Mailman 3 December 2010 - Python-announce-list

[RELEASED] Python 3.2 beta 1
by Georg Brandl 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On behalf of the Python development team, I'm happy to announce the first of two beta preview releases of Python 3.2. Python 3.2 is a continuation of the efforts to improve and stabilize the Python 3.x line. Since the final release of Python 2.7, the 2.x line will only receive bugfixes, and new features are developed for 3.x only. Since PEP 3003, the Moratorium on Language Changes, is in effect, there are no changes in Python's syntax and built-in types in Python 3.2. Development efforts concentrated on the standard library and support for porting code to Python 3. Highlights are: * numerous improvements to the unittest module * PEP 3147, support for .pyc repository directories * PEP 3149, support for version tagged dynamic libraries * PEP 3148, a new futures library for concurrent programming * PEP 384, a stable ABI for extension modules * PEP 391, dictionary-based logging configuration * an overhauled GIL implementation that reduces contention * an extended email package that handles bytes messages * countless fixes regarding bytes/string issues; among them full support for a bytes environment (filenames, environment variables) * many consistency and behavior fixes for numeric operations * a sysconfig module to access configuration information * a pure-Python implementation of the datetime module * additions to the shutil module, among them archive file support * improvements to pdb, the Python debugger For a more extensive list of changes in 3.2, see http://docs.python.org/3.2/whatsnew/3.2.html To download Python 3.2 visit: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.2/ Please consider trying Python 3.2 with your code and reporting any bugs you may notice to: http://bugs.python.org/ Enjoy! - -- Georg Brandl, Release Manager georg at python.org (on behalf of the entire python-dev team and 3.2's contributors) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkz9WcgACgkQN9GcIYhpnLBRYwCeMmH1GMmKOx9fVk8a/F0/TOzj Vp0AoIHYBNcxV/U0AXIwMGWFHi1bAB+a =KBam -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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SQLObject 0.15.0
by Oleg Broytman 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

Hello! I'm pleased to announce version 0.15.0, the first stable release of branch 0.15 of SQLObject. What is SQLObject ================= SQLObject is an object-relational mapper. Your database tables are described as classes, and rows are instances of those classes. SQLObject is meant to be easy to use and quick to get started with. SQLObject supports a number of backends: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Firebird, Sybase, MSSQL and MaxDB (also known as SAPDB). Where is SQLObject ================== Site: http://sqlobject.org Development: http://sqlobject.org/devel/ Mailing list: https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/sqlobject-discuss Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.sqlobject Download: http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/SQLObject/0.15.0 News and changes: http://sqlobject.org/News.html What's New ========== * Major API change: all signals are sent with the instance (or the class) as the first parameter. The following signals were changed: RowCreateSignal, RowCreatedSignal, DeleteColumnSignal. * Major API change: post-processing functions for all signals are called with the instance as the first parameter. The following signals were changed: RowUpdatedSignal, RowDestroySignal, RowDestroyedSignal. For a more complete list, please see the news: http://sqlobject.org/News.html Oleg. -- Oleg Broytman http://phd.pp.ru/ phd(a)phd.pp.ru Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.

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pytest-pep8 0.6: configurable PEP8 checking in py.test runs
by holger krekel 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

just released an initial version 0.6 of the pytest-pep8 plugin, integrating the ``pep8`` module into py.test runs, allowing full per-project customization and configuration. See http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest-pep8 for installation and configuration instructions. best, holger Usage ----------------- install pytest-pep8 via:: easy_install pytest-pep8 # or pip install pytest-pep8 and then type:: py.test --pep8 to activate source code checking. Every file ending in ``.py`` will be discovered and checked, starting from the command line arguments. For example, if you have a file like this:: # content of myfile.py somefunc( 123,456) you can run it with:: $ py.test --pep8 =========================== test session starts ============================ platform linux2 -- Python 2.6.5 -- pytest-2.0.1.dev1 pep8 ignore opts: E202 E221 E222 E241 E301 E302 E401 E501 E701 W293 W391 W601 W602 collecting ... collected 1 items myfile.py F ================================= FAILURES ================================= ________________________________ PEP8-check ________________________________ /tmp/doc-exec-12/myfile.py:2:10: E201 whitespace after '(' somefunc( 123,456) ^ /tmp/doc-exec-12/myfile.py:2:14: E231 missing whitespace after ',' somefunc( 123,456) ^ ========================= 1 failed in 0.01 seconds ========================= Note that in the testing header you see the current list of default "ignores". For the meaning of these error and warning codes, see the error output when running against your files or checkout `pep8.py <https://github.com/jcrocholl/pep8/blob/master/pep8.py>`_. Configuring PEP8 options per-project --------------------------------------------- Lastly, you may configure PEP8-checking options for your project by adding an ``pep8options`` entry to your ``pytest.ini`` or ``setup.cfg`` file like this:: [pytest] pep8options = +W293 -E200 Running PEP8 checks and no other tests --------------------------------------------- You can also restrict your test run to only perform "pep8" tests and not any other tests by typing:: py.test --pep8 -k pep8 This will only run tests that are marked with the "pep8" keyword which is added for the pep8 test items added by this plugin. Notes ------------- The repository of this plugin is at http://bitbucket.org/hpk42/pytest-pep8 For more info on py.test see http://pytest.org The code is partially based on Ronny Pfannschmidt's pytest-codecheckers plugin.

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ANN: SfePy 2010.4
by Robert Cimrman 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

I am pleased to announce release 2010.4 of SfePy. Description ----------- SfePy (simple finite elements in Python) is a software for solving systems of coupled partial differential equations by the finite element method. The code is based on NumPy and SciPy packages. It is distributed under the new BSD license. Home page: http://sfepy.org Mailing lists, issue tracking: http://code.google.com/p/sfepy/ Git (source) repository: http://github.com/sfepy Documentation: http://docs.sfepy.org/doc Highlights of this release -------------------------- - higher order elements - refactoring of geometries (reference mappings) - transparent DOF vector synchronization with variables - interface variables defined on a surface region For more information on this release, see http://sfepy.googlecode.com/svn/web/releases/2010.4_RELEASE_NOTES.txt (full release notes, rather long and technical). Best regards, Robert Cimrman and Contributors (*) (*) Contributors to this release (alphabetical order): Vladimír Lukeš, Logan Sorenson, Olivier Verdier

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asciitable 0.4.0
by Tald 04 Dec '10

04 Dec '10

I'd like to announce the release of version 0.4.0 of asciitable, an extensible module for reading and writing ASCII tables. This release adds the capability to handle bad or missing values in the input table. Thanks to Moritz Guenther for contributing this new feature. Please see: http://cxc.harvard.edu/contrib/asciitable/#replace-bad-or-missing-values Regards, Tom Aldcroft

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Scalpel Audio Editor 0.8.0
by Pierre 04 Dec '10

04 Dec '10

Scalpel is an audio editor for Linux written in Python. It aims at providing a simple-to-use and easy-to-extend audio editor. Sound hackers, get started translating your Matlab routines into Python/Numpy functions! Scalpel uses PyGTK for the user interface, Numpy for the internal processing, ALSA for the audio playing and libsndfile for reading and writing files. A minimal part of the code is written in Cython for better performance. Scalpel still has some rough edges but is quite usable. Try it now and be sure to send your feedback. Links: * Homepage: http://scalpelsound.online.fr * Source: http://gitorious.org/scalpel * Pypi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/scalpel

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Announcing an update (v1.7) of YaMA, the meeting assistant
by Atul 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Hi, Yet Another Meeting Assistant (YaMA), will help you with the Agenda, Meeting Invitations, Minutes of a Meeting as well as Action Points. If you are the assigned minute taker at any meeting, this tool is for you. Checkout http://yama.sourceforge.net/ YaMA is written in Python and Tkinter, is open source software released under GPLv2, and is hosted by SourceForge (www.sourceforge.net) Whats New in version 1.7 : 1. Generate wiki-aware minutes and paste directly into your team wiki pages 2. Save and load options to files so that you can use different options for different meetings 3. Assign an hourly cost for each attendee and calculate and communicate the cost of the meeting in the mintues. -- Atul

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Wing IDE 3.2.12 released
by Wingware 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

Hi, Wingware has released version 3.2.12 of Wing IDE, an integrated development environment designed specifically for the Python programming language. This release includes the following improvements: * Support for Stackless version 2.7 * Correctly ignore exceptions in debugger for logged exceptions * Fix indent conversion when file had inconsistent eol characters * Change Mako block commenting to use ## * Fix testing tool result display when re-running similarly named tests * 8 other minor bug fixes See http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/3.2.12/CHANGELOG.txt for details. *Downloads* Wing IDE Professional http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide/3.2 Wing IDE Personal http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide-personal/3.2 Wing IDE 101 http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide-101/3.2 *About Wing IDE* Wing IDE is an integrated development environment designed specifically for the Python programming language. It provides powerful editing, testing, and debugging features that help reduce development and debugging time, cut down on coding errors, and make it easier to understand and navigate Python code. Wing IDE can be used to develop Python code for web, GUI, and embedded scripting applications. Wing IDE is available in three product levels: Wing IDE Professional is the full-featured Python IDE, Wing IDE Personal offers a reduced feature set at a low price, and Wing IDE 101 is a free simplified version designed for teaching entry level programming courses with Python. Version 3.2 of Wing IDE Professional includes the following major features: * Professional quality code editor with vi, emacs, and other keyboard personalities * Code intelligence for Python: Auto-completion, call tips, goto-definition, error indicators, smart indent and re-wrapping, and source navigation * Advanced multi-threaded debugger with graphical UI, command line interaction, conditional breakpoints, data value tool tips over code, watch tool, and externally launched and remote debugging * Powerful search and replace options including keyboard driven and graphical UIs, multi-file, wild card, and regular expression search and replace * Version control integration for Subversion, CVS, Bazaar, git, Mercurial, and Perforce * Integrated unit testing for the unittest, nose, and doctest frameworks * Many other features including project manager, bookmarks, code snippets, OS command integration, indentation manager, PyLint integration, and perspectives * Extremely configurable and may be extended with Python scripts Please refer to the feature list at http://wingware.com/wingide/features for a detailed listing of features by product level. System requirements are Windows 2000 or later, OS X 10.3.9 or later for PPC or Intel (requires X11 Server), or a recent Linux system (either 32 or 64 bit). Wing IDE supports Python versions 2.0.x through 3.1.x and Stackless Python. For more information, see http://wingware.com/products *Purchasing and Upgrading* Wing 3.2 is a free upgrade for all Wing IDE 3.0 and 3.1 users. Version 2.x licenses cost 1/2 the normal price to upgrade. Upgrade a license: https://wingware.com/store/upgrade Purchase a license: https://wingware.com/store/purchase -- Wingware | Python IDE The Intelligent Development Environment for Python Programmers www.wingware.com

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