Mailman 3 September 2008 - Python-announce-list

Re: Papywizard 1.0
by Frédéric 23 Sep '08

23 Sep '08

Frédéric wrote: > I'm pleased to announce the release of Papywizard 1.0! > > http://trac.papywizard.gbiloba.org/papywizard Sorry for the wrong link: http://trac.gbiloba.org/papywizard -- Frédéric

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Elisa Media Center 0.5.11 Release
by Florian Boucault 23 Sep '08

23 Sep '08

Dear Elisa users, The Elisa team is happy to announce the release of Elisa Media Center 0.5.11, code-named "Corporal Nobbs". This 11th release of the 0.5 series introduces the following new features: - Extended D-Bus API to control the media scanning process - Rotation of pictures is available as a control of the photo player - New D-Bus interface to perform common operations on the audio player: play, pause, stop, currently playing media, etc. - Favorites are now available for videos as well On top of that few but hindering bugs have been resolved during this cycle. A complete list of the new features and bugs fixed by this release is available at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/elisa/+milestone/0.5.11 Installers and sources can be downloaded from http://elisa.fluendo.com/download/ Bug reports and feature requests are welcome at https://bugs.launchpad.net/elisa/+filebug Have a nice evening, The Elisa team

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pyArkansas Set for October 4th
by Greg Lindstrom 23 Sep '08

23 Sep '08

This is a reminder of the upcoming pyArkansas one-day Python conference being held on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas on Sat Oct 4, 2008. The schedule is pretty much set ( http://pycamp.python.org/Arkansas/Schedule) and has something for anyone interested in Python, from intro workshops to advanced topics. Jeff Rush and Noah Gift are scheduled to present workshops and talks while Dr. Bernard Chen (UCA Faculty) will teach a 3-hour class on "Python for the Absolute Beginner". Eggs, pyGame, standard library, Eclipse and OLPC are some of the other talks scheduled. This is a *FREE* event (we have GREAT sponsors), so all you need to bring is yourself. We have over 45 people -- from 4 States -- registered and tons of great swag and giveaways lined up. See our wiki (http://pycamp.python.org/Arkansas/HomePage) for more details and registration info. Greg Lindstrom Python Artists of Arkansas (pyAR^2)

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Papywizard 1.0
by Frédéric 23 Sep '08

23 Sep '08

I'm pleased to announce the release of Papywizard 1.0! http://trac.papywizard.gbiloba.org/papywizard Main features ------------- - bluetooth or serial connection (other buses easy to add) - mainly targeted for Nokia 770/N800/N810 - 'mosaic' mode for high-resolution panos - 'preset' mode for full-spherical panos - freely customizable for any camera/lens configuration - key shortcuts for efficient usage - easy to use What is Papywizard? ------------------- Papywizard is a free panohead control software, mainly developped for the Merlin/Orion astronomic mount[1][2] but usable for other panoheads, as long as it is possible to talk to them (hardware/software). The project is developped with the support of Kolor company[3], which develops the famous Autopano Pro stitcher software[4]. Comments, questions and bug reports must be posted on APP forums[5]. Enjoy! [1]http://www.astronome.fr/produit-monture-multi-fonctions-merlin-696.html [2]http://www.telescope.com/control/product/~category_id=mounts_and_tripods/… [3]http://www.kolor.com [4]http://www.autopano.net [5]http://www.autopano.net/forum -- Frédéric

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PUB (Python Users Berlin) meeting: 24.09., 7pm, newthinking store
by Stephan Diehl 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

The next PUB meeting takes place on 24.09. at newthinking store, tucholskystr. 48, 10117 Berlin, Germany at 7pm. Afterwards, we'll go to a restaurant for food and drink. We welcome all people interested in the Python programming language. best regards, stephan

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IMDbPY 3.7 released
by Davide Alberani 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

IMDbPY 3.7 is available (tgz, deb, rpm, exe) from: http://imdbpy.sourceforge.net/ IMDbPY is a Python package useful to retrieve and manage the data of the IMDb movie database about movies, people, characters and companies. In this release the html parsers were replaced with new DOM/XPath-based parsers, mostly based on the work of H. Turgut Uyar, who I thank. Platform-independent and written in pure Python (and few C lines), it can retrieve data from both the IMDb's web server and a local copy of the whole database. IMDbPY package can be very easily used by programmers and developers to provide access to the IMDb's data to their programs. Some simple example scripts are included in the package; other IMDbPY-based programs are available from the home page. -- Davide Alberani <alberanid(a)libero.it> [PGP KeyID: 0x465BFD47] http://erlug.linux.it/~da/

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zc.async 1.5.0
by Gary Poster 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.async =========== What is it? =========== The ``zc.async`` package provides **an easy-to-use Python tool that schedules work persistently and reliably across multiple processes and machines.** For instance... - *Web apps*: maybe your web application lets users request the creation of a large PDF, or some other expensive task. - *Postponed work*: maybe you have a job that needs to be done at a certain time, not right now. - *Parallel processing*: maybe you have a long-running problem that can be made to complete faster by splitting it up into discrete parts, each performed in parallel, across multiple machines. - *Serial processing*: maybe you want to decompose and serialize a job. High-level features include the following: - easy to use; - flexible configuration, changeable dynamically in production; - reliable; - supports high availability; - good debugging tools; - well-tested; and - friendly to testing. While developed as part of the Zope project, zc.async can be used stand-alone. ================= How does it work? ================= The system uses the Zope Object Database (ZODB), a transactional, pickle-based Python object database, for communication and coordination among participating processes. zc.async participants can each run in their own process, or share a process (run in threads) with other code. The Twisted framework supplies some code (failures and reactor implementations, primarily) and some concepts to the package. ====================== Where can I read more? ====================== Quickstarts and in-depth documentation are available in the package and in the `new and exciting on-line documentation`_. .. _`new and exciting on-line documentation`: http://packages.python.org/zc.async/1.5.0/ Thanks for your attention Gary

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WSO2 Web Service Framework for Jython 1.0-alpha Released
by Heshan Suriyaarachchi 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

WSO2 WSF/Jython provides an amazingly simple approach to create (Code First) and consume Web Services in Jython. This framework integrates the Apache Axis2 <http://ws.apache.org/axis2/> web services engine into Jython. Thus, providing all the power and versatility of the Axis2 engine to the Jython user. Now, with just a few lines of code, Jython users can enjoy the benefits of Service Oriented Architecture using Web Services in their applications. Web Service clients written using WSF/Jython framework could invoke enterprise web services which require WS-Security. Sending binary attachments as MTOM is also supported. WSO2 WSF/Jython is released under the Apache License v2.0<http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> . There are two packages that comes with this release, the server side and the client side. *Client Side Features* - Support for invoking Web Services in a simple clean manner - Ability to use WS-Addressing when invoking services - Ability to invoke services which require WS-Security - Ability to send binary attachments using MTOM Server side Features - Support for exposing services written in Jython - DataBinding support using a simple annotation mechanism - Automated WSDL generation - Ability to expose all enterprise features of Axis2<http://ws.apache.org/axis2/>to services written in Jython *Articles* Deploying a Python Service on Axis2<http://wso2.org/library/articles/deploying-python-service-axis2>Invoking Enterprise Web Services using Jython<http://wso2.org/library/invoking-enterprise-web-services-using-jython> *Reporting Problems* Issues can be reported using the public JIRA at http://wso2.org/jira/browse/WSFJython<https://wso2.org/jira/browse/WSFJython> Contact us WSO2 WSF/Jython developers can be contacted via the mailing list *** wsf-java-dev(a)wso2.org* **To subscribe please send a message to wsf-java-dev-request(a)wso2.org<wsf-java-dev-request(a)wso2.org?subject=subscribe> WSO2 WSF/Jython user mailing list is wsf-jython-user(a)wso2.org To subscribe please send a message to wsf-jython-user-request(a)wso2.org<wsf-jython-user-request(a)wso2.org?subject=subscribe> Alternatively, questions can also be raised in the forums: http://wso2.org/forum/797 Thank you for your interest in WSO2 WSF/Jython *The WSO2 WSF/Jython Development Team* ----------------------------------------------------------- 2008 WSO2 Inc. -- Regards, Heshan Suriyaarachchi http://heshans.blogspot.com/

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VIFF 0.7
by Martin Geisler 21 Sep '08

21 Sep '08

I'm very happy to announce the release of VIFF version 0.7: Tar/GZ: http://viff.dk/release/viff-0.7.tar.gz Tar/BZ2: http://viff.dk/release/viff-0.7.tar.bz2 Zip: http://viff.dk/release/viff-0.7.zip Exe: http://viff.dk/release/viff-0.7.win32.exe The changes since version 0.6 are: PyOpenSSL is now used instead of GnuTLS and this enables secure connections on Windows. The code dealing with starting a player has been made much more robust and players can now be started in any order. Player can now also be reliably shutdown. New runtime based on homomorphic Paillier encryption supports just two players. Added a new protocol for equality testing with secret shared result. About VIFF: Virtual Ideal Functionality Framework is a framework for creating efficient and secure multi-party computations (SMPC). Players, who do not trust each other, participate in a joint computation based on their private inputs. The computation is done using cryptographic protocols which allows them to obtain a correct answer without revealing their private inputs. Operations supported include addition, multiplication, and comparison, all with Shamir secret shared outputs. -- Martin Geisler VIFF (Virtual Ideal Functionality Framework) brings easy and efficient SMPC (Secure Multi-Party Computation) to Python. See: http://viff.dk/.

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ANN: Python FTP Server library (pyftpdlib) 0.5.0 released
by Giampaolo Rodola' 21 Sep '08

21 Sep '08

Hi, I'm pleased to announce release 0.5.0 of Python FTP Server library (pyftpdlib). http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/ === About === Python FTP server library provides an high-level portable interface to easily write asynchronous FTP servers with Python. Based on asyncore framework pyftpdlib is currently the most complete RFC-959 FTP server implementation available for Python programming language. === Major changes === This new version, aside from fixing some bugs, includes the following major features: - pyftpdlib now provides configurable idle timeouts to disconnect client after a long time of inactivity. - It is now possible to define permission exceptions for certain directories (e.g. creating a user which does not have write permission except for one sub-directory in FTP root). - Imposed a delay before replying for invalid credentials to minimize the risk of brute force password guessing. A complete list of changes including enhancements, bug fixes and instructions for using the new functionalities is available here: http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/wiki/ReleaseNotes05 === More links === * Source tarball: http://pyftpdlib.googlecode.com/files/pyftpdlib-0.5.0.tar.gz * Online docs: http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/wiki/Tutorial * FAQs: http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/wiki/FAQ * RFCs compliance paper: http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/wiki/RFCsCompliance * Issue tracker: http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/list Thanks, --- Giampaolo Rodola' < g.rodola [at] gmail [dot] com > http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/

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