Mailman 3 June 2009 - Python-announce-list

itools 0.60.2 released
by "J. David Ibáñez" June 3, 2009

June 3, 2009

itools 0.60.2 (2009/06/03) ========================== itools is a Python library, it groups a number of packages into a single meta-package for easier development and deployment: itools.abnf itools.i18n itools.stl itools.core itools.ical itools.tmx itools.csv itools.odf itools.uri itools.datatypes itools.pdf itools.vfs itools.gettext itools.pkg 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 The mechanism to use a subprocess to run commands and save memory has been generalized and is now provided by itools.core; the functions to check are 'start_subprocess', 'read_subprocess', 'send_subprocess' and 'stop_subprocess'. Some bugs have been fixed, including #650 and #670. Resources --------- Download http://download.hforge.org/itools/0.60/itools-0.60.2.tar.gz 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] LFS - Lightning Fast Shop presentation at Python User Group Leipzig, 9.6.2009, 20:00 Uhr
by Markus Zapke-Gründemann June 3, 2009

June 3, 2009

Leipzig Python User Group ------------------------- Next Meeting Tuesday, June 9, 2009 We will meet on June 9 at 8:00 pm at the training center of Python Academy in Leipzig, Germany [1]. There will be a very interesting presentation by Kai Diefenbach (iqplusplus Erfurt): Kai Diefenbach: LFS - Lightning Fast Shop ----------------------------------------- LFS [2] is an online shop based on Python [3], Django [4], and jQuery [5] released under a BSD licence. The presentation gives an overview of LFS: used technologies, development status, next releases, existing and planned features as well as a live demo. Questions are welcome during the entire talk. There is more time for questions and answers after the presentation. 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 and the presentation will be mainly German, English speakers are very welcome. We will provide English interpretation if needed. [1] http://python-academy.de/Schulungszentrum/anfahrt.html [2] http://www.getlfs.com/ [3] http://www.python.org/ [4] http://www.djangoproject.com/ [5] http://jquery.com/

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Pyowa Meeting this Thursday
by Mike Driscoll June 2, 2009

June 2, 2009

Hi, Pyowa will be meeting Thursday, June 4th in Ames. We will be meeting at the Ames Public Library from 7 to 8:45 p.m. The current plan for the meeting is to have a code review of sorts on some member submitted GIS-type code. Then we will have a short presentation on one of the modules from Python's standard library. Whatever time is left over will be used for socializing and planning the next meeting. If you have ideas or would like to present something, please let me know at the meeting or through email. In other news, you can see my experiments in recording some of our meetings here: http://pyowa.blip.tv/ Please note that if you don't have a fast internet connection, then you will be disappointed as it will take eons to buffer. Let me know if you plan to come to the meeting. Thanks! Mike Driscoll Pyowa Coordinator Website: www.pyowa.org <http://www.pyowa.org/> Upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2677147/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/pyowa Mailing List: http://pyowalist.pythonlibrary.org/listinfo.cgi/pyowa-pythonlibrary.org

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ANN: Numexpr 1.3 released
by Francesc Alted June 2, 2009

June 2, 2009

======================== Announcing Numexpr 1.3 ======================== Numexpr is a fast numerical expression evaluator for NumPy. With it, expressions that operate on arrays (like "3*a+4*b") are accelerated and use less memory than doing the same calculation in Python. On this release, and due to popular demand, support for single precision floating point types has been added. This allows for both improved performance and optimal usage of memory for the single precision computations. Of course, support for single precision in combination with Intel's VML is there too :) However, caveat emptor: the casting rules for floating point types slightly differs from those of NumPy. See the ``Casting rules`` section at: http://code.google.com/p/numexpr/wiki/Overview or the README.txt file for more info on this issue. In case you want to know more in detail what has changed in this version, see: http://code.google.com/p/numexpr/wiki/ReleaseNotes or have a look at RELEASE_NOTES.txt in the tarball. Where I can find Numexpr? ========================= The project is hosted at Google code in: http://code.google.com/p/numexpr/ And you can get the packages from PyPI as well: http://pypi.python.org/pypi How it works? ============= See: http://code.google.com/p/numexpr/wiki/Overview for a detailed description by the original author (David M. Cooke). Share your experience ===================== Let us know of any bugs, suggestions, gripes, kudos, etc. you may have. Enjoy! -- Francesc Alted

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[ANN] EuroSciPy 2009 - Presentation Schedule Published
by Mike Müller June 2, 2009

June 2, 2009

EuroSciPy 2009 Presentation Schedule Published ============================================== The schedule of presentations for the EuroSciPy conference is online: http://www.euroscipy.org/presentations/schedule.html We have 16 talks from a variety of scientific fields. All about using Python for scientific work. EuroSciPy 2009 ============== We're pleased to announce the EuroSciPy 2009 Conference to be held in Leipzig, Germany on July 25-26, 2009. http://www.euroscipy.org This is the second conference after the successful conference last year. Again, EuroSciPy will be a venue for the European community of users of the Python programming language in science. Registration ------------ Registration is open. The registration fee is 100.00 € for early registrants and will increase to 150.00 € for late registration after June 15, 2009. Registration will include breakfast, snacks and lunch for Saturday and Sunday. Please register here: http://www.euroscipy.org/registration.html Important Dates --------------- March 21 Registration opens May 8 Abstract submission deadline May 15 Acceptance of presentations May 30 Announcement of conference program June 15 Early bird registration deadline July 15 Slides submission deadline July 20 - 24 Pre-Conference courses July 25/26 Conference August 15 Paper submission deadline Venue ----- mediencampus Poetenweg 28 04155 Leipzig Germany See http://www.euroscipy.org/venue.html for details. Help Welcome ------------ You like to help make the EuroSciPy 2009 a success? Here are some ways you can get involved: * attend the conference * submit an abstract for a presentation * give a lightning talk * make EuroSciPy known: - distribute the press release (http://www.euroscipy.org/media.html) to scientific magazines or other relevant media - write about it on your website - in your blog - talk to friends about it - post to local e-mail lists - post to related forums - spread flyers and posters in your institution - make entries in relevant event calendars - anything you can think of * inform potential sponsors about the event * become a sponsor If you're interested in volunteering to help organize things or have some other idea that can help the conference, please email us at mmueller at python-academy dot de. Sponsorship ----------- Do you like to sponsor the conference? There are several options available: http://www.euroscipy.org/sponsors/become_a_sponsor.html Pre-Conference Courses ---------------------- Would you like to learn Python or about some of the most used scientific libraries in Python? Then the "Python Summer Course" [1] might be for you. There are two parts to this course: * a two-day course "Introduction to Python" [2] for people with programming experience in other languages and * a three-day course "Python for Scientists and Engineers" [3] that introduces some of the most used Python tools for scientists and engineers such as NumPy, PyTables, and matplotlib Both courses can be booked individually [4]. Of course, you can attend the courses without registering for EuroSciPy. [1] http://www.python-academy.com/courses/python_summer_course.html [2] http://www.python-academy.com/courses/python_course_programmers.html [3] http://www.python-academy.com/courses/python_course_scientists.html [4] http://www.python-academy.com/courses/dates.html

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