Mailman 3 September 2008 - Python-announce-list

PyCon 2009 (US) - Call for Tutorials
by Greg Lindstrom Sept. 18, 2008

Sept. 18, 2008

*Pycon 2009 (US) – Call for Tutorials* The period for submitting tutorial proposals for Pycon 2009 (US) is now open and will continue through Friday, October 31th. This year features two "pre-conference" days devoted to tutorials on Wednesday March 25 & Thursday March 26 in Chicago. This allows for more classes than ever. Tutorials are 3-hours long on a specific topic of your choice. Last year we featured classes on Learning Python, Web Development, Scientific Computing, and many more. Class size varied from 10 to over 60 students. The extended time spent in class allows teachers to cover a lot of material while allowing for interaction with students. The full Call for Tutorial Proposals, including submission details, an example proposal as well as a template, is available at < http://us.pycon.org/2009/tutorials/proposals/>. Tutorial selections will be announced in early December to give you time to prepare your class. PyCon will compensate instructors US$1,500 per tutorial. If you have any questions, please contact pycon-tutorials(a)python.org. Greg Lindstrom Tutorial Coordinator, PyCon 2009

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Wing IDE for Python v. 3.1.4 released
by Wingware Sept. 18, 2008

Sept. 18, 2008

Hi, Wingware has released version 3.1.4 of Wing IDE. This bug fix release is available for all three product levels of Wing IDE. *Release Highlights* This release includes the following: * Debugger support for Python 2.6 * Support zope buildout directories not named "instance" * Added highlighted keywords for caml, d, escript, lisp, ps, and yaml files * Don't display message that save is unavailable before running pylint * VI mode fix: After / de-select the search match once Enter is pressed * About 20 other bug fixes: see the change log for details http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/3.1.4/CHANGELOG.txt *Downloads* Wing IDE Professional and Wing IDE Personal are commercial software and require a license to run. A free trial license can be obtained directly from the product when launched. Wing IDE Pro 3.1.4 http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide/3.1 Wing IDE Personal 3.1.4 http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide-personal/3.1 Wing IDE 101 3.1.4 http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide-101/3.1 *About Wing IDE* Wing IDE is an integrated development environment for the Python programming language. It provides powerful debugging, editing, code intelligence, testing, and search capabilities that reduce development and debugging time, cut down on coding errors, and make it easier to understand and navigate Python code. Wing IDE is available in three product levels: Wing IDE Professional is the full-featured Python IDE, Wing IDE Personal offers a reduced feature set at a low price, and Wing IDE 101 is a free simplified version designed for teaching entry level programming courses with Python. System requirements are Windows 2000 or later, OS X 10.3.9 or later for PPC or Intel (requires X11 Server), or a recent Linux system (either 32 or 64 bit). Wing IDE 3.1 supports Python versions 2.0.x through 2.5.x. *New Features in Wing 3.1* This release adds the following features not found in Wing 3.0.x: * Support for zip archives * Support for pkg_resources name spaces and eggs * Support for doctest and nose style unit tests (*) * Scan for sys.path changes such as those used in buildout * How-To and support for Google App Engine * Inline context appropriate templates/snippets integrated with autocompleter (*) * Word list driven auto-completion in non-Python files (**) * Quick navigation to files and symbols by typing a fragment (**) * Improved support for Stackless Python * Preference to strip trailing white space on save * Display gi_running and gi_frame for generators * Improved code analysis for Python 2.5 * Other minor features and bug fixes not found in Wing 3.0.x (*)'d items are available in Wing IDE Professional only. (**)'d items are available in Wing IDE Personal or Professional only. Please see the change log for a detailed list of changes: http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/3.1.4/CHANGELOG.txt *Purchasing and Upgrading* Wing 3.1 is a free upgrade for all Wing IDE 3.0 users. Any 2.x license sold after May 2nd 2006 is free to upgrade; others cost 1/2 the normal price to upgrade. Upgrade a 2.x license: https://wingware.com/store/upgrade Purchase a 3.x license: https://wingware.com/store/purchase -- The Wingware Team Wingware | Python IDE Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com

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ANN: bbfreeze 0.96.5
by Ralf Schmitt Sept. 18, 2008

Sept. 18, 2008

Hi all, I uploaded bbfreeze 0.96.5 to the python package index. bbfreeze creates standalone executables from python scripts (similar to py2exe). bbfreeze works on windows and unix-like operating systems (no OS X unfortunately). bbfreeze is able to freeze multiple scripts, handle egg files and track binary dependencies. This release features a new bdist_bbfreeze command, which integrates bbfreeze into setup.py scripts (contributed by Hartmut Goebel, thanks). More information can be found at the python package index: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/bbfreeze/ Regards, - Ralf

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RELEASED Python 2.6rc2 and 3.0rc1
by Barry Warsaw Sept. 18, 2008

Sept. 18, 2008

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I am happy to announce the second and final planned release candidate for Python 2.6, as well as the first release candidate for Python 3.0. These are release candidates, so while they are not suitable for production environments, we strongly encourage you to download and test them on your software. We expect only critical bugs to be fixed between now and the final releases. Currently Python 2.6 is scheduled for October 1st, 2008. Python 3.0 release candidate 2 is planned for October 1st, with the final release planned for October 15, 2008. If you find things broken or incorrect, please submit bug reports at http://bugs.python.org For more information and downloadable distributions, see the Python 2.6 website: http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/ and the Python 3.0 web site: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/ See PEP 361 for release schedule details: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0361/ 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 v1.4.9 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBSNHpw3EjvBPtnXfVAQLW9wP/RBCaUvhuheIh+BjLLIHQFBQi7D3uVgqi l0+4fhhoKGJvtWklLfSM9I1prcjH/d6tzUu4fIOjX7aM+wZSG++vkfmBoehnhyZW AvU9Lax4mqDwhOJA2QA0WMx0obpYYVHeUl7D1g9kWzbRUkZDX9NZGMWThhEOC1qA UA3bBYbvWiQ= =BFNH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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PyCon 2009: Chicago, March 27-29
by Catherine Devlin Sept. 17, 2008

Sept. 17, 2008

PyCon 2009 Python community conference Chicago, IL March 27-29, 2009 http://us.pycon.org/ PyCon 2009, the seventh annual community conference for the Python programming language, will take place March 27-29 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel in Chicago, IL. The pre-conference tutorials have been expanded to two days (March 25-26), and the conference will be followed by four days of development sprints (March 30 - April 2). As Python usage has grown rapidly, PyCon has grown as well. PyCon 2008's attendance topped 1000, up from 410 just two years before. Organizers expect this PyCon to be the biggest and most active ever. All community members are invited to help make PyCon great. Supply input to the planning process by joining the pycon-organizers mailing list: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-organizers Volunteers are needed at all levels of skill and time commitment for the program committee (talk selection), conference committee, and a variety of offices: http://us.pycon.org/2009/helping/ See you in Chicago, - Catherine Devlin, PyCon publicity chair

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Elisa Media Center 0.5.10 Release
by Florian Boucault Sept. 16, 2008

Sept. 16, 2008

Dear Elisa users, The Elisa team is happy to announce the release of Elisa Media Center 0.5.10 codenamed "Fallout". A very important and long awaited improvement of this release is the rewrite from scratch of the video, audio and slideshow players user interface. The team is proud to present a brand new look with a strong focus on aesthetics and extensibility; it is fully pluggable and new controls can easily be added via plugins. A fair number of bugs were also fixed during this cycle (14 bugs). On top of these bug fixes, this release also introduces the following new features: - Scanning of media now indexes videos and generates sensible automatic playlists such as Unwatched Videos, Recently Added Videos, Recently Watched, etc. - Window control buttons: iconify, maximize, close - Visual display of the source of media (Local Network, Computer, Web Service,etc.) - New D-Bus API to navigate automatically to specific sections of Elisa - Removal of media from the library (optional via configuration option) 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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RELEASED: The Python Replybot 5.0
by Barry Warsaw Sept. 16, 2008

Sept. 16, 2008

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm happy to announce the release of the Python Replybot 5.0. This is the latest incarnation of my software to send auto-replies to email messages based on various criteria, with whitelisting and grace periods. It responds in the most RFC and de-facto standards friendly way possible, conforming to email best practices. Download the code from the Cheeseshop: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/replybot The project (including bug reports and publicly available code branches) is managed in Launchpad: http://launchpad.net/replybot The Python Replybot is released under the terms of the GPLv3. Enjoy, - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBSM+6LnEjvBPtnXfVAQIlLAP/co5vS2txApeD4BPQz1yYMzoNkjbZhSgZ o1eWkEsD0gP7qEVlj80/nwHjIYRGpVSwx4mstzuwBU4f8cva/ibleOPNueyXZgsI 7QzOSiMZg3YsWYPXDjCBAlfRTyb6uXKoERq7hoZo3wF8GdD6mLcmIjEl9IxLy+Lw EgnlwVt56os= =vhDx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Sep 16)
by Gabriel Genellina Sept. 16, 2008

Sept. 16, 2008

QOTW: "There is no point in creating new hardware without new software." - Niklaus Wirth http://www.modulaware.com/mdlt52.htm The first Release Candidate for Python 2.6 is out: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/bdf349… Abstract base classes, pros and cons: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/ecffaa… Converting dictionary accesses from Perl to Python: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/c70e09… Naming style: should a library wrapping foreign code keep the original names or follow PEP8? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/42f6a6… Profiles of sum() and reduce(): http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/78a31f… ======================================================================== 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 Just beginning with Python? This page is a great place to start: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python enthusiats": http://pythonpapers.org/ The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python: http://pythonmagazine.com 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/group/comp.lang.python.announce/topics Python411 indexes "podcasts ... to help people learn Python ..." Updates appear more-than-weekly: http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html 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/donations/ The Summary of Python Tracker Issues is an automatically generated report summarizing new bugs, closed ones, and patch submissions. http://search.gmane.org/?author=status%40bugs.python.org&group=gmane.comp.p… 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://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/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, see: http://www.python.org/channews.rdf 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/ 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 Dr.Dobb's Portal is another source of Python news and articles: http://www.ddj.com/TechSearch/searchResults.jhtml?queryText=python and Python articles regularly appear at IBM DeveloperWorks: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.jsp?searchSite=dW&se… Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://search.gmane.org/?query=python+URL+weekly+news+links&group=gmane.com… http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=Python-URL!+group%3Acomp.lang.pyth… http://lwn.net/Search/DoSearch?words=python-url&ctype3=yes&cat_25=yes 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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GOZERBOT 0.8.2-BETA released
by Bart Thate Sept. 16, 2008

Sept. 16, 2008

It is time for a new gozerbot release so we are pushing a new BETA for the world to test. This time the change is rather big as most plugins are removed from the core and put into there own tarball. So if you want to try out 0.8.2-BETA for us and report any problems with it on http://dev.gozerbot.org/ or in our channel #dunkbots on IRCnet we would very much appreciate it. You can also contact me at bthate(a)gmail.com. Download can be done from our website http://gozerbot.org/ new features: * most plugins removed from core .. this keeps the base of the bot as small as possible * missing plugins can be installed via internet or via tarball * rewritten core .. callbacks and commands when not threaded are not executed in the main loop anymore but instead in what are called “runners”, threads that do the jobs. this limits the threads that are launched * new debug mode that enables more verbose logging (stacktrace) * a REST server and client have been added to the core .. the cloud plugin uses these to communicate between bots. data is transfered in json format * new plugins are added to the plugin collection o powernick (core) .. a plugin to relay the log file to an OPER via DCC CHAT o throttle (core) .. throttle users to max number of commands per minute o cloud (myplugs) .. connect gozerbots together o traclog (myplugs) .. log channel in a format suitable for integration with trac o register (myplugs) .. enables users to register themselves with the bot o anon (myplugs) .. register users on channel join * config changes are now written to the config file instead of a pickle TAKE NOTE: most of the plugins are removed from the core bot .. you can use the !install-defaultplugs command to get most of these plugins .. otherwise see !install-list of plugins that can be installed About gozerbot: Requirements * a shell * python 2.4 or higher * if you want to remotely install plugins: the gnupg module * if you want mysql support: the py-MySQLdb module * if you want jabber support: the xmpppy module Why gozerbot? * provide both IRC and Jabber support * user management by userhost .. bot will not respond if it doesn't know you (see /docs/USER/) * fleet .. use more than one bot in a program (list of bots) (see / docs/plugins/FLEET/) * use the bot through dcc chat * fetch rss feeds (see /docs/plugins/RSS/) * remember items * relaying between bots (see /docs/plugins/RELAY/) * program your own plugins (see /docs/PROGRAMPLUGIN/) * run the builtin webserver (see /docs/plugins/WEBSERVER/) * query other bots webserver via irc (see /docs/plugins/ COLLECTIVE/) * serve as a udp <-> irc or jabber notification bot (see /docs/ plugins/UDP) * mysql and sqlite support the gozerbot development team

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BACON-PIG (New Python Interest Group in Maryland) ready for lift-off! (at last :)
by Stephen Waterbury Sept. 16, 2008

Sept. 16, 2008

"The time has come", the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes -- and ships -- and sealing-wax -- Of cabbages -- and kings -- And why the sea is boiling hot -- And whether pigs have wings." Well, *this* PIG's about to get wings! :) This is the [re-]announcement of a new Python Interest Group: the Baltimore/Annapolis/Columbia/and-Other-Northern-dc-suburbs Python Interest Group (BACON-PIG). The BACON-PIG's launch was somewhat delayed by system-administrational vicissitudes at Pan Galactic Enterprises (which hosts the mailing list) but is now imminent! 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 (me :) or unable for whatever reason to schlep ourselves down into DC or Northern Virginia for after-work meetings -- hence the motivation for a 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 (which currently appear to be on the first Tuesday of the month), and the BACON-PIG will also focus on topics other than Zope and/or Plone, since those are addressed quite thoroughly by ZPUG-DC. Of course, attendance at both groups' meetings is encouraged! The inaugural meeting of the BACON-PIG will be Thursday, October 23, 5:30 - 7:30 PM, at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Maryland: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/visitor/home/index.html A map and directions are available at that site. The first meeting will include at least some recaps of PyCon 2008 and SciPy 2008 from attendees of those events. At some BACON-PIG meeting in the near future (maybe this one??) Barry Warsaw has promised to lead a Python 3.0 love-fest! Tune in to the bacon-pig list for all the news: <https://pangalactic.us/mailman/listinfo/bacon-pig> Cheers, Steve Waterbury

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