Mailman 3 February 2009 - Python-announce-list

itools 0.50.3 released
by "J. David Ibáñez" 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

itools is a Python library, it groups a number of packages into a single meta-package for easier development and deployment: itools.abnf itools.ical itools.tmx itools.csv itools.isetup itools.uri itools.datatypes itools.odf itools.vfs itools.gettext itools.pdf itools.web itools.git itools.relaxng itools.workflow itools.handlers itools.rest itools.xapian itools.html itools.rss itools.xliff itools.http itools.srx itools.xml itools.i18n itools.stl This is a bug fix release. Most important are the bugs that prevented us to make Windows installers, so this release includes again Windows installers for Python 2.5 and 2.6 There have been minor improvements to itools.pdf (PML) and itools.odf; plus some bugs fixed: #500 and #565. Resources --------- Download http://download.hforge.org/itools/0.50/itools-0.50.3.tar.gz http://download.hforge.org/itools/0.50/itools-0.50.3.win32-py2.5.exe http://download.hforge.org/itools/0.50/itools-0.50.3.win32-py2.6.exe Home http://www.hforge.org/itools/ Mailing list http://www.hforge.org/community/ http://archives.hforge.org/index.cgi?list=itools Bug Tracker http://bugs.hforge.org/ -- J. David Ibáñez Itaapy <http://www.itaapy.com> Tel +33 (0)1 42 23 67 45 9 rue Darwin, 75018 Paris Fax +33 (0)1 53 28 27 88

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[ANN] Leipzig Python User Group - Meeting, February 10, 2009, 08:00pm
by Stefan Schwarzer 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

=== Leipzig Python User Group === We will meet on Tuesday, February 10 at 8:00 pm at the training center of Python Academy in Leipzig, Germany ( http://www.python-academy.com/center/find.html ). There will be a talk on Python's Doctest module. 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 . Best regards, Stefan == Leipzig Python User Group === Wir treffen uns am Dienstag, 10.02.2008 um 20:00 Uhr im Schulungszentrum der Python Academy in Leipzig ( http://www.python-academy.de/Schulungszentrum/anfahrt.html ). Diesmal gibt es einen Vortrag über das Doctest-Modul. 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 Stefan

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ANN: eric 4.3.0 released
by Detlev Offenbach 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

Hi, this is to inform all of you about the immediate availability of the long awaited 4.3.0 release. It includes enhancements in nearly every area. Please see for yourself by downloading it from http://eric-ide.python-projects.org/index.html eric4 is a Python (and Ruby) IDE written using PyQt4 and QScintilla2. It comes with batteries included and is extensible via a built-in plug-in system. Plug-ins are available via the internet from the eric4 plugin repository. Please see the a.m. web site for more details. Regards, Detlev -- Detlev Offenbach detlev(a)die-offenbachs.de

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ANN: cssutils 0.9.6a1
by Christof Hoeke 07 Feb '09

07 Feb '09

what is it ---------- A Python package to parse and build CSS Cascading Style Sheets. (Not a renderer though!) main changes ------------ 0.9.6a1 090207 - refactored validation - added Profiles. See the docs and source of the cssutils.profiles module for details. - should work on GAE now properly - ``cssutils.resolveImports(sheet)`` returns a new stylesheet with all rules in given sheet but with all @import rules being pulled into the top sheet. - CSSCombine script and helper function resolve nested imports now. - ``csscombine`` has new option ``-u URL, --url=URL URL to parse (path is ignored if URL given)`` now - New documentation in Sphinx format 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/ Bug reports (via Google code), comments, etc are very much appreciated! Thanks. Christof

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python-graph-1.4.0 released
by Pedro Matiello 07 Feb '09

07 Feb '09

python-graph release 1.4.0 http://code.google.com/p/python-graph/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ python-graph is a library for working with graphs in Python. This software provides a suitable data structure for representing graphs and a whole set of important algorithms. The code is appropriately documented and API reference is generated automatically by epydoc. Provided features and algorithms: * Support for directed, undirected, weighted and non-weighted graphs * Support for hypergraphs * Canonical operations * XML import and export * DOT-Language output (for usage with Graphviz) * Random graph generation * Accessibility (transitive closure) * Breadth-first search * Cut-vertex and cut-edge identification * Depth-first search * Heuristic search (A* algorithm) * Identification of connected components * Minimum spanning tree (Prim's algorithm) * Mutual-accessibility (strongly connected components) * Shortest path search (Dijkstra's algorithm) * Topological sorting Changes in this release: * Added A* algorithm; * Filtered DFS and BFS. Download: http://code.google.com/p/python-graph/downloads/list (tar.bz2 and zip packages are available.)

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PyCon 2009 Tutorial Days
by gslindstrom 07 Feb '09

07 Feb '09

Registration for PyCon 2009 <http://us.pycon.org/2009/registration/> (US) is open. Because of the popularity of the tutorials in years past, this year features 2 days of tutorials <http://us.pycon.org/2009/tutorials> (32 total class on Wednesday, March 25 and Thursday, March 26) including: - 2 tracks on Introduciton to Python - Working with Excel spreadsheets<http://us.pycon.org/2009/tutorials/schedule/1AM8/> - GIS with Python <http://us.pycon.org/2009/tutorials/schedule/1PM4/> - Django <http://us.pycon.org/2009/tutorials/schedule/1PM2/> - Concurrency <http://us.pycon.org/2009/tutorials/schedule/1PM6/> and Kamaelia <http://us.pycon.org/2009/tutorials/schedule/1AM7/> - Testing <http://us.pycon.org/2009/tutorials/schedule/2AM2/> - SQLAlchemy <http://us.pycon.org/2009/tutorials/schedule/2AM4/> - Advanced topics <http://us.pycon.org/2009/tutorials/schedule/> - much, much more <http://us.pycon.org/2009/tutorials/schedule/> These classes are being presented by some of the smartest cookies in the Python community and are 3-hours each (with break). You get to rub shoulders with other Python programmers who share your interests and all sessions have time for you to ask questions. There is a (modest) cost to attend, but you will get great training as well as class notes. We even feed you lunch and provide snacks during the breaks. Click http://us.pycon.org/2009/about/ for more information. Questions? Email us at pycon-tutorials(a)python.org. Greg Lindstrom Tutorial Coordinator

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Announce : PLY-3.0
by David Beazley 07 Feb '09

07 Feb '09

February 6, 2009 Announcing : PLY-3.0 (Python Lex-Yacc) http://www.dabeaz.com/ply I'm pleased to announce a significant new update to PLY---a 100% Python implementation of the common parsing tools lex and yacc. PLY-3.0 adds compatibility for Python 2.6 and 3.0, provides some new customization options, and cleans up a lot of internal implementation details. If you are new to PLY, here are a few highlights: - PLY is closely modeled after traditional lex/yacc. If you know how to use these or similar tools in other languages, you will find PLY to be comparable. - PLY provides very extensive error reporting and diagnostic information to assist in parser construction. The original implementation was developed for instructional purposes. As a result, the system tries to identify the most common types of errors made by novice users. - PLY provides full support for empty productions, error recovery, precedence rules, and ambiguous grammars. - Parsing is based on LR-parsing which is fast, memory efficient, better suited to large grammars, and which has a number of nice properties when dealing with syntax errors and other parsing problems. Currently, PLY can build its parsing tables using either SLR or LALR(1) algorithms. More information about PLY can be obtained on the PLY webpage at: http://www.dabeaz.com/ply PLY is freely available and is licensed under the terms of the Lesser GNU Public License (LGPL). Cheers, David Beazley (http://www.dabeaz.com)

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ANN: Webware for Python 1.0.1 released
by Christoph Zwerschke 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

Webware for Python 1.0.1 has been released. This is the first bugfix release for Webware for Python release 1.0, mainly fixing a problem that could appear when communicating with the threaded application server over a network connection. See the WebKit release notes for details. Webware for Python is a suite of Python packages and tools for developing object-oriented, web-based applications. The suite uses well known design patterns and includes a fast Application Server, Servlets, Python Server Pages (PSP), Object-Relational Mapping, Task Scheduling, Session Management, and many other features. Webware is very modular and easily extended. Webware for Python is well proven and platform-independent. It is compatible with multiple web servers, database servers and operating systems. Check out the Webware for Python home page at http://www.w4py.org

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ANN ChiPy February Meeting Thursday, 12th, at Sully's
by Brian Ray 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

Chicago Python User Group ========================= Go ChiPy! After last month's hugely successful language comparison mayhem, the world's most successful user group strikes again! Robots and OS Packaging, are the major topic areas. James Snyder, from Northwestern University's Biomedical Engineering Department, will be serializing Arduino microcontroller with Python for robotic pursuits. Jason Huggins, co-founder of Sauce Labs Inc and creator of Selenium, will follow up with a quick demo of his Arduino- based Ambient Orb clone, called 'orbison' (http://code.google.com/p/orbison/ ). For the second part, Cosmin Stejerean, software engineering and computer security specialist, will cover how to package your Python package with tools like py2app and py2exe. Massimo Di Pierro, professor at DePaul CTI, will get some brief help porting his popular web2py Enterprise Web Framework to a linux package from a live audience. Let's see if it is possible in 10 minutes! Last but not least, William Scullin, Argonne National Laboratory and cheese lover, will present on bcfg2, a tool written in Python for system administrators to fingerprint their environment and about Python, in general, on IBM's BlueGene /P supercompter. There will be a moment of silence in respect to Unix Timestamp 1234567890 Our host for the meeting is Sully's House Tap Room & Grill. All ages are welcome to this Free Private Event. For those of age, Sully’s House offer 20 Beers on tap, and 35 Bottles - all craft and microbrewery, specializing in Belgium, Irish and German selections. Enjoy great Bar Food & Pizza from our Italian Oven and Daily discounted menu specials. The host has given us a dedicated bartender. We will meet in the private party room on the second floor that is well equipped with top of the line video equipment – 100” HD screen & full A/V accessibility with Rock Band & Wii. Nice big space, bring a friend. Thanks Sully's!!! This *will* be our best meeting yet. Topics ------ * Arduino + Python, James Snyder * Orb demo, Jason Huggins * py2app and py2exe, Cosmin Stejerean * help package web2py for linux, Massimo Di Pierro * IBM's BlueGene /P bcfg2, William Scullin When ---- Thursday, February 12th, ~7pm Location -------- Sully’s House Tap Room & Grill, 1501 N. Dayton St. Chicago, Illinois 60622 At the corner of Blackhawk and Dayton http://www.sullyshouse.com/ (2) Blocks from the North & Clybourn Red Line stop. Free street parking available. About ChiPy ----------- ChiPy is a group of Chicago Python Programmers, l33t, and n00bs. Meetings are held monthly at various locations around Chicago. Also, ChiPy is a proud sponsor of many Open Source and Educational efforts in Chicago. Stay tuned to the mailing list for more info. ChiPy website: <http://chipy.org> ChiPy Mailing List: <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago> ChiPy Announcement *ONLY* Mailing List: <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chipy-announce > Python website: <http://python.org>

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CrunchyFrog 0.3.3 released
by Andi Albrecht 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

After a really short period here's a bug fix release for CrunchyFrog. CrunchyFrog 0.3.3 fixes a bunch of minor and some major bugs that slipped into the last release. Download: http://crunchyfrog.googlecode.com/files/crunchyfrog-0.3.3.tar.gz The package archive on Launchpad is already up to date. Visit the project page hosted on Google Code for more information. Changes in 0.3.3 ================ Bug Fixes * Statement splitting with SQLite and SQLServer and explain view works again (issue27). * Use F1 instead of Ctrl-H for Help (issue26). * Oracle plugin now installs properly (issue28). * An error dialog is displayed when connecting to SQL Server fails. * Confirm save dialog works again when a window is closed. Complete change log: http://crunchyfrog.googlecode.com/svn/tags/0.3.3/CHANGES What is CrunchyFrog =================== CrunchyFrog is a database navigator and SQL client. Currently PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQLite3, MS-SQL databases and LDAP servers are supported for browsing and querying. More databases and features can be added using the plugin system. CrunchyFrog is licensed under the GPLv3 and is written in Python and uses PyGTK for it's user interface. Homepage: http://crunchyfrog.googlecode.com/ Screenshots: http://picasaweb.google.com/albrecht.andi/CrunchyFrogScreenshots Download: http://code.google.com/p/crunchyfrog/downloads/list Discussions: http://groups.google.com/group/crunchyfrog Issues/Bugs: http://code.google.com/p/crunchyfrog/issues/list Regards, Andi

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