Mailman 3 July 2007 - Python-announce-list

python-cjson 1.0.3x6 released - fixed segfault
by Ferenczi Viktor 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

This is an enhanced version of python-cjson, the _fast_ JSON encoder/decoder for python. Bugfix: - Fixed segmentation fault when decoding specially crafted unicode strings. I recommend you to upgrade python-cjson, since a critical bug has been fixed. All existing and new unit tests are passed with python 2.3.5, 2.4.3 and 2.5.1 without problems. Windows installer for Python 2.5.1 included. Download, examples and more information: http://python.cx.hu/python-cjson

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bbfreeze 0.95.1
by Ralf Schmitt 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

Hi all, I've just uploaded bbfreeze 0.95.1 to python's cheeseshop. bbfreeze creates standalone executables from python scripts. It's similar in functionality to py2exe or cx_Freeze. This release fixes some problems with egg files and with some of the recipes. *NEW* support for egg files: bbfreeze scans zipped egg files and now includes whole egg files/directories in the distribution. Programs using setuptools' pkg_resources module will now work. It offers the following features: easy installation bbfreeze can be installed with setuptools' easy_install command. zip/egg file import tracking bbfreeze tracks imports from zip files. multiple script freezing bbfreeze can freeze multiple scripts at once. python interpreter included bbfreeze will create an extra executable named 'py', which might be used like the python executable itself. bbfreeze works on windows and UNIX-like operating systems. It currently does not work on OS X. bbfreeze has been tested with python 2.4 and 2.5. bbfreeze will not work with python versions prior to 2.3 as it uses the zipimport feature introduced with python 2.3. Links -------- cheese shop entry: http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/ bbfreeze/<http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/bbfreeze/> homepage: http://systemexit.de/bbfreeze/ mercurial repository: http://systemexit.de/repo/bbfreeze Regards, - Ralf

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Try a different type of debugger.
by mfriedeman＠gmail.com 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

This one does not need you to set any breakpoints. It records the entire run. Handy, if you don't know where to start. Run the program once and after that all the runtime data is available to you. Which means you can jump to any point in the run and verify the code against runtime data. The user interface is the python code itself viewed inside a Firefox browser. Scroll to a line you're interested in and click the variable. It requires Firefox and Python 2.5. http://codeinvestigator.googlepages.com/main

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PyCon Organizers' Meeting
by David Goodger 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

I'd like to hold the inaugural organizers' meeting for PyCon 2008 on Tuesday, July 17, at 2PM Eastern/1PM Central/11AM Pacific (6PM UTC). Further meetings will be every other week. The meetings will be held via Google Talk/Jabber (group chat). We'll use the 'pycon' room on conference.jabber.org. Agenda: * Staff roles * Keynote speakers * PyCon tech * Chicago visit Please send any further agenda items to me, or edit the wiki page: http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyCon2008/OrganizersMeetings See you there! David Goodger PyCon 2008 Chai

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PyGTK Introduction @ Toronto Area Python User's Group Meeting next Tuesday
by Mike C. Fletcher 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

Our topic for the next PyGTA meeting is the PyGTK binding to the Open Source GTK+ GUI library. Myles Braithwaite, a local developer and consultant will be presenting an introduction to the library including how to get started programming with it. Myles has used GTK, among other things, to develop a pair of games for the OLPC laptop. GTK is reasonably portable Free software that has a number of GUI-layout tools, with the Glade system being the most well-known among them. We'll be meeting at our regular venue, Linux Caffe, which is open until 11pm for the summer, affording us a much more relaxed pace for our meetings. We'll plan to start the presentation for 7:15pm, with people encouraged to gather at 7:00 to chat and socialise. Linux Caffe is at the corner of Grace and Harbord streets, 1 block South of Christie station. Free WiFi is available, as are snacks and sandwiches, ice cream, smoothies, coffee, tea and the like. Details on how to get to Linux Caffe are available on the PyGTA next-meeting page: http://www.pygta.org/ Have fun all, Mike -- ________________________________________________ Mike C. Fletcher Designer, VR Plumber, Coder http://www.vrplumber.com http://blog.vrplumber.com

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Jython 2.2 RC2 is available
by Charlie Groves 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

The Jython development team is pleased to announce that Jython 2.2rc2 is available for download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12867&package_id=1221… See http://jython.org/Project/installation.html for installation instructions. This release candidate fixes small bugs in the socket module, import mechanism and installer among other things, but it adds no new features from rc1. Enjoy! Charlie

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New release: Crunchy 0.9
by Andre 09 Jul '07

09 Jul '07

Crunchy 0.9 has been released. It is available at http://code.google.com/p/crunchy What is Crunchy? Crunchy is a an application that transforms html Python tutorials into interactive session viewed within a browser. We are not aware of any other application (in any language) similar to Crunchy. Currently Crunchy has only been fully tested with Firefox; we know that some browsers simply don't work with it. Crunchy should work with all operating systems - it has been tested fairly extensively on Linux, Windows and Mac OS. What is new in this release? Crunchy has been rewritten from scratch from the previous version (0.8.2), to use a custom plugin architecture. This makes easier to extend and add new functionality. Rather than list the differences with the old release, it is easier to list the essential features of this new version. 1. Crunchy can work best with specially marked-up html tutorials. However, it can now work with any html tutorials - including the official Python tutorial on the python.org site. Html pages can be loaded locally or remotely from anywhere on the Internet. Crunchy uses a combination of Elementtree and BeautifulSoup to process html pages. Non W3C-compliant pages can be handled, but the visual appearance is not guaranteed to reproduce that normally seen using a browser. 2. Crunchy can insert a number of Python interpreters inside a web page. In the default mode, it does that whenever it encounters an html <pre> element which is assumed to contain some Python code. These interpreters can either share a common environment (e.g. modules imported in one of them are known in the other) or be isolated one from another. 3. Crunchy adds automatic css styling to the Python code - you can look at the official Python tutorial using your browser (all Python code in blue) and compare with what Crunchy displays to give you a good idea. 4. Instead of inserting an interpreter, Crunchy can insert a code editor that can be used to modify the Python code on the page and execute it. The editor can be toggled to become a fairly decent syntax aware editor that can save and load files. 5. Crunchy has a "doctest" feature where the code inside the <pre> is taken to be the result of an interpreter session and the user has to write the code so as to make the interpreter session valid; this is useful in a teaching environment. Messages from the Crunchy's doctest are "friendlier" for Python beginners than the usual tracebacks. 6. Crunchy has a small graphics library that can be imported, either inside an editor or an interpreter, to produce simple graphics (even animations!) inside the browser. 7. For the user that needs better quality graphics, Crunchy supports programs (such as matplotlib) that can create image files; by executing the code, the image produced is loaded inside the browser window. In this capacity, Crunchy could be used as a front end for libraries such as matplotlib. 8. Crunchy supports code execution of files as separate processes, making it suitable to launch gui based application from the browser window. 9. Crunchy's interpreter has an interactive "help" feature like many python-aware IDEs. 10. Crunchy includes a fairly comprehensive tutorial on its own use, as well as a reference for tutorial writers that want to make their tutorials "crunchy-friendlier". 11. As a security feature, crunchy strips all pre-existing javascript code from an html page before displaying it inside the browser window. Bug reports, comments and suggestions are always welcome. André Roberge, for the Crunchy team.

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Phoenix-iTorrent: iTunes Bit Torrent client v 0.3 release
by Christopher L Judd 09 Jul '07

09 Jul '07

Hi List, I want to take the opportunity to announce a very early release of Phoenix-iTorrent, a Bit Torrent client for iTunes, featuring a Windows installer to make it easier for users to install. Please check it out and give me some feedback. http://code.google.com/p/phoenix-itorrent/<http://phoenix-itorrent.googlecode.com/files/iTorrentSetUp.exe> Cheers, Chris

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Pydev 1.3.7 Released
by Fabio Zadrozny 09 Jul '07

09 Jul '07

Hi All, Pydev and Pydev Extensions 1.3.7 have been released Details on Pydev Extensions: http://www.fabioz.com/pydev Details on Pydev: http://pydev.sf.net Details on its development: http://pydev.blogspot.com Release Highlights: ---------------------------------------------- * Support for Eclipse 3.3 * Bug Fix: Interpreter modules not correctly set/persisted after specifying interpreter (so, the builtins and other system libraries would not be available in completions). * Mylyn integration. * Open With Pydev: does not appear for containers anymore. * Code-completion: The folowing cases are now considered in code-completion to discover the type of a variable: o Type/Interface checking: (note that 'assert' is required) assert isinstance(obj, Interface) -- default from python o assert Interface.implementedBy(obj) -- zope o assert IsImplementation(obj, Interface) -- custom request o assert IsInterfaceDeclared(obj, Interface) -- custom request o Factory methods a = adapt(obj, Interface) -- pyprotocols o a = obj.GetAdapter(Interface) -- custom request o a = obj.get_adapter(Interface) -- custom request o a = GetSingleton(Interface) -- custom request o a = GetImplementation(Interface) -- custom request 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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pyCologne meets again on Wednesday, 11 July
by Rex Turnbull 09 Jul '07

09 Jul '07

Greetings Python Friends, pyCologne, the Python User Group Cologne, Germany meets again on: Date: Wednesday, 11 July, 2007 Time: 18:30 Uhr c.t. Venue: Room 301 (3rd floor), Institut für Informatik, University Köln, Pohligstr. 1, 50969 Köln, Germany !!! NEW VENUE !!! Programme: * New and improved django-PyLucid <http://www.pylucid.org> (Jens Diemer) * A re-engineering experiment with: Python and UML (Günter Jantzen) Two editors will be presented: * Emacs (Rebecca Breu) * vim (Ronny Sonntag) All interested in python and what can be done with it are invited. Afterwards we'll have a bite and a drink nearby. For further information check our site: http://wiki.python.de/pyCologne See you there, Rex Turnbull

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