Mailman 3 April 2009 - Python-announce-list

[ANN] Introduction to Python course, San Francisco, Jun 2009
by wesley chun May 14, 2009

May 14, 2009

Need to get up-to-speed with Python as quickly as possible? Come join me, Wesley Chun, author of Prentice-Hall's bestseller "Core Python Programming," for a comprehensive intro course coming up this June in beautiful Northern California! Please pass on this note to whomever you think may be interested. I look forward to meeting you and your colleagues! (Comprehensive) Introduction to Python Mon-Wed, 2009 Jun 15-17, 9am-5pm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (COMPREHENSIVE) INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON Although this course may appear to those new to Python, it is also perfect for those who have tinkered with it and want to "fill in the gaps" and/or want to get more in-depth formal training. It combines the best of both an introduction to the language as well as a "Python Internals" training course. We will immerse you in the world of Python in only a few days, showing you more than just its syntax (which you don't really need a book to learn, right?). Knowing more about how Python works under the covers, including the relationship between data objects and memory management, will make you a much more effective Python programmer coming out of the gate. 3 hands-on labs each day will help hammer the concepts home. Come find out why Google, Yahoo!, Disney, ILM/LucasFilm, VMware, NASA, Ubuntu, YouTube, Slide, and Red Hat all use Python. Users supporting or jumping to Plone, Zope, TurboGears, Pylons, Django, Google App Engine, Jython, IronPython, and Mailman will also benefit! FREE PREVIEW 1: you will find (and can download) a video clip of a live lesson that was delivered recently to get an idea of the lecture style and interactive classroom environment at: http://cyberwebconsulting.com (click "Python Training") FREE PREVIEW 2: Partnering with O'Reilly and Pearson, Safari Books Online has asked me to deliver a 1-hour webcast on Wednesday morning 2009 Apr 29 @ 10:30a PDT/1:30p EDT called "What is Python?" This will be an online seminar based on a session that I've delivered at numerous conferences in the past. It will give you an idea of lecture style as well as an overview of the material covered in the course. Plus the first 10 registrants will receive an autographed copy of "Core Python Programming!" For more information: http://www.safaribooksonline.com/events/WhatIsPython.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WHERE: near the San Francisco Airport (SFO/San Bruno), CA, USA WEB: http://cyberwebconsulting.com (click "Python Training") FLYER: http://starship.python.net/crew/wesc/flyerPP1jun09.pdf LOCALS: easy freeway (101/280/380) with lots of parking plus public transit (BART and CalTrain) access via the San Bruno stations, easily accessible from all parts of the Bay Area VISITORS: free shuttle to/from the airport, free high-speed internet, free breakfast and regular evening receptions; fully-equipped suites See website for costs, venue info, and registration. Discounts are available for multiple registrations as well as for teachers/students. Hope to see you there! -- wesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001 "Python Fundamentals", Prentice Hall, (c)2009 http://corepython.com "Python Web Development with Django", Addison Wesley, (c)2009 http://withdjango.com wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com python training and technical consulting cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca http://cyberwebconsulting.com

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[ANN] pyOpenSSL 0.9
by Jean-Paul Calderone May 1, 2009

May 1, 2009

I'm happy to announce the release of pyOpenSSL 0.9. This release includes several new features and a very important bug fix: * APIs have been introduced to get and set the version of an X509 request * Contexts now support loading CA certificates for verification from a specified directory or from the platform's default certificate store * DTLS-related constants, OP_NO_QUERY_MTU, OP_COOKIE_EXCHANGE, and OP_NO_TICKET are now exposed * X509Extension now has the `get_short_name´ method for retrieving the short form of the extension type * It is now possible to create extensions which use any of the three possible OpenSSL implementation approaches * FILETYPE_TEXT can be used to dump keys, certificate, and CSRs in text format * Various compiler warnings have been fixed * A bug triggered by almost all uses of pyOpenSSL from multiple threads and leading to a crash has been fixed Many thanks to numerous people who contributed patches to this release. You can find pyOpenSSL 0.9 in the downloads area of the SourceForge project page: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=31249 Please use Launchpad to file any bug reports: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pyopenssl Jean-Paul Calderone

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[ANNOUNCE] PyGobject 2.17.0 - unstable
by Gian Mario Tagliaretti April 30, 2009

April 30, 2009

I am pleased to announce version 2.17.0 of the Python bindings for GObject. The new release is available from ftp.gnome.org as and its mirrors as soon as its synced correctly: http://download.gnome.org/sources/pygobject/2.17/ What's new since PyGObject 2.16.1? - Write a good part of the docs for gio (Gian) - Wrap g_mount_guess_content_type g_mount_guess_content_type_finish g_mount_guess_content_type_sync (Gian, #580802) - Swap first two arguments of gio.File.query_info_async (Paul, #580490) - Fix a crash in pyg_type_add_interfaces (Paul, #566571) - Remove an empty structure, use sizeof(PyObject) instead (Paul, #560591) - Wrap four g_get_user_*_dir() functions (Paul, #575999) - Remove 'ltihooks.py' as using deprecated Python module (Paul) - Code maintenance: add .gitignore files (Paul) - CellRendererPixbuf stock-size property has wrong type (Paul, #568499) - Add a doap file after git migration (Johan Dahlin) - missing dep on libffi in pygobject-2.0.pc (Götz Waschk, #550231) - g_volume_monitor_tp_new new function, return the singleton object. (Paul, #555613) - Remove a DeprecationWarning under python 2.6 (James Westby, #573753) - several scripts from codegen directory are not distributed (Krzesimir Nowak) - g_file_copy_async change argument order to keep it consistent with the other methods (Gian) - memory leak in gio.File.copy_async (Paul Pogonyshev, #578870) - g_file_monitor should accept None for cancellable and set the default flag to G_FILE_MONITOR_NONE (Gian) - pyg_notify_free needs to ensure it has GIL before calling Py_XDECREF (Jonathan Matthew) - Wrap g_file_set_display_name_async (Gian) - Add a semi-private method to return the option context C object from an option context wrapper (Tristan Hill) - Converting a negative long Python value to a GUINT64 GValue doesn't error out as it should (Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro, #577999) - Wrap g_file_set_attributes_async and g_file_set_attributes_finish (Gian) - g_file_query_filesystem_info_async fix a typo (Gian) - Wrap g_file_query_filesystem_info_async (Gian) - Add missing g_file_query_filesystem_info_async and g_file_query_filesystem_info_finish (Gian) - Wrap g_file_eject_mountable (Gian) - g_file_copy callback cannot be optional (Gian) - Swap various kwargs names to reflect the code (Gian) - Update the address of the FSF (Tobias Mueller, #577134) - Add g_volume_should_automount (Gian) - Wrap g_drive_enumerate_identifiers and g_volume_enumerate_identifiers (Gian) - Add a couple of convinence functions to convert from/to a python list and an array of strings (Gian) - Allow setting pytype wrapper class (Mark Lee, John Ehresman, #559001) - Wrap g_file_enumerator_close_async (Gian Mario Tagliaretti) Blurb: GObject is a object system library used by GTK+ and GStreamer. PyGObject provides a convenient wrapper for the GObject library for use in Python programs, and takes care of many of the boring details such as managing memory and type casting. When combined with PyGTK, PyORBit and gnome-python, it can be used to write full featured Gnome applications. Like the GObject library itself PyGObject is licensed under the GNU LGPL, so is suitable for use in both free software and proprietary applications. It is already in use in many applications ranging from small single purpose scripts up to large full featured applications. PyGObject requires glib >= 2.14.0 and Python >= 2.3.5 to build. GIO bindings require glib >= 2.16.0. cheers -- Gian Mario Tagliaretti GNOME Foundation member gianmt(a)gnome.org

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EPD 4.2.30201 released
by Ilan Schnell April 30, 2009

April 30, 2009

Hello, I am pleased to announce that EPD (Enthought Python Distribution) version 4.2.30201 has been released. You may find more information about EPD, as well as download a 30 day free trial here: http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php You can check out the release notes here: https://svn.enthought.com/epd/wiki/Py25/4.2.30201/RelNotes About EPD --------- The Enthought Python Distribution (EPD) is a "kitchen-sink-included" distribution of the Python Programming Language, including over 80 additional tools and libraries. The EPD bundle includes NumPy, SciPy, IPython, 2D and 3D visualization, database adapters, and a lot of other tools right out of the box. http://www.enthought.com/products/epdlibraries.php It is currently available as a single-click installer for Windows XP (x86), Mac OS X (a universal binary for OS X 10.4 and above), RedHat 3, 4 and 5 (x86 and amd64), as well as Solaris 10 (x86). EPD is free for academic use. An annual subscription including installation support is available for individual and commercial use. Additional support options, including customization, bug fixes and training classes are also available: http://www.enthought.com/products/support_level_table.php - Ilan

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Fwd: Python Ireland Pub Meetup - Wed 13th May 2009 @ 7pm
by Vicky Lee April 30, 2009

April 30, 2009

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vicky Lee <whykay(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:36 PM Subject: Python Ireland Pub Meetup - Wed 13th May 2009 @ 7pm To: pythonireland(a)googlegroups.com Hi All, Due to popular demand, the meetup will be at The Bull and Castle on Christchurch from 7pm. I'll be bringing along t-shirts (and list of names for people who ordered their shirts). > Also, O'Reilly is nice enough to send me their welcome pack for Python Ireland. See piccies: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/whykay/3489066376/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/whykay/3488252751/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/whykay/3488252369/ > The 2 books will be raffled off:- * Learn to Program by Chris Pine, see http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ * Learning Python, see http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596002817/ Wiki > update: http://wiki.python.ie/moin.cgi/PythonMeetup/May2009 Cheers, /// Vicky ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://irishbornchinese.com ~~ ~~ http://www.python.ie ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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ANN: python-ldap-2.3.8
by Michael Ströder April 30, 2009

April 30, 2009

Find a new release of python-ldap: http://www.python-ldap.org/ 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). Ciao, Michael. -- Michael Ströder E-Mail: michael(a)stroeder.com http://www.stroeder.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Released 2.3.8 2009-04-30 Changes since 2.3.7: Lib/ * ldap.schema.models: More fault-tolerant parsing of SYNTAX in AttributeTypeDescription * ldap.schema.tokenizer.split_tokens(): More tolerant parsing of items separated only with a DOLLAR without surrounding white-spaces (because WSP is declared as zero or more spaces in RFC 4512)

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Pyowa Meeting Next Monday
by Mike Driscoll April 30, 2009

April 30, 2009

Hi, Our May Pyowa meeting is next Monday, May 4th. It will be held at the Marshall County Sheriff's Office from 7-9 p.m. Direction are on the website: www.pyowa.org. Agenda (in no particular order): 1) Introduction to SqlAlchemy - An object oriented way of connecting to a database with a "pythonic" API. 2) Nick Fox from Fox Media Systems in Des Moines will talk about his experiences with Python and (maybe) his experience as a core developer for the Mythbuntu project. 3) A short GIS Code review - We'll look at some auto-generated ArcGIS(?) code from one of our members and try to improve it. If you need a laptop to follow along, we have some that can be made available as long as you let me know ahead of time. I've been told that we will have snacks this time as well as pop and water. Also note that the Iowa Code Camp is this Saturday. The reason I mention this is that there's a Django talk there and there may be a Python-related "open space" type thing too. You can check out the schedule here: http://iowacodecamp.com/. Iowa Code Camp is in Cedar Rapids. Go and support Python! Anyway, I hope to see you next Monday! Let me know if you have any questions. Mike Driscoll Pyowa Organizer www.pyowa.org twitter.com/pyowa __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4046 (20090430) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

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[ANN] BPT (Boxed Package Tool)
by Giuseppe Ottaviano April 29, 2009

April 29, 2009

Hi all, I am pleased to announce BPT 0.2a (despite the number, this is the first public version). http://pypi.python.org/pypi/bpt Like virtualenv, BPT allows to create isolate environments, but it is not limited to Python software, as it can be used to install arbitrary Unix software. It can be used for development (several versions of the same software can be installed in the same environment, and administrator privileges are not needed), and for deployment of complete installations (the environments are relocatable). Feel free to use and test it, comments are welcome. What is BPT =========== BPT is a Python library (``bpt``) and a command line application (``box``) to create and manage isolated enviroments, or *boxes*. Boxes are *relocatable*, which means that they can be moved to a different directory or even distributed to other machines (provided that the architecture is compatible). Packages inside the box can be easily disabled, enabled and removed, so that different versions of the same software can be installed simultaneously, allowing to switch between them. BPT is similar in some ways to `virtualenv <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv>`_, but it is not restricted to Python packages, allowing to install virtually any Unix software. It also takes some ideas from `jhbuild <http://live.gnome.org/Jhbuild>`_, but without the dependency resolution and automatic downloading machinery, and the ``bpt-rules`` format is inspired by `Gentoo <http://www.gentoo.org/>`_'s ebuilds. -- Giuseppe Ottaviano

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OSCON ramp-up: booth
by Aahz April 29, 2009

April 29, 2009

OSCON this year is local to me, and I'd like to make this the year we finally have a booth at OSCON. Do you have experience with purchasing material for a booth? If you can help with planning, I would appreciate it if you would join the mailing list http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/oscon regardless of whether you plan to attend OSCON. -- Aahz (aahz(a)pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." --Red Adair

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bzr-1.14 released!
by Bob Tanner April 29, 2009

April 29, 2009

New formats 1.14 and 1.14-rich-root supporting End-Of-Line (EOL) conversions, keyword templating (via the bzr-keywords plugin) and generic content filtering. End-of-line conversion is now supported for formats supporting content filtering. Changes from 1.14rc2 to 1.14final ************************************* * Fix a bug in the pure-python ``GroupCompress`` code when handling copies longer than 64KiB. (John Arbash Meinel, #364900) The Bazaar team is happy to announce availability of a new release of the bzr adaptive version control system. Thanks to everyone who contributed patches, suggestions, and feedback. Bazaar is now available for download from http://bazaar-vcs.org/ Download as a source tarball; packages for various systems will be available soon. -- Bob Tanner <tanner(a)real-time.com> Key fingerprint = F785 DDFC CF94 7CE8 AA87 3A9D 3895 26F1 0DDB E378

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