Mailman 3 March 2008 - Python-announce-list

Python Ireland presents March 2008 Talks on Wednesday, 12th March 2008 @ DIT
by Vicky Lee 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Python Ireland presents this month talks at DIT (thanks to Tim who arranged the room). When: ===== Wed 12th March 2008 (19:00 - 21:00) Where: ====== Management House (Room 1077/8 beside the library), DIT, Aungier Street, Dublin. (Map: http://tinyurl.com/yswkf7) Directions: The college is quite small so it should be easy to find the library. When you walk into the college, just walk down the hallway to your left, past "Java City" (cafe), right to the end. It's up one floor. You'll see signs for the library and for room 1077/8. Talk details: ========= 19:00 - 19:30 Topic: PyGame Vs Pyglet Speaker: Rory Geoghegan 19:30 - 20:00 Topic: Django - The web framework for perfectionists with deadlines. Speaker: Michael Twomey Then we head off to the pub somewhere on Camden Street. More details: http://wiki.python.ie/moin.cgi/PythonMeetup/March2008 Cheers, /// Vicky -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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SQLObject 0.9.4
by Oleg Broytmann 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Hello! I'm pleased to announce the 0.9.4 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 Development: http://sqlobject.org/devel/ 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/0.9.4 News and changes: http://sqlobject.org/News.html What's New ========== News since 0.9.3 ---------------- Bug Fixes ~~~~~~~~~ * Use list.reverse() in manager/command.py for Python 2.2 compatibility. * Prevent MultipleJoin from removing the intermediate table if it was not created by the Join. * Fixed a bug with no default when defaultSQL is defined for the column. * Recognize POINT data type as string in PostgresConnection.columnsFromSchema(). For a more complete list, please see the news: http://sqlobject.org/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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MichiPUG meeting March 6th, 7PM
by Kevin Dangoor 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Jason Pellerin is going to be giving a talk about his Nose (http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/ ) testing tool at the Michigan Python Users Group (MichiPUG). I’ve been a Nose users since the very beginning, so I’m happy that Jason himself is giving a talk on it. As usual, the meeting is on the first Thursday of the month (March 6th, in this case) at 7PM. Meetings are always free. And, as has been the case the past several months, SRT Solutions (http://srtsolutions.com/ ) is going to be hosting the meeting at their perfect downtown Ann Arbor location. In addition to the instructions on how to get to SRT, I’ll also mention that street parking is free after 6PM and usually readily available a couple blocks north at Ann and Fifth (right next to the City Hall/Police Station building). Information about SRT's location: http://groups.google.com/group/michipug/web/SRT%20Solutions

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CodeInvestigator 0.7.4
by Martien Friedeman 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

CodeInvestigator version 0.7.4 was released on March 3. This is a bug fix release. It fixes a problem with non-ascii characters. Strings with non-ascii characters are now saved as part of the recording and can be used in searches. CodeInvestigator is a tracing tool for Python programs. Running a program through CodeInvestigator creates a recording. Program flow, function calls, variable values and conditions are all stored for every line the program executes. The recording is then viewed with an interface consisting of the code. The code can be clicked: A clicked variable displays its value, a clicked loop displays its iterations. You read code, and have at your disposal all the run time details of that code. A computerized desk check tool and another way to learn about your program. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=183942

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[ANN] Python 2.3.7 and 2.4.5, release candidate 1
by "Martin v. Löwis" 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm happy to announce the release candidates of Python 2.4.5 and 2.4.5. Both releases include only security fixes. Python 2.5 is the latest version of Python, we're making this release for people who are still running Python 2.3 or 2.4. See the release notes at the website (also available as Misc/NEWS in the source distribution) for details of bugs fixed; most of them prevent interpreter crashes (and now cause proper Python exceptions in cases where the interpreter may have crashed before). Assuming no major problems crop up, a final release of Python 2.4.4 will follow in about a week's time. For more information on Python 2.3.7 and 2.4.5, including download links for various platforms, release notes, and known issues, please see: http://www.python.org/2.3.7 http://www.python.org/2.4.5 Highlights of the previous major Python releases are available from the Python 2.4 page, at http://www.python.org/2.3/highlights.html http://www.python.org/2.4/highlights.html Enjoy this release, Martin Martin v. Loewis martin(a)v.loewis.de Python Release Manager (on behalf of the entire python-dev team)

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Bruce the Presentation Tool version 2.0beta1
by Richard Jones 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

I'm proud to release version 2.0beta1 of Bruce the Presentation Tool. Bruce is for programmers who are tired of fighting with presentation tools. In its basic form it allows text, code or image pages and even interactive Python sessions. It uses pyglet and is easily extensible to add new page types. Download from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/bruce 2.0beta1 released 2008-03-02 is a complete rewrite using pyglet 1.1: - audio playback on any page, including blank ones - simple point-by-point text display with styling and progressive expose - interactive python interpreter with history - code display with scrolling - unicode escaped chars in ascii file - html page display with scrolling - image display with optional title and/or caption - configuration may be changed inside a presentation, affecting subsequent pages - resource location (images, video, sound from zip files etc.) - timer and page count display for practicing - logo display in the corner of every page - may specify which screen to open on in multihead - may switch to/from fullscreen - HTML output of pages including notes - video playback

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New Python User Group forming in Maryland: BACON-PIG
by Stephen Waterbury 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

This is to announce the formation of a new Python User Group: the Baltimore/Annapolis/Columbia/and-Other-Northern-dc-suburbs Python Interest Group (BACON-PIG). Although there is a good and venerable group in Washington, DC (the ZPUG-DC or Zope/Python Users of DC, <http://www.zpugdc.org/>) some of us Maryland Pythonistas are too lazy (guilty! :) or unable for whatever reason to schlep down into DC or Northern Virginia for after-work meetings -- hence the motivation for a Python User Group that meets in Maryland! In deference to ZPUG-DC, the BACON-PIG will make every effort to have its meetings on dates that are at least 2 weeks away from ZPUG-DC meetings, and the BACON-PIG will also focus on topics other than Zope and/or Plone, since those are more than adequately addressed by the ZPUG-DC group. Of course, attendance at both groups' meetings is encouraged! A new mailing list, <bacon-pig(a)pangalactic.us>, has been created for announcements and discussion by participants in the BACON-PIG, so please join that list if you are interested! The kick-off meeting may be as early as Thursday, March 6 and will be announced on the bacon-pig list. There will definitely be a BACON-PIG meeting after PyCon, at which some who were privileged to attend PyCon (such as myself and Barry Warsaw) will report on all the fantastically cool stuff that we will have seen there. Cheers, Steve Waterbury

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RELEASED Python 2.6a1 and 3.0a3
by Barry Warsaw 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm happy to announce the first alpha release of Python 2.6, and the third alpha release of Python 3.0. Python 2.6 is not only the next advancement in the Python 2 series, it is also a transitionary release, helping developers begin to prepare their code for Python 3.0. As such, many features are being backported from Python 3.0 to 2.6. It makes sense to release both versions in at the same time, the precedence for this having been set with the Python 1.6 and 2.0 releases. During the alpha testing cycle we will be releasing both versions in lockstep, on a monthly release cycle. The releases will happen on the last Friday of every month. If this schedule works well, we will continue releasing in lockstep during the beta program. See PEP 361 for schedule details: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0361/ Please note that these are alpha releases, and as such are not suitable for production environments. We continue to strive for a high degree of quality, but there are still some known problems and the feature sets have not been finalized. These alphas are being released to solicit feedback and hopefully discover bugs, as well as allowing you to determine how changes in 2.6 and 3.0 might impact you. If you find things broken or incorrect, please submit a bug report at http://bugs.python.org For more information and downloadable distributions, see the Python 2.6 web site: http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/ and the Python 3.0 web site: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/ We are planning a number of additional alpha releases, with the final release schedule still to be determined. Enjoy, - -Barry Barry Warsaw barry(a)python.org Python 2.6/3.0 Release Manager (on behalf of the entire python-dev team) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR8mlu3EjvBPtnXfVAQKePAQAgx6w9wztfJaSWkbKrbwur2U6t6o5aIY5 pyMa00CZWY06p8099BztcSjgp5rKrd6/9V7cJ0NP7NLZ+tz20uRfyI8uqoIYBIWC ibJay6SSnzgOQM3PRIJV/K/m0dVPPPVD1LDnoEvuu+cKUpV434yHdgWkMPswsxUd fLydrXABlOM= =l6aj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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ANN: eric 4.1.1 released
by Detlev Offenbach 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

Hi, eric4 4.1.1 has been released today. This release fixes a few bugs reported since the last release. As usual it is available via http://www.die-offenbachs.de/eric/index.html. Please note, that the first stable release of the Rope refactoring plugin was released as well. What is eric? ------------- Eric is a Python (and Ruby) IDE with all batteries included. It is expandable via a plugin architecture. These plugins are downloadable separately. Regards, Detlev -- Detlev Offenbach detlev(a)die-offenbachs.de

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Roundup Issue Tracker release 1.4.4 (SECURITY FIX)
by Richard Jones 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

I'm proud to release version 1.4.4 of Roundup. 1.4.4 is a security fix release. All installations of Roundup are strongly encouraged to update. If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation. Roundup requires python 2.3 or later for correct operation. To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run:: roundup-demo Release info and download page: http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/roundup Source and documentation is available at the website: http://roundup.sourceforge.net/ Mailing lists - the place to ask questions: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577 About Roundup ============= Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition. Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this project is richard(a)users.sourceforge.net. Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to: (a) submit new issues, (b) find and edit existing issues, and (c) discuss issues with other participants. The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup is therefore usable "out of the box" with any python 2.3+ installation. It doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational, though a disutils-based install script is provided. It comes with two issue tracker templates (a classic bug/feature tracker and a minimal skeleton) and four database back-ends (anydbm, sqlite, mysql and postgresql).

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