Mailman 3 October 2010 - Python-announce-list

[ANN] Pyspread 0.1.2 released
by Martin Manns 29 Oct '10

29 Oct '10

Pyspread 0.1.2 released ======================= I am pleased to announce the new release 0.1.2 of pyspread. About: ------ Pyspread is a cross-platform Python spreadsheet application. It is based on and written in the programming language Python. Instead of spreadsheet formulas, Python expressions are entered into the spreadsheet cells. Each expression returns a Python object that can be accessed from other cells. These objects can represent anything including lists or matrices. Pyspread runs on Linux and *nix platforms with GTK support as well as on Windows (XP and Vista tested). On Mac OS X, some icons are too small but the application basically works. Homepage -------- http://pyspread.sourceforge.net Changes to 0.1.1 ---------------- New features: * Added function to make a cell visible * Third cell justification "center" added * Ctrl-F now points to find toolbar instead of find dialog * Frozen state is now saved * Entering text in a cell now deletes old text * Added function F5 (in menu View) for refreshing selected cells * Save option "pys file with/without gpg signature" added Bug fixes: * Grid flicker reduced * Printing works again * Changing the table now empties the entry line and does not mess up data any more (BUG 3030172) * 1D printing bug fixed (BUG 2790444) * Loading a file from command line no longer deletes cell 0,0,0 (BUG 3030880) * Undoing paste operations now works (BUG 3019334) * Bitmap toggle buttons now work in Windows as well * Marks undo and redo operation do not accumulate any more * Undoing text font and textattribute changes works now * CSV import dialog apply button removed * Cell limit (2**26) for 32 bit systems removed * Prints of off-screen areas now correctly center on page * Help now works when not in the home directory * Double underscores in Tutorial corrected * Pyspread gpg key name changed to pyspread_<user-id> * Deleting rows and columns can be undone again * When reversing search, all values are now found * Saved pys files now have .pys suffix added automatically * Fixed font size reset bug when setting font attributes * Loading a file from command line now checks signature correctly * Fixed moving cells bug for edits in non top-left grid position in wx.GTK Enjoy Martin

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Shorten for Python 3.1 (Petit abgéré Python 3.1)
by Laurent Pointal 29 Oct '10

29 Oct '10

This is (sadly) not an update of the PARC, just a two-sides A4, in french, for students, but which can be reused by other people as a memento. It is available at: http://perso.limsi.fr/pointal/python:cours:abrege Direct PDF link: http://perso.limsi.fr/pointal/_media/python:cours:abregepython.pdf And if you want to rework/modify it (by exemple traduce the few sentences it contains into english, deutch, spanish... - I'll be happy to put it online in same page), the source ODT link: http://perso.limsi.fr/pointal/_media/python:cours:abregepython.odt A+ Laurent. -- Laurent POINTAL - laurent.pointal(a)laposte.net 3 allée des Orangers - 91940 Les Ulis - France Tél. 01 69 29 06 59

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Python Bootcamp - 2 weeks left, Register Now! (Nov 15-19, 2010)
by Chander Ganesan 29 Oct '10

29 Oct '10

Just a reminder that there are only 2 weeks remaining to register for the Open Technology Group's Python Bootcamp, a 5 day hands-on, intensive, in-depth introduction to Python. This course is confirmed and guaranteed to run. OTG's Python Bootcamp is a 5 day intensive course that teaches programmers how to design, develop, and debug applications using the Python programming language. Over a 5 day period through a set of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on exercises, students will learn how to develop powerful applications using Python and integrate their new found Python skills in their day-to-day job activities. Students will also learn how to utilize Python's Database API to interface with relational databases. Travel not in the budget? Need to stay home? Now you can - our Virtual instructor-led option allows you to attend class from the comfort of your home - from anywhere in the world! As always, a live instructor-led option is available as well. Visit our web site (link below) today to learn more! Worried about the costs of air and hotel to travel for training? Don't! Our All-Inclusive Packages provide round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations and are available for all students attending from the Continental US, parts of Canada, and parts of Europe! Best of all, these packages can be booked up to Nov 14, 2010! For complete course outline/syllabus, or to enroll, call us at 877-258-8987 or visit our web site at: http://www.otg-nc.com/python-bootcamp Our Python bootcamp courses are taught by the same knowledgeable instructors that you see delivering tutorials at conferences such as LinuxWorld, PyCon, OSCON, and more! Attend our training to learn why the Army, Navy, NIST, NOAA, US Treasury, Federal Reserve, Wells Fargo and a wide range of Fortune 500, 100, and 50 companies repeatedly choose OTG to fulfill their Open Source training needs. This Python course is available for on-site delivery world-wide (we bring the class to you) for a group as small as 3, for as little as $8,000 (including instructor travel & per-diem)! Our course is guaranteed to run, regardless of enrollment, and available in an "all inclusive" package that includes round-trip airfare, 5 nights of hotel accommodation, shuttle services (to/from the airport, to/from our facility, and to/from local eateries/shopping), and our training. All-inclusive packages are priced from $2,495 for the 5 day course (course only is $2,295). For more information - or to schedule an on-site course, please contact us at 877-258-8987 . The Open Technology Group is the world leader in the development and delivery of training solutions focused around Open Source technologies. -- Chander Ganesan Open Technology Group, Inc. One Copley Parkway, Suite 210 Morrisville, NC 27560 919-463-0999/877-258-8987 http://www.otg-nc.com

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ANN: ActivePython 3.1.2.4 (with PyPM) is now available
by Sridhar Ratnakumar 27 Oct '10

27 Oct '10

ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePython 3.1.2.4, a complete, ready-to-install binary distribution of Python 3.1. A major update in this release is that PyPM (ActiveState's Python Package Manager) is now included with full support for installing Python 3 packages. http://www.activestate.com/activepython What's New in ActivePython-3.1.2.4 ================================== *Release date: 26-Oct-2010* New Features & Upgrades ----------------------- - PyPM (beta) for Python 3 - New tools: Distribute, virtualenv5, SQLAlchemy - [Windows] Installer upgrade: automatically uninstall previous versions - Bug #87783 - [MacOSX] 64-bit support; uses Tcl/Tk 8.5 - [Linux] Include Tcl/Tk development files - Security upgrade to openssl-0.9.8o Noteworthy Changes & Bug Fixes ------------------------------ - [Windows] Include IDLE in the Start Menu shortcut, instead of PythonWin - [Windows] Add file extension to Tools\scripts\2to3.py - Bug #87465 - [Windows] Add "python3.exe" - Bug #87275 - [Windows] Renamed "python31.exe" to "python3.1.exe" (Unix like) - [MacOSX] Fix uninstall on Snow Leopard (10.6) - [MacOSX] Fix Help index on Snow Leopard (10.6) - Bug #87290 - Bug #87600: create a `idleX.Y` script on unix What is ActivePython? ===================== ActivePython is ActiveState's binary distribution of Python. Builds for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux are made freely available. Solaris, HP-UX and AIX builds, and access to older versions are available in ActivePython Business, Enterprise and OEM editions: http://www.activestate.com/python ActivePython includes the Python core and the many core extensions: zlib and bzip2 for data compression, the Berkeley DB (bsddb) and SQLite (sqlite3) database libraries, OpenSSL bindings for HTTPS support, the Tix GUI widgets for Tkinter, ElementTree for XML processing, ctypes (on supported platforms) for low-level library access, and others. The Windows distribution ships with PyWin32 -- a suite of Windows tools developed by Mark Hammond, including bindings to the Win32 API and Windows COM. ActivePython 2.6, 2.7 and 3.1 also include a binary package manager for Python (PyPM) that can be used to install packages much easily. For example: C:\>pypm install mysql-python [...] C:\>python >>> import MySQLdb >>> See this page for full details: http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/3.1/whatsincluded.html As well, ActivePython ships with a wealth of documentation for both new and experienced Python programmers. In addition to the core Python docs, ActivePython includes the "What's New in Python" series, "Dive into Python", the Python FAQs & HOWTOs, and the Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs). An online version of the docs can be found here: http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/3.1/ We would welcome any and all feedback to: activepython-feedback(a)activestate.com Please file bugs against ActivePython at: http://bugs.activestate.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=ActivePython Supported Platforms =================== ActivePython is available for the following platforms: - Windows/x86 (32-bit) - Windows/x64 (64-bit) (aka "AMD64") - Mac OS X (32-bit and 64-bit; 10.5+) - Linux/x86 (32-bit) - Linux/x86_64 (64-bit) (aka "AMD64") - Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition only) - Solaris/x86 (32-bit) (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition only) - HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit) (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition only) - HP-UX/IA-64 (32-bit and 64-bit) (Enterprise or OEM edition only) - AIX/PowerPC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business, Enterprise or OEM edition only) More information about the Business Edition can be found here: http://www.activestate.com/business-edition Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition: http://www.activestate.com/enterprise-edition Thanks, and enjoy! The Python Team -- Sridhar Ratnakumar sridharr at activestate.com

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Practical Python Plus Django - Nov. 15-19 - Chicago
by David Beazley 26 Oct '10

26 Oct '10

One Week, Two Courses, Three Instructors ---------------------------------------- http://www.dabeaz.com/chicago/index.html Practical Python Programming November 15-17, 2010. An intense no-bull Python course for programmers, sysadmins, scientists, and engineers who want to know how to use Python to solve all manner of practical problems. Topics are aimed at tasks that you face on a day-to-day basis. For example, analyzing data files, encoding/decoding various file formats, accessing databases, scraping web pages, automating system tasks, and more. Even if you already know some Python, you will walk away from this course with new insights and ideas on how to write better programs. Jamming with Django : An Introduction November 18-19, 2010. A two-day hands-on course where students will go through the basics to the not-so-basics of putting together a Django web application. Topics include databases and the data-model abstraction layer, processing web requests in the view layer, handling user interaction through forms, reusing pluggable Django applications, the template language, project organization, best practices, and tricks of the trade. ---------------------------------------- These courses are taught by David Beazley, author of the Python Essential Reference and Chicago-area Django developers Chad Glendenin and Rodrigo Guzman, founders of PyBrew. Attendance is strictly limited to 6 students. More information is available here: http://www.dabeaz.com/chicago/index.html Cheers, Dave

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Pogo 0.2
by Jendrik Seipp 26 Oct '10

26 Oct '10

I am proud to announce the first release of Pogo, probably the simplest and fastest audio player for Linux. You can get the tarball and an Ubuntu deb package at http://launchpad.net/pogo What is Pogo? -------------------- Pogo plays your music. Nothing else. It tries to be fast and easy-to-use. Pogo's elementary-inspired design uses the screen-space very efficiently. It is especially well-suited for people who organize their music by albums on the harddrive. The main interface components are a directory tree and a playlist that groups albums in an innovative way. Pogo is a fork of Decibel Audio Player. Supported file formats include Ogg Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Musepack, Wavpack, and MPEG-4 AAC. Pogo is written in Python and uses GTK and gstreamer. What's new in 0.2 "I hold the candle while you dance upon the flame" (2010-10-21) ==================================================================== * Make startup even faster by saving the playlist with its formatting * Make track drag'n'drop faster by caching the tracks * MPRIS support: Send DBus messages about play events (code from decibel) * Do some profiling to improve general speed * Append files added on commandline (pogo mytrack.mp3 myalbum myothertrack.mp3) * Append files added from nautilus right-click menu * Correctly add multiply nested directories * Activate the Covers and Notifications modules by default * Hide volume button (Only duplicates functionality of the Sound Indicator) * Updated Translations Cheers, Jendrik

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PyCon 2011 Reminder: Call for Proposals, Posters and Tutorials - us.pycon.org
by Jesse Noller 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

PyCon 2011 Reminder: Call for Proposals, Posters and Tutorials - us.pycon.org =============================================== Well, it's October 25th! The leaves have turned and the deadline for submitting main-conference talk proposals expires in 7 days (November 1st, 2010)! We are currently accepting main conference talk proposals: http://us.pycon.org/2011/speaker/proposals/ Tutorial Proposals: http://us.pycon.org/2011/speaker/proposals/tutorials/ Poster Proposals: http://us.pycon.org/2011/speaker/posters/cfp/ PyCon 2011 will be held March 9th through the 17th, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Home of some of the best southern food you can possibly find on Earth!) The PyCon conference days will be March 11-13, preceded by two tutorial days (March 9-10), and followed by four days of development sprints (March 14-17). We are also proud to announce that we have booked our first Keynote speaker - Hilary Mason, her bio: "Hilary is the lead scientist at bit.ly, where she is finding sense in vast data sets. She is a former computer science professor with a background in machine learning and data mining, has published numerous academic papers, and regularly releases code on her personal site, http://www.hilarymason.com/. She has discovered two new species, loves to bake cookies, and asks way too many questions." We're really looking forward to having her this year as a keynote speaker! Remember, we've also added an "Extreme" talk track this year - no introduction, no fluff - only the pure technical meat! For more information on "Extreme Talks" see: http://us.pycon.org/2011/speaker/extreme/ We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta! Please also note - registration for PyCon 2011 will also be capped at a maximum of 1,500 delegates, including speakers. When registration opens (soon), you're going to want to make sure you register early! Speakers with accepted talks will have a guaranteed slot. We have published all registration prices online at: http://us.pycon.org/2011/tickets/ Important Dates November 1st, 2010: Talk proposals due. December 15th, 2010: Acceptance emails sent. January 19th, 2011: Early bird registration closes. March 9-10th, 2011: Tutorial days at PyCon. March 11-13th, 2011: PyCon main conference. March 14-17th, 2011: PyCon sprints days. Contact Emails: Van Lindberg (Conference Chair) - van(a)python.org Jesse Noller (Co-Chair) - jnoller(a)python.org PyCon Organizers list: pycon-organizers(a)python.org

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libsndfile-python : python wrapper for libsndfile
by ./ed 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

Hi all, I am pleased to announce a release of a python wrapper for libsndfile. This is a re-installment of a previous version from Rob Melby (arcsin.org) with a numpy support. This a early beta release that worked fine for years using numpy and mostly intended for scientific applications. However I am not confident for non-macosx release. In addition libsndfile does not allow bundle building so the mpkg ships with its custom build of libsndfile. Consequently the source package should only works on Unixes. It is implied but libsndfile is needed : http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/ Please visit https://code.google.com/p/libsndfile-python/ for package information and https://code.google.com/p/libsndfile-python/downloads/list for available downloads. Help and feedback is really appreciated! Best, ./Ed

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ANN: grin 1.2.1
by Robert Kern 24 Oct '10

24 Oct '10

grin is a grep-like tool for recursively searching through text files, primarily source code. Download: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/grin SVN: https://svn.enthought.com/svn/sandbox/grin/trunk License: BSD grin 1.2.1 is a bug-fix release. * Windows defaults to not coloring the output. (Paul Pelzl) report. * Fix the reading of gzip files. (Brandon Craig Rhodes) * Quit gracefully when piping to a program that exits prematurely. (Brandon Craig Rhodes) * Sort the basenames of files during traversal in order to maintain a repeatable ordering. (Brandon Craig Rhodes) -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco

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[ANN] ftputil 2.5 released
by Stefan Schwarzer 24 Oct '10

24 Oct '10

ftputil 2.5 is now available from http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net/download . Changes since version 2.4.2 --------------------------- - As announced over a year ago [1], the `xreadlines` method for FTP file objects has been removed, and exceptions can no longer be accessed via the `ftputil` namespace. Only use `ftp_error` to access the exceptions. The distribution contains a small tool `find_deprecated_code.py` to scan a directory tree for the deprecated uses. Invoke the program with the `--help` option to see a description. - Upload and download methods now accept a `callback` argument to do things during a transfer. Modification time comparisons in `upload_if_newer` and `download_if_newer` now consider the timestamp precision of the remote file which may lead to some unnecessary transfers. These can be avoided by waiting at least a minute between calls of `upload_if_newer` (or `download_if_newer`) for the same file. See the documentation for details [2]. - The `FTPHost` class got a `keep_alive` method. It should be used carefully though, not routinely. Please read the description [3] in the documentation. - Several bugs were fixed [4-7]. - The source code was restructured. The tests are now in a `test` subdirectory and are no longer part of the release archive. You can still get them via the source repository. Licensing matters have been moved to a common `LICENSE` file. What is ftputil? ---------------- ftputil is a high-level FTP client library for the Python programming language. ftputil implements a virtual file system for accessing FTP servers, that is, it can generate file-like objects for remote files. The library supports many functions similar to those in the os, os.path and shutil modules. ftputil has convenience functions for conditional uploads and downloads, and handles FTP clients and servers in different timezones. Read the documentation at http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net/documentation . License ------- ftputil is Open Source software, released under the revised BSD license (see http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php ). [1] http://codespeak.net/pipermail/ftputil/2009q1/000256.html [2] http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net/trac/wiki/Documentation#uploading-and-downloa… [3] http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net/trac/wiki/Documentation#keep-alive [4] http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net/trac/ticket/44 [5] http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net/trac/ticket/46 [6] http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net/trac/ticket/47 [7] http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net/trac/ticket/51 Stefan

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