Mailman 3 September 2012 - Python-announce-list

PyCon DE 2012 - Free Barcamp, Sprints and Code Retreat
by Mike Müller 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

You can now register for the barcamp, our new code retreat and the sprints at PyCon DE 2012 [1]. Registration is free. Just put your name on this wiki page [2] and your are registered. Please sign up as soon as possible that helps us to plan. The second PyCon DE [3] will be in Leipzig from October 29 through November 3, 2012. One tutorial day, three days with talks and two days with a barcamp, code retreat and sprints will provide different ways to communicate about Python. There will be social events to give everybody ample opportunity to network with like-minded Pythonistas. The registration [4] is open. Don't miss the chances to secure your ticket. Follow us on Twitter under @pyconde to stay up-to-date. Cheers, Mike Hallo Python-Freunde, die Anmeldung für Barcamp/Code-Retreat/Sprints ist eröffnet [1]. Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos. Bitte tragt Euch auf der entsprechenden Wiki-Seite [2] ein, damit wir planen können. Die zweite PyCon DE [3] findet vom 29. Oktober bis zum 3. November 2012 in Leipzig statt. Also gleich anmelden [4], um das größte Treffen der deutschsprachigem Python-Community nicht zu verpassen. Wer immer über die PyCon DE auf dem Laufenden bleiben möchte kann uns auch auf Twitter unter @pyconde folgen. Viele Grüße Mike [1] https://2012.de.pycon.org/programm/barcamp/ [2] http://wiki.python.de/PyConDe/2012/ [3] https://2012.de.pycon.org/ [4] https://2012.de.pycon.org/tickets/

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PyCon DE 2012 - Detailed program online
by Mike Müller 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

The program of PyCon DE [1] now links to details of the talks and tutorials. The second PyCon DE [2] will be in Leipzig from October 29 through November 3, 2012. One tutorial day, three days with talks and two days with a barcamp, code retreat and sprints will provide different ways to communicate about Python. There will be social events to give everybody ample opportunity to network with like-minded Pythonistas. The registration [3] is open. Don't miss the chances to secure your ticket. Follow us on Twitter under @pyconde to stay up-to-date. Cheers, Mike Hallo Python-Freunde, das Programm hat jetzt Details zu allen Vorträgen und Tutorials [1]. Die zweite PyCon DE [2] findet vom 29. Oktober bis zum 3. November 2012 in Leipzig statt. Also gleich anmelden [3], um das größte Treffen der deutschsprachigen Python-Community nicht zu verpassen. Wer immer über die PyCon DE auf dem Laufenden bleiben möchte kann uns auch auf Twitter unter @pyconde folgen. Viele Grüße Mike [1] https://2012.de.pycon.org/programm/schedule/ [2] https://2012.de.pycon.org/ [3] https://2012.de.pycon.org/tickets/

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Wing IDE 4.1.8 released
by Wingware 10 Sep '12

10 Sep '12

Hi, Wingware has released version 4.1.8 of Wing IDE, our integrated development environment designed specifically for the Python programming language. Wing IDE provides a professional quality code editor with vi, emacs, and other key bindings, auto-completion, call tips, refactoring, context-aware auto-editing, a powerful graphical debugger, version control, unit testing, search, and many other features. For details see http://wingware.com/ This minor release includes: Added How-Tos for The Foundry's NUKE/NUKEX and IDA Python Track file operations in Project at the revision control level Accept glob style wildcards for Filter in Search in Files Support analysis of extension modules within zip archives Fix searching of documentation Several VI mode files Several auto-editing and auto-completion fixes Fix excessive memory use by the Perforce integration Copy existing window's tool layout when creating new windows Less confusing auto-save recovery About 35 other bug fixes and minor improvements For a complete change log see http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/4.1.8/CHANGELOG.txt Free trial: http://wingware.com/wingide/trial Downloads: http://wingware.com/downloads Feature matrix: http://wingware.com/wingide/features More information: http://wingware.com/ Sales: http://wingware.com/store/purchase Upgrades: https://wingware.com/store/upgrade Questions? Don't hesitate to email us at sales(a)wingware.com. Thanks, -- Stephan Deibel Wingware | Python IDE Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com

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[RELEASED] Python 3.3.0 release candidate 2
by Georg Brandl 09 Sep '12

09 Sep '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On behalf of the Python development team, I'm delighted to announce the second release candidate of Python 3.3.0. This is a preview release, and its use is not recommended in production settings. Python 3.3 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, as well as easier porting between 2.x and 3.x. Major new features and changes in the 3.3 release series are: * PEP 380, syntax for delegating to a subgenerator ("yield from") * PEP 393, flexible string representation (doing away with the distinction between "wide" and "narrow" Unicode builds) * A C implementation of the "decimal" module, with up to 80x speedup for decimal-heavy applications * The import system (__import__) now based on importlib by default * The new "lzma" module with LZMA/XZ support * PEP 397, a Python launcher for Windows * PEP 405, virtual environment support in core * PEP 420, namespace package support * PEP 3151, reworking the OS and IO exception hierarchy * PEP 3155, qualified name for classes and functions * PEP 409, suppressing exception context * PEP 414, explicit Unicode literals to help with porting * PEP 418, extended platform-independent clocks in the "time" module * PEP 412, a new key-sharing dictionary implementation that significantly saves memory for object-oriented code * PEP 362, the function-signature object * The new "faulthandler" module that helps diagnosing crashes * The new "unittest.mock" module * The new "ipaddress" module * The "sys.implementation" attribute * A policy framework for the email package, with a provisional (see PEP 411) policy that adds much improved unicode support for email header parsing * A "collections.ChainMap" class for linking mappings to a single unit * Wrappers for many more POSIX functions in the "os" and "signal" modules, as well as other useful functions such as "sendfile()" * Hash randomization, introduced in earlier bugfix releases, is now switched on by default In total, almost 500 API items are new or improved in Python 3.3. For a more extensive list of changes in 3.3.0, see http://docs.python.org/3.3/whatsnew/3.3.html To download Python 3.3.0 visit: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.3.0/ Please consider trying Python 3.3.0 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 3.3's contributors) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlBMYJMACgkQN9GcIYhpnLCc5ACfcufn57tkNBPFU7qCpZ74GzjW msMAn3sIwWHLdqixypnnyMBOw1ijILjo =+e0e -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[ANN]Uliweb 0.1.5 released!
by limodou 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

https://github.com/limodou/uliweb/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md -- I like python! UliPad <<The Python Editor>>: http://code.google.com/p/ulipad/ UliWeb <<simple web framework>>: https://github.com/limodou/uliweb My Blog: http://my.oschina.net/limodou

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odt2sphinx 0.2.3 released
by Christophe de Vienne 06 Sep '12

06 Sep '12

Hello, odt2sphinx 0.2.3 is now available on pypi : http://pypi.python.org/pypi/odt2sphinx/. Odt2sphinx convert OpenDocument Text file(s) to one or several .rst files suitable for Sphinx. Changes ------- * Fix filename generation by replacing any non-alphanumeric character (issue #3). * Fix handling of non-styled lists. Regards, Christophe de Vienne

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Fwd: PhD Python & Smalltalk grant possibility (Lille/INRIA)
by Mariano Reingart 05 Sep '12

05 Sep '12

FYI ========================================= Context: Dynamically-typed languages cannot take advantage of static type information. In this context we would like to study the benefit of the introduction of static types *annotations* on library design and general robustness. The benefits can be at the level of the robustness (bug identification), but also tools (IDE) and support for assembly generation/c in case of JIT. The PhD grant is financed in the context of the Safe Python project therefore the Ph.D. will have to work in contact do we with the project partners and help in the context of some deliverables. The following tasks have to be done: - RPython is not formally defined. One of the first task will be to define the formal semantic of RPython. One approach is to write a RPython interpreter based on an operational semantics and to compare the output with the RPython interpreter. We will certainly use PLT redex which is a domain-specific language to specify and debug operational semantics. - We may use the abstract syntax tree of PyLint and use the Frama-C infrastructure. We will also consider to build a Python parser based on petitParser. - Define of some default metrics may also be necessary for the SafePython project. Their definition should be trivial on ASTs. - Analysis of the benefits of static typing for RPython. One idea is to study the existing python libraries and analyze the "distance" to the RPython subset. - Exploring type checking in presence of inconsistent type annotations. - Since we are developing Pharo and that static type annotation are important to support C or assembly generation, we would like to apply the same technique to Pharo: - define a syntax to support type annotation (reuse the one developed by Pleaid team member) - perform some analysis of existing library. References [1] D. Ancona, M. Ancona, A Cuni, and N. Matsakis. RPython: a Step Towards Reconciling Dynamically and Statically Typed OO Languages. In OOPSLA 2007 Proceedings and Companion, DLS'07: Proceedings of the 2007 Symposium on Dynamic Languages, pages 53-64. ACM, 2007. [2] A Visual Environment for Developing Context-Sensitive Term Rewriting Systems Jacob Matthews, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt, and Matthias Felleisen [3] Felleisen,M.,Hieb,R.:The revised report on the syntactic theories of sequential control and state. (1992) 235–271 Skills and Profile You must hold a Master's in computer science, control engineering, mathematics, scientific computation or an equivalent diploma. Nationality is not taken into consideration. Knowledge in programming language design. Object-oriented programming with knowledge of Smalltalk and Python are a plus. About Lille and INRIA: Lille is located in the north of france at the border to Belgium one hour from Paris, 1h20 from London, 35 min from Brussels, by train. French food, combined with belgian beer. RMoD: http://rmod.lille.inria.fr INRIA Lille: http://www.inria.fr/lille/ INRIA in General: http://www.inria.fr Lille: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lille http://wikitravel.org/en/LilleBenefits/Users/ducasse/Workspace/FirstCircle/… Duration : 36 months – starting date of the contract : October 2012, 15th Salary: 1957,54 EUR the first two years and 2058,84 EUR the third year Monthly salary after taxes: around 1597,11 EUR the 1st two years and 1679,76 EUR the 3rd year (social security included). Possibility of French courses Help for housing Scientific Resident card and help for husband/wife visa Additional Information Application deadline: 15 September 2012 Contact for position: stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr

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Pogo 0.8
by Jendrik Seipp 05 Sep '12

05 Sep '12

I am proud to announce a new release of Pogo, probably the simplest and fastest audio player for Linux. The tarball and an Ubuntu PPA are available at http://launchpad.net/pogo What is Pogo? -------------------- Pogo plays your music. Nothing else. It is both fast and easy-to-use. The clear interface uses the screen real-estate very efficiently. Other features include: Fast search on the harddrive and in the playlist, smart album grouping, cover display, desktop notifications and no music library. Pogo is a fork of Decibel Audio Player and supports most common audio formats. It is written in Python and uses GTK+ and gstreamer. What's new in 0.8 "You thought you'd set the bar" (2012-09-05) ================================================= * Control pogo from the commandline. The commands play, pause, next, prev and stop are supported. (lp:986164) * When pogo is started with tracks on the commandline, append the tracks to the old playlist. * Start playback automatically at startup by calling "pogo play". * Prevent automatic playback when tracks are given on the commandline with "pogo MyFile.mp3 pause". * Delete corrupted cover file if a cover cannot be correctly resized. * Do not try to update missing rows when a search is made quickly after startup. * Do not change volume level (sets volume to max in Fedora). * Highlight the parts of the query all at once to fix false highlighting. * Update translations. Cheers, Jendrik

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ConFoo 2013, Montreal - Call for speakers
by Andy McKay 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

ConFoo 2013 will be held on February 25 through March 1 in Montreal, Canada. The team just opened its call for papers. Candidates can submit proposals until September 23. Consult the call for papers [1] page for details and to start submitting. That page also explains what expenses ConFoo can cover for speakers. You can even get advice [2] on how to write proposals. The call for papers is public, meaning that all proposals get published on the website for others to vote and comment on. This approach allows the organizers to pick subjects that have most interest in the community. The comments are only visible to speakers and organizers to avoid influencing the votes. See you at ConFoo! [1] http://confoo.ca/en/call-for-papers [2] http://confoo.ca/en/call-for-papers/guidelines -- Andy McKay On behalf of the ConFoo organizing committee.

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ANN: WorQ 1.0.0
by Daniel Miller 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

Introducing WorQ 1.0.0, a Python task queue =========================================== WorQ is a Python task queue that can execute tasks in parallel in a worker pool. Workers can run in a single process, multiple processes on a single machine, or many processes on many machines. It ships with two backend options (memory and redis) and two worker pool implementations (multi-process and threaded). Task results can be monitored, waited on, or passed as arguments to another task. Documentation: http://worq.readthedocs.org/ Source: https://github.com/millerdev/WorQ/ PyPI: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/WorQ About this release: =================== This is the initial release. WorQ is licensed under the MIT license.

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