Mailman 3 July 2008 - Python-announce-list

RELEASED: scgi 1.13
by Neil Schemenauer 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

The SCGI protocol is a replacement for the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) protocol. It is similar to FastCGI but is designed to be easier to implement. The scgi package includes implementions of the SCGI protocol for Python, Apache 1 and Apache 2. The highlights of this release: * Ensure that PATH_INFO is correct even with mod_rewrite is used. * Remove duplicated text from Apache error messages. * Send Content-Length provided by client, rather than r->remaining. The source package can be downloaded by visiting: http://python.ca/scgi/

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ANN: PyTables 2.0.4 available
by Francesc Alted 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

=========================== Announcing PyTables 2.0.4 =========================== PyTables is a library for managing hierarchical datasets and designed to efficiently cope with extremely large amounts of data with support for full 64-bit file addressing. PyTables runs on top of the HDF5 library and NumPy package for achieving maximum throughput and convenient use. After some months without new versions (I have been busy for a while doing things not related with PyTables, unfortunately), I'm happy to announce the availability of PyTables 2.0.4. It fixes some important issues, and now it is possible to use table selections in threaded environments. Also, ``EArray.truncate(0)`` can be used so that you can completely void existing EArrays (only enabled if you have a recent version, i.e. >= 1.8.0, of the HDF5 library installed). Besides, the compatibility with native HDF5 files has been improved too. Finally, the usage of recent versions of NumPy (1.1) and HDF5 (1.8.1) has been tested and, fortunately, they work just fine. In case you want to know more in detail what has changed in this version, have a look at ``RELEASE_NOTES.txt``. Find the HTML version for this document at: http://www.pytables.org/moin/ReleaseNotes/Release_2.0.4 You can download a source package of the version 2.0.4 with generated PDF and HTML docs and binaries for Windows from http://www.pytables.org/download/stable/ For an on-line version of the manual, visit: http://www.pytables.org/docs/manual-2.0.4 *Important note for PyTables Pro users*: due to lack of resources, I'll not be delivering a MacOSX binary version of Pro for the time being (this is pretty easy to compile, though). However, I'll continue offering the all-in-one binary for Windows (32-bit). Migration Notes for PyTables 1.x users ====================================== If you are a user of PyTables 1.x, probably it is worth for you to look at ``MIGRATING_TO_2.x.txt`` file where you will find directions on how to migrate your existing PyTables 1.x apps to the 2.x versions. You can find an HTML version of this document at http://www.pytables.org/moin/ReleaseNotes/Migrating_To_2.x Resources ========= Go to the PyTables web site for more details: http://www.pytables.org About the HDF5 library: http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/ About NumPy: http://numpy.scipy.org/ Acknowledgments =============== Thanks to many users who provided feature improvements, patches, bug reports, support and suggestions. See the ``THANKS`` file in the distribution package for a (incomplete) list of contributors. Many thanks also to SourceForge who have helped to make and distribute this package! And last, but not least thanks a lot to the HDF5 and NumPy (and numarray!) makers. Without them, PyTables simply would not exist. Share your experience ===================== Let me know of any bugs, suggestions, gripes, kudos, etc. you may have. ---- **Enjoy your data!** -- Francesc Alted

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[ANN] Leipzig Python User Group - Meeting, July 8, 2008, 08:00pm
by Mike Müller 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

=== Leipzig Python User Group === We will meet on Tuesday, July 8 at 8:00 pm at the training center of Python Academy in Leipzig, Germany ( http://www.python-academy.com/center/find.html ). 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, 08.07.2008 um 20:00 Uhr im Schulungszentrum der Python Academy in Leipzig ( http://www.python-academy.de/Schulungszentrum/anfahrt.html ). 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: python-ldap-2.3.5
by Michael Ströder 06 Jul '08

06 Jul '08

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 2.3.5 2008-07-06 Changes since 2.3.4: Lib/ * Fixed methods ldap.cidict.__contains__() and ldap.schema.models.Entry.__contains__() * FWIW method LDAPObject.cancel_s() returns a result now * Fixed ldap.schema.models.NameForm: Class attribute oc is now of type string, not tuple to be compliant with RFC 4512

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ANN: AsciiDoc 8.2.7 released
by Stuart Rackham 06 Jul '08

06 Jul '08

This release adds support for dblatex. Other additions and changes are detailed in the changelog: http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/CHANGELOG.html What is it? ----------- AsciiDoc is an uncomplicated text document format for writing articles, short documents, books and UNIX man pages. AsciiDoc files can be translated to HTML, XHTML and DocBook (articles, books and refentry documents) using the asciidoc(1) command. DocBook can be post-processed to presentation formats such as HTML, PDF, DVI, roff, LaTeX and Postscript using the a2x toolchain wrapper and readily available Open Source tools. AsciiDoc is configurable: both the AsciiDoc source file syntax and the backend output markups (which can be almost any type of SGML/XML markup) can be customized and extended by user. Requisites ---------- Python 2.4 or higher. Obtaining AsciiDoc ------------------ The latest AsciiDoc version, examples and online documentation can be downloaded from http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/ AsciiDoc can also be downloaded from the SourceForge at http://sourceforge.net/projects/asciidoc/ The online Mercurial repository is at http://hg.sharesource.org/asciidoc/ Regards, Stuart --· Stuart Rackham

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ANN: eric 4.1.6 released
by Detlev Offenbach 05 Jul '08

05 Jul '08

Hi, this is to inform all of you about the immediate availability of eric 4.1.5. It is a bug fix release. As usual, it is available via http://www.die-offenbachs.de/eric/index.html. Eric4 is a Python IDE written using PyQt4 and QScintilla2. It comes with batteries included. For more details see the link above. Regards, Detlev -- Detlev Offenbach detlev(a)die-offenbachs.de

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Enthought Python Distribution
by Travis Vaught 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

Greetings, We're pleased to announce the beta release of the Enthought Python Distribution for *Mac OS X*. http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php This release should safely install alongside other existing Python installations on your Mac. With the Mac OS X platform support, EPD now provides a consistent scientific application tool set across three major platforms (Windows, RedHat Linux (32 and 64 bit) and OS X). This is a _beta_ release, so install at your own risk. Please provide any feedback to info(a)enthought.com. See the included EPD Readme.txt for instructions and known issues. About EPD --------- The Enthought Python Distribution (EPD) is a "kitchen-sink-included" distribution of the Python™ Programming Language, including over 60 additional tools and libraries. The EPD bundle includes the following major packages: Python Core Python NumPy Multidimensional arrays and fast numerics for Python SciPy Scientific Library for Python Enthought Tool Suite (ETS) A suite of tools including: Traits Manifest typing, validation, visualization, delegation, etc. Mayavi 3D interactive data exploration environment. Chaco Advanced 2D plotting toolkit for interactive 2D visualization. Kiva 2D drawing library in the spirit of DisplayPDF. Enable Object-based canvas for interacting with 2D components and widgets. Matplotlib 2D plotting library wxPython Cross-platform windowing and widget library. Visualization Toolkit (VTK) 3D visualization framework There are many more included packages as well. There's a complete list here: http://www.enthought.com/products/epdlibraries.php License ------- EPD is a bundle of software--every piece of which is available for free under various open-source licenses. The bundle itself is offered as a free download to academic and individual hobbyist use. Commercial and non-degree granting institutions and agencies may purchase individual subscriptions for the bundle (http://www.enthought.com/products/order.php?ver=MacOSX ) or contact Enthought to discuss an Enterprise license (http://www.enthought.com/products/enterprise.php ). Please see the FAQ for further explanation about how the software came together. (http://www.enthought.com/products/epdfaq.php) Thanks, Travis

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