Ian Zimmerman 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

http://primate.net/~itz/sortmail/sortmail-20070718.tar.gz This is a python module to help in delivery of mail to multiple mailboxes, similar to procmail and the Perl module Mail::Sort. There is necessarily some overlap with the email package bundled with Python but this one is optimized for fast matching on headers and fast delivery, and treats the body of the mail as just a string, i. e. there is no specific MIME support. This is a free package, please see the file LICENSE in this directory for the terms of use. Documentation is available via pydoc. New in release 20070718: documentation really is available :) A realistic example of a delivery script using the module is included. -- This line is completely ham.

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ANN: PyMTP 0.0.1
by nick 25 Jul '07

25 Jul '07

Hello! After several days of work, I'm glad to announce the release of PyMTP 0.0.1! PyMTP provides a Python API for access MTP devices, such as Creative MP3 players, some iRiver MP3 players, and so on. Get it ------- PyMTP 0.1 is available at http://nick125.com/smedia/pymtp/pymtp-0.0.1.tar.gz Installing PyMTP ----------------------- PyMTP requires for installation: * Python 2.5 -or- ctypes manually installed * Libmtp (PyMTP was developed around 0.1.5, but, some previous versions may work) To install PyMTP, run python setup.py install as root. Note: I haven't tested PyMTP on Win32, due to the lack of having a Win32 machine available. Theoretically, it should work, providing that libusb, libmtp, ctypes, and Python is installed. Feedback ------------ Please send any feedback about PyMTP, include bug reports, feature requests, and so on to me at nick(a)nick125.com Regards, Nick

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Re: Python Ireland 8th August 2007 Meeting
by Vicky Lee 25 Jul '07

25 Jul '07

Hi All, I have reserved an area at the Schoolhouse Pub for 9:30pm, so if people want to meetup after the talks, we can disperse there. (Just look for area reserved for Python Ireland). More details on the wiki. See you all there! /// Vicky On 7/17/07, Vicky Lee <whykay(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All! > > All the places have been taken. For all those who still want to come, keep > an eye out on the wiki, just in case if anyone decided that they cannot make > it. > > It's at: http://wiki.python.ie/moin.cgi/PythonMeetup/August2007 > > See you all there! > > Cheers, > > /// Vicky > > On 7/16/07, Vicky Lee < whykay(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > well, we are not using meetup.com and MickT tried to kick off using > > upcoming.org. But did not take off. So the wiki will have to do. > > > > On 7/16/07, Tim Kersten <irlkersten(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 7/16/07, Maciej Blizinski <maciej.blizinski(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > ... > > > > On 7/16/07, Tim Kersten < irlkersten(a)gmail.com > wrote: > > > > > The NDA won't have any effect on "our" talks though, right? > > > > > > > > I don't know if it's necessary to sign the NDA at all to participate > > > > in the talk. Look at this: > > > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/3ymvp8 > > > > > > > > NDA declined and he's in. > > > > > > > > > > Lol, nice. :-) I'll assume that either way is fine. It would be > > > ridiculas if we couldn't talk about the talks ( i.e. unit testing). > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Python Ireland" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to pythonireland(a)googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to pythonireland-unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/pythonireland?hl=en > > > > > > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ > > ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ > ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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ANN: python-ldap-2.3.1
by Michael Ströder 24 Jul '07

24 Jul '07

Find a new release of python-ldap: http://python-ldap.sourceforge.net/ python-ldap provides an object-oriented API to access LDAP directory servers from Python programs. It mainly wraps the OpenLDAP 2.x libs for that purpose. Additionally it contains modules for other LDAP-related stuff (e.g. processing LDIF, LDAPURLs and LDAPv3 schema). ---------------------------------------------------------------- Released 2.3.1 2007-07-25 Changes since 2.3.0: * Support for setuptools (building .egg, thanks to Torsten) * Support for matched values control (RFC 3876, thanks to Andreas) Lib/ * Fixed ldif (see SF#1709111, thanks to Dmitry) * ldap.schema.models: SUP now separated by $ (method __str__() of classes AttributeType, ObjectClass and DITStructureRule, thanks to Stefan) Modules/ * Added constant MOD_INCREMENT to support modify+increment extension (see RFC 4525, thanks to Andreas)

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Python Trainers, Promote Thyself!
by Jeff Rush 24 Jul '07

24 Jul '07

With the recent establishment of the wiki page on python.org for those who offer training services for the Python language, we now have 23 listed, worldwide. http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonTraining Many of the trainers are individuals or small companies, and it can be hard to get the attention of the big IT houses. While skill credentials and a portfolio of past training gigs are important, perhaps one of the best promoters is when someone has actually experienced one of your classes. They gain insight into your speaking style, how you relate to the students and your ability to explain complex technical subjects in an approachable way. No class syllabus can convey that. The Python community has a valuable resource that can give you the next best thing. Screencasting! Screencasting is a multimedia creation that focuses on the instructor's desktop, with voiceover guidance. It can be in the format of an online slideshow, a guided sourcecode walkthrough or a follow-along interactive session. They can be as long or short as you wish and they have opportunities for branding, by using custom wallpaper behind your talks desktop and musical lead-in/fade-out. Screencasts can be hosted on www.showmedo.com or, if done with a large font, video.google.com. They can also be embedded in your website while hosted elsewhere, as shown at: http://www.python.org/doc/av/5minutes/ You can learn more about the details with a talk series I put together: Casting Your Knowledge, With Style http://www.showmedo.com/videos/series?name=bETR23HwS But perhaps you're really busy on current projects and short on time. Consider arranging an audio interview about an upcoming seminar you're offering and making it available as a podcast. Ron Stephens of Python 411 makes available an excellent collection of podcasts and may be interested in hosting yours. Unlike face-to-face presentation opportunities, screencasts/podcasts have the additional benefit that they promote your training offerings while you're busy on other gigs. It's almost like cloning yourself and having more time for promotion. It's all about leverage. Jeff Rush Python Advocacy Coordinator

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Usergroups Forming: Arizona and Carolina US Regions
by Jeff Rush 24 Jul '07

24 Jul '07

Two new Python usergroups are being organized! = Arizona = Michael March is starting a group for those in the Flagstaff/Phoenix/Tucson region of Arizona. The first meeting to get organized will be held on *Monday July 30th* at 6:30pm. Location is not yet set -- need input from potential attendees. If you are interested, a mailing list and wiki page have been established: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/sunpiggies http://wiki.python.org/moin/ValleyOfTheSunPiggies And also a Meetup.com group, where you can sign up to receive automated calendar reminders of group activities. http://python.meetup.com/184/ = North/South Carolina = While there is an existing group TriZPUG for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill region, a new group is being formed for the *Charlotte and North-Central South Carolina area*. No meetings have yet been scheduled - to participate in discussions join the Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/charpy = Other Groups = There are 34 states with Python usergroups, leaving 16 without any Python organizations at all -- and this is just in the United States. We would like to encourage the formation of more groups worldwide. If you've been wishing there were meetings near you, step forward and help initiate or revitalize one. There are experienced organizers waiting to mentor you on the mailing list: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/group-organizers Usergroups are a lot of fun, a source of employment opportunities and a great way to enhance your programming and teaching skills. The Python Software Foundation and the experienced group organizers are ready to support you in your efforts. Jeff Rush Python Advocacy Coordinator

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