Mailman 3 August 2009 - Python-announce-list

CodeInvestigator version 0.14.0
by hans moleman Aug. 6, 2009

Aug. 6, 2009

CodeInvestigator version 0.14.0 was released on August 6. Required Python version: >= 2.6 and < 3.0 Changes: Unicode characters. They are handled better. Performance changes: The database is written more efficiently, so that recording takes less time. Performance tip: deleting ALL runs at the same time is fastest; I then initialize the database. CodeInvestigator is a tracing tool for Python programs. Running a program through CodeInvestigator creates a recording. Program flow, function calls, variable values and conditions are all stored for every line the program executes. The recording is then viewed with an interface consisting of the code. The code can be clicked: A clicked variable displays its value, a clicked loop displays its iterations. You read code, and have at your disposal all the run time details of that code. A computerized desk check tool and another way to learn about your program. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=183942

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ANN: oejskit 0.8.6 JavaScript in-browser testing and utility kit with plugin for py.test 1.0 final
by Samuele Pedroni Aug. 5, 2009

Aug. 5, 2009

0.8.6 fixes some last minute compatibility issues with py.test 1.0 final, it also includes experimental glue code to be used just with plain standard library unittest.py about the latter see this post to testing in python: http://lists.idyll.org/pipermail/testing-in-python/2009-July/002119.html About OE jskit: jskit contains infrastructure and in particular a py.test plugin to enable running unit tests for JavaScript code inside browsers. The plugin requires py.test 1.0 The approach also enables to write integration tests such that the JavaScript code is tested against server-side Python code mocked as necessary. Any server-side framework that can already be exposed through WSGI can play. More information and downloading at: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/oejskit including a changelog, documentation and the talk I gave at Europython. jskit was initially developed by Open End AB and is released under the MIT license. In various incarnations it has been in use and useful at Open End for more than a year, we are quite happy to share it. Samuele Pedroni for Open End

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The BACON-PIG flies again: August 24
by Stephen Waterbury Aug. 5, 2009

Aug. 5, 2009

The next meeting of the BACON-PIG (The Baltimore, Annapolis, Columbia, and Other Northern dc suburbs Python Interest Group) will occur at the following spacetime coordinates: Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Space: Howard County Central Library, Columbia, MD Google Map link: <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=10375+Little+Patuxent+Pk…> Monitor the BACON-PIG web site for more details and agenda: <http://pangalactic.us/bacon-pig/> Area Pythonistas are encouraged to join the BACON-PIG list: <https://pangalactic.us/mailman/listinfo/bacon-pig> Cheers, Steve Waterbury

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ANN: eGenix pyOpenSSL Distribution 0.9.0-0.9.8k now also in .egg format
by eGenix Team: M.-A. Lemburg Aug. 4, 2009

Aug. 4, 2009

________________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCING eGenix.com pyOpenSSL Distribution Version 0.9.0-0.9.8k An easy to install and use repackaged distribution of the pyOpenSSL Python interface for OpenSSL - available on Windows, Mac OS X and Unix platforms This announcement is also available on our web-site for online reading: http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-pyOpenSSL-Distribution-0.9.0-0.9.… ________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION The eGenix.com pyOpenSSL Distribution includes everything you need to get started with SSL in Python. It comes with an easy to use installer that includes the most recent OpenSSL library versions in pre-compiled form. pyOpenSSL is an open-source Python add-on (http://pyopenssl.sf.net/) that allows writing SSL aware networking applications as well as certificate management tools. OpenSSL is an open-source implementation of the SSL protocol (http://www.openssl.org/). For more information, please see the product page: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/pyOpenSSL/ ________________________________________________________________________ NEWS Due to popular demand, we've added .egg file versions for Windows and Linux to the available download options. This should make things easier for people using e.g. zc.buildout and other egg-file based installers. As always, binaries include both pyOpenSSL and the necessary OpenSSL libraries. ________________________________________________________________________ DOWNLOADS The download archives and instructions for installing the package can be found at: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/pyOpenSSL/ ________________________________________________________________________ UPGRADING Before installing this version of pyOpenSSL, please make sure that you uninstall any previously installed pyOpenSSL version. Otherwise, you could end up not using the included OpenSSL libs. _______________________________________________________________________ SUPPORT Commercial support for these packages is available from eGenix.com. Please see http://www.egenix.com/services/support/ for details about our support offerings. Enjoy, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Aug 04 2009) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/

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pylib/py.test 1.0.0 released
by holger krekel Aug. 4, 2009

Aug. 4, 2009

Hi all, i am happy to announce pylib/py.test 1.0.0, a MIT-licensed library geared towards advanced testing and elastic distributed programming with Python. It features the mature cross-project py.test automated testing tool with many new features, aiming to: * allow writing zero-boilerplate automated tests in Python * offer strong debugging and reporting of test failures * rapidly run and ad-hoc distribute tests to multiple CPUs/platforms * support unit-, functional and integration testing * be easy to extend and tackle growing testing needs, (current prime example oejskit, a live-browser javascript unittesting 3rd party plugin) Please check things out at: http://pytest.org or read the blogged release announcement: http://tetamap.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/pylib-1-0-0 or read on for some ... Distinctive new features shipping with py.test 1.0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ For those already knowing about the older 0.9.2 release or being experienced with other testing approaches i'll try to give a summary of the distinctive testing features shipping with 1.0.0: * test function arguments ("funcargs"): With this, python test functions can name arguments and one writes factory functions to provide instances for such "fixture" arguments. This page http://codespeak.net/py/dist/test/funcargs.html contains reference info and tutorial examples. Test function arguments also allow for natural test parametrization - one provides several different argument values, no changes to the test function needed, no magic "yield" for generating tests anymore - although 1.0 still allows them and of course still supports traditional xUnit-style setup_module/class/function or (new) direct runs of unittest.TestCase style tests. * distributed testing: distributing test runs among Linux/OSX/Windows hosts and across python-2.4 till python-2.6 interpreters works reasonably stable now. This means that you can easily iron out test-module/function specific problems across a variety of platforms, accelerating the change & test feedback cycle. * xfail: a new way to mark tests as "expected to fail" which means they run normally but are reported/counted specially. This "xfail" mark is meant to mark missing / wrong implementation rather than missing dependencies / wrong platforms for which one uses "skip". Especially for larger test suites making this distinction is very helpful. * IO-capturing: output of test functions is captured per-test, by default including any output from sub processes. This works on all platforms and also (now) interacts well with the logging module without importing/using it itself so there are no interferences. * pastebin: new command line option "--pastebin" to send your test session output or individual test failures to the Pocoo pastebin service and prints out URLs. Convenient for quick IRC/messaging communication. * plugins: it is now easy to write plugins by implementing one or more of the 37 hooks which py.test calls to implement the testing process. There are many examples, among them the "oejskit" plugin which integrates testing of javascript code in real-life browsers into a regular test run. Apart from such separately distributed "cross-project" plugins you can also write per-project plugins/extensions that lives with your testing code. cheers & have fun, holger -- Metaprogramming, Python, Testing: http://tetamap.wordpress.com Python, PyPy, pytest contracting: http://merlinux.eu

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RunPON 0.3
by Davide Alberani Aug. 4, 2009

Aug. 4, 2009

RunPON 0.3 can be downloaded from here: http://erlug.linux.it/~da/soft/runpon/ http://bitbucket.org/alberanid/runpon/ (mercurial repository) RunPON is a small Python program useful to run the pon/poff scripts. It shows the elapsed connection time and periodically checks if a given network interface is still active. It can run as a stand-alone application (with a status icon in the tray) or as a Gnome panel applet (and compatible panels). Obviously, modifying its configuration, it can run any program you like. It's still under heavy development, and so far its configuration is still hard-coded. If you want to help, please contact me at: da (AT) erlug.linux.it -- Davide Alberani <alberanid(a)libero.it> [GPG KeyID: 0x465BFD47] http://erlug.linux.it/~da/

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ANN: Leo 4.6.2 final released
by Edward K Ream Aug. 3, 2009

Aug. 3, 2009

Leo 4.6.2 final is now available at: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3458&package_id=29106 Leo is a text editor, data organizer, project manager and much more. See: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/intro.html Leo 4.6.2 fixes several bugs reported since Leo 4.6 was released. The highlights of Leo 4.6 -------------------------- - Cached external files *greatly* reduces the time to load .leo files. - Leo now features a modern Qt interface by default. Leo's legacy Tk interface can also be used. - New --config, --file and --gui command-line options. - Leo tests syntax of .py files when saving them. - Leo can now open any kind of file into @edit nodes. - @auto-rst nodes allow easy editing of reStructuredText files. - Properties of commanders, positions and nodes simplify programming. - Improved Leo's unit testing framework. - Leo now requires Python 2.5 or later. - Dozens of small improvements and bug fixes. Links: ------ Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html Forum: http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor Download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3458 Bzr: http://code.launchpad.net/leo-editor/ Quotes: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/testimonials.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward K. Ream email: edreamleo(a)yahoo.com Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html --------------------------------------------------------------------

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ANN: Leo 4.6.2 final released
by Edward K Ream Aug. 3, 2009

Aug. 3, 2009

Leo 4.6.2 final is now available at: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3458&package_id=29106 Leo is a text editor, data organizer, project manager and much more. See: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/intro.html Leo 4.6.2 fixes several bugs reported since Leo 4.6 was released. The highlights of Leo 4.6 -------------------------- - Cached external files *greatly* reduces the time to load .leo files. - Leo now features a modern Qt interface by default. Leo's legacy Tk interface can also be used. - New --config, --file and --gui command-line options. - Leo tests syntax of .py files when saving them. - Leo can now open any kind of file into @edit nodes. - @auto-rst nodes allow easy editing of reStructuredText files. - Properties of commanders, positions and nodes simplify programming. - Improved Leo's unit testing framework. - Leo now requires Python 2.5 or later. - Dozens of small improvements and bug fixes. Links: ------ Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html Forum: http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor Download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3458 Bzr: http://code.launchpad.net/leo-editor/ Quotes: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/testimonials.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward K. Ream email: edreamleo(a)yahoo.com Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html --------------------------------------------------------------------

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ANNOUNCE: AwstatsReader 0.01
by Joshua J. Kugler Aug. 3, 2009

Aug. 3, 2009

ABOUT THE MODULE ================ AwstatsReader is an attempt at a pythonic interface to AWStats data cache files. Using it, you can access year, month, and individual data points via dictionary-like accessors. Download here: http://azariah.com/open_source.html ABOUT THE AUTHOR ================ Joshua Kugler (joshua(a)azariah.com) is a programmer and system administrator with over 10 years of industry experience. He is currently looking for a job. Happen to have one you could offer him? :) Resume at: http://jjncj.com/papers/KuglerAll.pdf DISCLAIMER ========== This is a "release early, release often" release, codnamed Joshua-hopes- somebody-downloads-this-and-likes-code-quality-and-hires-him. This is an early release...probably pre-alpha. There are no tests yet (haven't generated cache files I can release publically), not much documentation, and the interface may change (but I hope not too much). And I haven't even put this in a public repository, as the name might (but probably won't) change. I wrote this via examples from an AWStats cache file, so I'm sure there are sections for which I do not have definitions. If you would send me those sections, I'll be sure to add them. The error handling is probably a little light. Certainly could be improved. Right now, this will parse and display cache files from AWStats 6.5. I've not tested other versions yet, as 6.5 is the only version I've had access to so far. INSTALLATION ============ See INSTALL LICENSE ======= See COPYING EXAMPLE ======= import AwstatsReader obj = AwstatsReader.AwstatsReader('/path/to/awstats_logs', 'example.com') print obj[2007] print obj[2008][6] m = obj[2009][7] print m['general'] # Access like a dictionary... print m['general']['LastLine'] #...or like an object attribute print m['general'].LastLine print m.general.LastLine FEEDBACK ======== Please send questions/comments/suggestions to awstatsreader(a)azariah.com For now, you can find the latest version here: http://azariah.com/open_source.html

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Registation is open for the 9th PyWeek game programming challenge!
by Richard Jones Aug. 3, 2009

Aug. 3, 2009

The ninth PyWeek challenge will run between: Sunday 30th August to Sunday 6th September (00:00UTC to 00:00UTC) The PyWeek challenge invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team. Entries must be developed in Python, during the challenge, and must incorporate some theme chosen at the start of the challenge. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN -- Visit the challenge website to sign up, join discussions in the message board or read the timetable and rules: http://www.pyweek.org/9/ PLANNING FOR THE CHALLENGE -- Make sure you have working versions of the libraries you're going to use. The rules page has a list of libraries and other resources. Make sure you can build packages to submit as your final submission (if you're going to use py2exe, make sure you know how to use it and that it works). If you don't have access to Linux, Windows or a Mac to test on, contact friends, family or other competitors to find someone who is able to test for you.

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