Mailman 3 July 2008 - Python-announce-list

2008 Pizzigati Prize
by Barry Warsaw 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Last year, I was humbly honored to be awarded the 2007 Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest. This year, I am honored to serve on the awards committee for the 2008 prize. From the PDF flyer: The Tides Foundation is proud to announce the 2008 Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest. This prize will go to a software developer who has made, in the open source spirit, an outstanding contribution to the nonprofit world and the ongoing work of social change. The application deadline is September 1st, 2008, which is rapidly approaching. Please spread this announcement far and wide. If you know of any worthy Open Sourcerers, please encourage them to apply. More information is available on the prize's site: http://www.pizzigatiprize.org Cheers, - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBSHaQuHEjvBPtnXfVAQJVZwP+IUg1RcMJD4EdOOpL5TExt+LzW8abg2xx mwDtKqAffB57uAfx1wYx0VwbCrkG0WDH6+UDEPvgfLmTco7rV4Sjdcx+TxW+gqHp aIE9W5o76rwoI7Ep4AmMdYux4v4w1F02ho2Ul+heMG+lFCKHBmRdzQVds9hxNMIv E//K23VxzRc= =peaU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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EuroSciPy - First Slides Online
by Mike Müller 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

Greetings, The conference is just a bit more than two weeks ahead. I am happy to announce that the first slides are available. They can be found at the conference page: http://www.scipy.org/EuroSciPy2008 There is a link "slides" marked with an info icon just behind the talk title. Alternatively, all submitted slides are listed here: http://www.scipy.org/EuroSciPy2008/Slides Eventually all slides will be available there. Conference Date and Venue ------------------------- The EuroSciPy Conference will be held July 26-27, 2008 in Leipzig, Germany. http://scipy.org/EuroSciPy2008 Registration ------------ The direct link to the registration site is here: http://www.python-academy.com/euroscipy/index.html The registration fee is 150.00€ (no early registration anymore). Program ------- The schedule of talks is available at: http://scipy.org/EuroSciPy2008#schedule Keynote ------- The keynote speaker this year will be Travis Oliphant, the primary author of the recent NumPy rewrite. Pre-Conference Courses ---------------------- If you like to extend your trip to Leipzig, you can attend pre-conference courses: 1.) 2-day course "Introductory to Python for Programmers" followed by a 2.) 3-day course "Python for Scientists and Engineers" http://scipy.org/EuroSciPy2008#courses About EuroSciPy --------------- EuroSciPy is designed to complement the popular SciPy Conferences which have been held for the last 7 years at Caltech (the 2008 SciPy Conference in the U.S. will be held the week of August 19-24). Similarly, the EuroSciPy Conference provides a unique opportunity to learn and affect what is happening in the realm of scientific computing with Python. Attendees will have the opportunity to review the available tools and how they apply to specific problems. By providing a forum for developers to share their Python expertise with the wider commercial, academic, and research communities, this conference fosters collaboration and facilitates the sharing of software components, techniques and a vision for high level language use in scientific computing. Typical presentations include general python use in the sciences, as well as NumPy and SciPy usage for general problem solving. Beyond the excellent talks, there are inter- session discussions that prove stimulating and helpful. Registration will include breakfast, snacks and lunch for Saturday and Sunday. For those doing scientific computing using Python, this is a conference you'll not want to miss. Please pass this announcement along to any other relevant contacts. Many Thanks, Mike Müller

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ANN: FreeHyperSim
by Olivier Ravard 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

I'm happy to announce that FreeHyperSim 0.1 is now available for download from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/freehypersim/ FreeHyperSim 0.1 is the first public release. what is FreeHyperSim ? -------------------- Free HyperSim is a generic simulator (simulink like) platform adapted for shared projects. Components (icons) are plugins (python code, batch or executable files) which can be shared between users using an update manager. Each FreeHyperSim component is a "box" that receive data from its (connected) parent and send data to its (connected) children box. Any data can be send like vectors, text, .... Every FreeHyperSim users can developped and share its own components. FreeHyperSim can be used for many purposes. Some examples are given in the "Demo" package for : - digital signal simulations - python code generation - python components - batch files components - executables files (compiled with gcc or MinGW) components FreeHyperSim work on Windows and Linux platforms. Enjoy. Olivier

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KPAX 0.1
by mdipierro 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

KPAX, the human CMS form another planet is out. version 0.1. One video says ore than many words: http://www.vimeo.com/1098656 Includes: wikis, blogs, news, rss feeds, relay chats, web pages, surveys, assignments, versioning, media player, music/video streaming server, group based memberships and access control, memberships request/approval mechanism, Centralized Access Control. KPAX is written in Python and requires web2py. From the web2py [site] page you can install by typing the KPAX url: http://mdp.cti.depaul.edu/appliances/default/download/app.source.2216632669… Massimo

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web2py 1.38
by mdipierro 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

web2py version 1.38 is out at http://www.web2py.com Full stack framework for agile development of secure database driven web based applications. Stable. Always backward compatible. No installation required. Do everything via the browser (or the shell). Main New features: - ORM has MSSQL support (SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle were already supported) - Better Google App Engine support. The ORM now maps directly into google API and not to GQL. - You can install web2py appliances directly from the web - You can run everything from browser or from shell, including doctests - Better JS calendar for both date and datetime fields. web2py uses the cherrypy wsgiserver but also has handlers for Apache and Lightptd: wsgi, fcgi, cgi. Massimo

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REMINDER: SciPy 2008 Early Registration ends in 2 days
by Jarrod Millman 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

Hello, This is a reminder that early registration for SciPy 2008 ends in two days on Friday, July 11th. To register, please see: http://conference.scipy.org/to_register This year's conference has two days for tutorials, two days of presentations, and ends with a two day coding sprint. If you want to learn more see my blog post: http://jarrodmillman.blogspot.com/2008/07/scipy-2008-conference-program-pos… Cheers, -- Jarrod Millman Computational Infrastructure for Research Labs 10 Giannini Hall, UC Berkeley phone: 510.643.4014 http://cirl.berkeley.edu/

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lxml 2.1 released
by Stefan Behnel 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

Hi all, lxml 2.1 has been released to PyPI. This is the first official lxml release that builds and works on Python 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 (beta) and 3.0 (beta). http://codespeak.net/lxml/dev/ http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml/2.1 Install with easy_install lxml==2.1 What is lxml? """ In short: lxml is the most feature-rich and easy-to-use library for working with XML and HTML in the Python language. lxml is a Pythonic binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries. It is unique in that it combines the speed and feature completeness of these libraries with the simplicity of a native Python API. """ Feedback is very much appreciated, especially on new features like the namespace cleanup function and on Python 2.6/3.0 support. Have fun, Stefan

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ANN: cssutils 0.9.5rc1
by csad7＠t-online.de 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

what is it ---------- A Python package to parse and build CSS Cascading Style Sheets. (Not a renderer though!) As there have been quite a few bugfixes and also some minor changes this is a release candidate and not the final release yet. main changes ------------ 0.9.5rc1 080709 - **API CHANGE/FEATURE**: ``The cssutils.log`` may be partly used like a standard logging log. The following methods are available: ('setLevel', 'getEffectiveLevel', 'addHandler', 'removeHandler') as well as all "messaging" calls like 'error', 'warning' etc. Therefor ``cssutils.log.setloglevel`` has been *DEPRECATED* and should be used via ``cssutils.log.setLevel``. The old method is still available though. ``cssutils.log.setlog`` has been renamed to ``cssutils.log.setLog`` but is still available but *DEPRECATED* too. - **FEATURE**: All three decoders in the codec now have an additional ``force`` argument. If ``force`` is false, the encoding from the input will only by used if is is detected explicitely via BOM or @charset rule. - **FEATURE**: ``cssparse`` script has new option ``-m --minify`` which results in the parsed CSS to be serialized minified - **FEATURE**: ``CSSCapture`` and ``csscombine`` are now available not only as standalone scripts but also via ``cssutils.script.CSSCapture`` and ``cssutils.script.csscombine`` repectively so you can use them programmatically now. - **BUGFIX**: A space after @rule keyword is added when serializing minified something like ``@media all{}``. Until now it was ``@mediaall{}`` which is recognized by Safari only and may not be valid at all. - **BUGFIX**: Properties of rules set via ``css.CSSStyleSheet.add`` or ``.insert`` were not set properly, e.g. ``parentStyleSheet`` or the stylesheet handling of new @import rules was buggy. - BUGFIX: Encountering OSError during resolving @import does not throw an error anymore but the resulting CSSImportRule.styleSheet will have a value of ``None``. OSError will probably only happen when using ``parseFile``. - **BUGFIX/IMPROVEMENT**: A style sheet with ``href == None`` (e.g. parsed with ``parseString()`` or build completely from scratch) uses ``os.getcwd()`` as its base href now to be able to resolve CSSImportRules. - **BUGFIX/IMPROVEMENT**: Rewrote ``csscombine`` script which should be much more stable now and handles namespaces correctly. Nested imports are still not resolved yet but this may come in the next release. - BUGFIX/IMPROVEMENT: Added catching of WindowsError to default fetcher (e.g. is a file URL references a file not present). - **BUGFIX/CHANGE**: Redone ``csscapture`` script. A few minor method changes (parameter ``ua`` of ``capture`` has been replaced by init parameter) and lots of internal improvement has been done. - CHANGE: ``CSSStyleSheet.add(rule)`` simply appends rules with no specific order in the sheet to the end of it. So e.g. COMMENTs, STYLE_RULEs, etc are appended while rules with a specific place are ordered-in as before (e.g. IMPORT_RULE or NAMESPACE_RULE). Until now rules of a specific type like COMMENTs were ordered together which does not really make sense. The ``csscombine`` script needs this functionality and the resulting combined sheets should be more readable and understandable now. - CHANGE: Default URL fetcher emits an ERROR instead of a warning if finding a different mine-type than ``text/css``. - a few other changes, bugfixes and improvements Note: CSSValue, CSSValueList, and CSSPrimitiveValue and the relevant methods/properties Property.cssValue and CSSStyleDeclaration.getPropertyCSSValue are more or less DEPRECATED and will probably be replaced with interfaces defined in CSSOM. For now use the properties and methods that handle values as simple strings, e.g. ``Property.value``. As the aforementioned classes are not hardly that useful anyway this should not be a big problem but please beware if you use or have used them. If you think this a bad idea please let me know! license ------- cssutils is published under the LGPL version 3 or later, see http://cthedot.de/cssutils/ If you have other licensing needs please let me know. download -------- For download options see http://cthedot.de/cssutils/ cssutils needs Python 2.4 or higher (tested with Python 2.5.2 on Vista only) Bug reports (via Google code), comments, etc are very much appreciated! Thanks. Christof

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Announce: Linux Desktop Testing Project (LDTP) 1.2.0 released
by Nagappan A 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

Hello all, We are proud to announce the release of LDTP 1.2.0. This release features number of important breakthroughs in LDTP as well as in the field of Test Automation. This release note covers a brief introduction on LDTP followed by the list of new features and major bug fixes which makes this new version of LDTP the best of the breed. Useful references have been included at the end of this article for those who wish to hack / use LDTP. About LDTP ========== Linux Desktop Testing Project is aimed at producing high quality test automation framework (C / Python) and cutting-edge tools that can be used to test Linux Desktop and improve it. It uses the Accessibility libraries to poke through the application's user interface. The framework also has tools to record test-cases based on user events in the interface of the application which is under testing. We strive to help in building a quality desktop. Whats new in this release... ============================ * Performance fix, which improves the LDTP exeuction time drastically * 3 crasher fixes * LDTP editor bug fixes reported by Shreyank Gupta * Added 2 new API required for VMware Workstation automation * API manual is updated * Moved from CVS to GIT - Thanks to FreeDesktop administrators * Thanks to Ubuntu automation team for using / evaluating LDTP Download source tarball - http://download.freedesktop.org/ldtp/1.x/1.2.x/ldtp-1.2.0.tar.gz LDTP news ========= * LDTP is being evaluated by the project Open Source based Desktop Benchmark [1] of the Linux Solutions Group e.V. (LiSoG) in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. - http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/ldtp-dev/2008-June/000625.html References ========== For detailed information on LDTP framework and latest updates visit http://ldtp.freedesktop.org For information on various APIs in LDTP including those added for this release can be got from http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/user-doc/index.html To subscribe to LDTP mailing lists, visit http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/wiki/Mailing_20list IRC Channel - #ldtp on irc.freenode.net For suggestions to improve this newsletter, please write to nagappan at gmail.com Thanks Nagappan -- Linux Desktop (GUI Application) Testing Project - http://ldtp.freedesktop.org http://nagappanal.blogspot.com

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ActiveState Code: the new Python Cookbook site
by Trent Mick 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

Hello all, I'm happy to announce the beta of ActiveState Code: http://code.activestate.com/ the eventual replacement of the ASPN Python Cookbook (http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python) and the other cookbooks there. Just Python recipes: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/ What the site offers over the ASPN Cookbooks: * a complete visual refresh (long overdue) * full tagging support of recipes * support for many many more languages (the ASPN Cookbooks were restricted to Python, PHP, Tcl and XSLT recipes) The Python Cookbook is by far the most popular of the ASPN Cookbooks, so I wanted to get the Python community's feedback on the new site. What do you think? What works? What doesn't? I'll try to answer feedback on python-list or on the site's feedback form: http://code.activestate.com/help/feedback/ The new site provides a solid foundation for doing other improvements to the site. What specific things could the site do to make the Python Cookbook more useful? WARNING: The new site is currently in **beta**, meaning that recipes/comments/votes that you add to the new site are **not saved**. The plan is to fully move to the new site in two weeks. Redirects will preserve all links to recipes at aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/... Cheers, Trent p.s. The new site is written in Django -- what a pleasant experience that has been. p.p.s. DNS was *just* turned on for the site so the search functionality (using Google) won't be working for a day or two. -- Trent Mick trentm at activestate.com

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