Mailman 3 July 2007 - Python-announce-list

[ANN] Leipzig Python User Group - Meeting, July 10, 2007, 08:00pm
by Mike Müller 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

=== Leipzig Python User Group === We will meet on Tuesday, July 10 at 08:00pm at the training center of Python Academy in Leipzig, Germany ( http://www.python-academy.com/center/find.html ). Mike Müller will give his talk "Parallel Computing in Python with Pyro (PYRO)" again. This is a wish of some group members. Food and soft drinks are provided. Please send a short confirmation mail to info(a)python-academy.de, so we can prepare appropriately. Everybody who uses Python, plans to do so or is interested in learning more about the language is encouraged to participate. While the meeting language will be mainly German, we will provide English translation if needed. Current information about the meetings are at http://www.python-academy.com/user-group . Mike === Leipzig Python User Group === Wir treffen uns am Dienstag, 10.07.2007 um 20:00 Uhr im Schulungszentrum der Python Academy in Leipzig ( http://www.python-academy.de/Schulungszentrum/anfahrt.html ). Mike Müller wird seinen Vortrag Parallelisierung von Pythonanwendungen mit Python Remote Objects (PYRO) auf Wunsch einiger Gruppenmitglieder nochmals halten. Für das leibliche Wohl wird gesorgt. Eine Anmeldung unter info(a)python-academy.de wäre nett, damit wir genug Essen besorgen können. Willkommen ist jeder, der Interesse an Python hat, die Sprache bereits nutzt oder nutzen möchte. Aktuelle Informationen zu den Treffen sind unter http://www.python-academy.de/User-Group zu finden. Viele Grüße Mike

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ANN: A STOMP messaging broker in pure Python (GPLv3)
by tundish 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

This is the first announcement of a release of Sprinkle, a messaging broker written in Python. http://www.thuswise.org/sprinkle/index.html Sprinkle implements the STOMP protocol http://stomp.codehaus.org/ Sprinkle is very simple and lightweight. I believe it is fully functional, but I need help testing it so I can make it suitable for an enterprise environment. In this early phase, you can get Sprinkle as a development snapshot: sprinkle-2007-07-01. Asynchronous messaging is receiving renewed interest from developers. Let's give Python a simple, effective, and trusted messaging solution. The code is distributed under version 3 of the GPL, and runs on Unix- like platforms. Python 2.3.4 or later is required.

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ANNOUNCE: PyGTK 2.10.5
by Johan Dahlin 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

I am pleased to announce the stable version 2.10.5 of the Python bindings for GTK+. The new release is available from ftp.gnome.org and its mirrors as soon as its synced correctly: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/pygtk/2.10/ Blurb: GTK+ is a toolkit for developing graphical applications that run on systems such as Linux, Windows and MacOS X. It provides a comprehensive set of GUI widgets, can display Unicode bidi text. It links into the Gnome Accessibility Framework through the ATK library. PyGTK provides a convenient wrapper for the GTK+ library for use in Python programs, and takes care of many of the boring details such as managing memory and type casting. When combined with PyORBit and gnome-python, it can be used to write full featured Gnome applications. Like the GTK+ library itself PyGTK is licensed under the GNU LGPL, so is suitable for use in both free software and proprietary applications. It is already in use in many applications ranging from small single purpose scripts up to large full features applications. What's new since 2.10.4 ? - Do access private GtkTooltip member tips_data_list, fixes build against Gtk+ 2.11.x (Johan) - Allow None to gtk_rc_get_style_by_paths (Mariano Suarez-Alvarez) - Fix defs file inconsistencies (Andrew Cowie) - Documentation build fixes (Richard Hult) - Code generator improvements (Tim Evans, Gustavo) - Include atk-types.defs when building using distutils, so gtk.Accessible is available on win32 PyGTK requires GTK+ >= 2.8.0 and Python >= 2.3.5 to build. Bug reports, as always, should go to Bugzilla; check out http://pygtk.org/developer.html and http://pygtk.org/feedback.html for links to posting and querying bug reports for PyGTK. -- Johan Dahlin jdahlin(a)async.com.br

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ANN: Leo 4.4.3.1 released
by Edward K Ream 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

Leo 4.4.3.1 is available at: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3458&package_id=29106 Leo is a text editor, data organizer, project manager and much more. See: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/intro.html The highlights of Leo 4.4.3.1: ---------------------------- - Fixed a few minor bugs reported since Leo 4.4.3 was released. - Added better support for unit testing in Leo. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward K. Ream email: edreamleo(a)charter.net Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Jul 2)
by Cameron Laird 02 Jul '07

02 Jul '07

QOTW: "Modules are objects too - they're a good example of singletons. If you want to create a class containing only static methods: use a module instead. If you want to create a class having a single instance (a singleton), most of the time you can use a module instead. Functions don't *have* to be methods in a class, and the resulting design may still be a good design from an OO point of view." - Gabriel Genellina "I recommend gmane.org's NNTP server for all your mailing list needs." - Grant Edwards A "new mailing list has been started to discuss and get help with ... the Python/C api." http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/aaa4787b320aea0a Ben Finney and others advertise the virtues of SQLAlchemy: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/313743… IronPython Exception-handling involves a few new techniques: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/a2b697f8e4628dca Relative imports present a challenge for which there's no canonical solution. Josiah and Gabriel help analyze the situation: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/c44c76… How can a report's columns be made to line up? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/425678… It's common enough to see advertisements for employment, contract development, authoring, ... in comp.lang.python; now we're getting legitimate announcements of Python-based higher-order businesses: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/f82f9e… ======================================================================== 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. The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python enthusiats". http://pythonpapers.org/ 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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Interest in a one-day business conference for Python, Zope and Plone companies ?
by eGenix Team: M.-A. Lemburg 02 Jul '07

02 Jul '07

Hello, eGenix is looking into organizing a one day conference specifically for companies doing business with Python, Zope and Plone. The conference will likely be held in or close to Düsseldorf, Germany, which is lively medium-sized city, with good airport connections world-wide and specifically to all major European cities, so it's easy getting there and ideal for a one day event. The focus of the conference is on networking, meeting people, exchanging experience and exploring ways of working together. We are aiming at having a small conference program with just a few talks. The main intent of the presentations should be to initiate discussions among the attendees. Since this will be a business-only event, we will likely get professional help from a conference organizer and also try to sign up with a hotel to do all the catering, conference room maintenance, etc. My questions to you: * Would there be interest in such a conference event ? * How many people from your company would likely attend ? * Would a weekday or weekend conference date be more attractive ? * Does the focus suit your needs ? We will be giving a short presentation of what we have in mind at EuroPython 2007 in Vilnius in the context of the Open Space sessions: http://wiki.python.org/moin/EuroPython2007OpenSpace If you're interested, please contact us. Thanks, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Jul 02 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/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2007-07-09: EuroPython 2007, Vilnius, Lithuania 6 days to go :::: 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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