Mailman 3 September 2014 - Python-announce-list

ANN: SfePy 2014.3
by Robert Cimrman Sept. 25, 2014

Sept. 25, 2014

I am pleased to announce release 2014.3 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 or by the isogeometric analysis (preliminary support). It is distributed under the new BSD license. Home page: http://sfepy.org Mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/sfepy-devel Git (source) repository, issue tracker, wiki: http://github.com/sfepy Highlights of this release -------------------------- - isogeometric analysis (IGA) speed-up by C implementation of NURBS basis evaluation - generalized linear combination boundary conditions that work between different fields/variables and support non-homogeneous periodic conditions - non-constant essential boundary conditions given by a function in IGA - reorganized and improved documentation For full release notes see http://docs.sfepy.org/doc/release_notes.html#id1 (rather long and technical). Best regards, Robert Cimrman and Contributors (*) (*) Contributors to this release (alphabetical order): Vladimir Lukes, Matyas Novak, Zhihua Ouyang, Jaroslav Vondrejc

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tox-1.8: parametrized/generative environments
by holger krekel Sept. 24, 2014

Sept. 24, 2014

tox 1.8: Generative/combinatorial environments specs ============================================================================= I am happy to announce tox 1.8 which implements parametrized environments and should otherwise be fully backward compatible to tox-1.7.2. See https://tox.testrun.org/latest/config.html#generating-environments-conditio… for examples and the new backward compatible syntax in your tox.ini file. Many thanks to Alexander Schepanovski for implementing and refining it based on the specifcation draft. More documentation about tox in general: http://tox.testrun.org/ Installation: pip install -U tox code hosting and issue tracking on bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/hpk42/tox What is tox? ---------------- tox standardizes and automates tedious test activities driven from a simple ``tox.ini`` file, including: * creation and management of different virtualenv environments with different Python interpreters * packaging and installing your package into each of them * running your test tool of choice, be it nose, py.test or unittest2 or other tools such as "sphinx" doc checks * testing dev packages against each other without needing to upload to PyPI best, Holger Krekel, merlinux GmbH Changes 1.8 (compared to 1.7.2) --------------------------------------- - new multi-dimensional configuration support. Many thanks to Alexander Schepanovski for the complete PR with docs. And to Mike Bayer and others for testing and feedback. - fix issue148: remove "__PYVENV_LAUNCHER__" from os.environ when starting subprocesses. Thanks Steven Myint. - fix issue152: set VIRTUAL_ENV when running test commands, thanks Florian Ludwig. - better report if we can't get version_info from an interpreter executable. Thanks Floris Bruynooghe.

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pytest-2.6.3: some fixes
by holger krekel Sept. 24, 2014

Sept. 24, 2014

pytest-2.6.3: fixes and little improvements =========================================================================== pytest is a mature Python testing tool with more than a 1100 tests against itself, passing on many different interpreters and platforms. This release is drop-in compatible to 2.5.2 and 2.6.X. See below for the changes and see docs at: http://pytest.org As usual, you can upgrade from pypi via:: pip install -U pytest Thanks to all who contributed, among them: Floris Bruynooghe Oleg Sinyavskiy Uwe Schmitt Charles Cloud Wolfgang Schnerring have fun, holger krekel Changes 2.6.3 ====================== - fix issue575: xunit-xml was reporting collection errors as failures instead of errors, thanks Oleg Sinyavskiy. - fix issue582: fix setuptools example, thanks Laszlo Papp and Ronny Pfannschmidt. - Fix infinite recursion bug when pickling capture.EncodedFile, thanks Uwe Schmitt. - fix issue589: fix bad interaction with numpy and others when showing exceptions. Check for precise "maximum recursion depth exceed" exception instead of presuming any RuntimeError is that one (implemented in py dep). Thanks Charles Cloud for analysing the issue. - fix conftest related fixture visibility issue: when running with a CWD outside a test package pytest would get fixture discovery wrong. Thanks to Wolfgang Schnerring for figuring out a reproducable example. - Introduce pytest_enter_pdb hook (needed e.g. by pytest_timeout to cancel the timeout when interactively entering pdb). Thanks Wolfgang Schnerring. - check xfail/skip also with non-python function test items. Thanks Floris Bruynooghe.

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xlwings v0.2.2 released
by Felix Zumstein Sept. 23, 2014

Sept. 23, 2014

I am happy to announce the release of xlwings v0.2.2: - Errors on Mac are now shown in a Messsage Box - The Range class features now an autofit method and much more, see the Release Notes here: http://docs.xlwings.org/whatsnew.html About xlwings: xlwings is a BSD-licensed python library that makes it easy to call python from Excel and vice versa: Interact with Excel from python using a syntax that is close to VBA yet pythonic. Replace your VBA macros with python code and still pass around your workbooks as easily as before. xlwings fully supports NumPy arrays and Pandas DataFrames. It works with Microsoft Excel on Windows and Mac. http://xlwings.org

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ANN: Python Meeting Düsseldorf - 30.09.2014
by eGenix Team: M.-A. Lemburg Sept. 23, 2014

Sept. 23, 2014

[This announcement is in German since it targets a local user group meeting in Düsseldorf, Germany] ________________________________________________________________________ ANKÜNDIGUNG Python Meeting Düsseldorf http://pyddf.de/ Ein Treffen von Python Enthusiasten und Interessierten in ungezwungener Atmosphäre. Dienstag, 30.09.2014, 18:00 Uhr Raum 1, 2.OG im Bürgerhaus Stadtteilzentrum Bilk Düsseldorfer Arcaden, Bachstr. 145, 40217 Düsseldorf Diese Nachricht ist auch online verfügbar: http://www.egenix.com/company/news/Python-Meeting-Duesseldorf-2014-09-30 ________________________________________________________________________ NEUIGKEITEN * Bereits angemeldete Vorträge: Charlie Clark "Generator Gotchas" Marc-Andre Lemburg "Python und Fliegen - Speicherbedarf von Python Objekten optimieren" Weiterhin werden wir die Ergebnisse des PyDDF Sprints 2014 vom kommenden Wochenende (http://pyddf.de/sprint2014) präsentieren. Weitere Vorträge können gerne noch angemeldet werden: info(a)pyddf.de * Startzeit und Ort: Wir treffen uns um 18:00 Uhr im Bürgerhaus in den Düsseldorfer Arcaden. Das Bürgerhaus teilt sich den Eingang mit dem Schwimmbad und befindet sich an der Seite der Tiefgarageneinfahrt der Düsseldorfer Arcaden. Über dem Eingang steht ein großes Schwimm'in Bilk Logo. Hinter der Tür direkt links zu den zwei Aufzügen, dann in den 2. Stock hochfahren. Der Eingang zum Raum 1 liegt direkt links, wenn man aus dem Aufzug kommt. Google Street View: http://bit.ly/11sCfiw ________________________________________________________________________ EINLEITUNG Das Python Meeting Düsseldorf ist eine regelmäßige Veranstaltung in Düsseldorf, die sich an Python Begeisterte aus der Region wendet: * http://pyddf.de/ Einen guten Überblick über die Vorträge bietet unser YouTube-Kanal, auf dem wir die Vorträge nach den Meetings veröffentlichen: * http://www.youtube.com/pyddf/ Veranstaltet wird das Meeting von der eGenix.com GmbH, Langenfeld, in Zusammenarbeit mit Clark Consulting & Research, Düsseldorf: * http://www.egenix.com/ * http://www.clark-consulting.eu/ ________________________________________________________________________ PROGRAMM Das Python Meeting Düsseldorf nutzt eine Mischung aus Open Space und Lightning Talks, wobei die Gewitter bei uns auch schon mal 20 Minuten dauern können ;-). Lightning Talks können vorher angemeldet werden, oder auch spontan während des Treffens eingebracht werden. Ein Beamer mit XGA Auflösung steht zur Verfügung. Folien bitte als PDF auf USB Stick mitbringen. Lightning Talk Anmeldung bitte formlos per EMail an info(a)pyddf.de ________________________________________________________________________ KOSTENBETEILIGUNG Das Python Meeting Düsseldorf wird von Python Nutzern für Python Nutzer veranstaltet. Um die Kosten zumindest teilweise zu refinanzieren, bitten wir die Teilnehmer um einen Beitrag in Höhe von EUR 10,00 inkl. 19% Mwst, Schüler und Studenten zahlen EUR 5,00 inkl. 19% Mwst. Wir möchten alle Teilnehmer bitten, den Betrag in bar mitzubringen. ________________________________________________________________________ ANMELDUNG Da wir nur für ca. 20 Personen Sitzplätze haben, möchten wir bitten, sich per EMail anzumelden. Damit wird keine Verpflichtung eingegangen. Es erleichtert uns allerdings die Planung. Meeting Anmeldung bitte formlos per EMail an info(a)pyddf.de ________________________________________________________________________ WEITERE INFORMATIONEN Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf der Webseite des Meetings: http://pyddf.de/ Mit freundlichen Grüßen, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Sep 23 2014) >>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2014-09-27: PyDDF Sprint 2014 ... 4 days to go 2014-09-30: Python Meeting Duesseldorf ... 7 days to go ::::: Try our 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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PyGObject 3.14.0 Released
by Simon Feltman Sept. 22, 2014

Sept. 22, 2014

I am pleased to announce version 3.14.0 of the Python bindings for GObject Introspection. This is the first stable release in the 3.14 series. This major release includes refactoring, bug-fixes, performance improvements, and a few API additions. Thanks to all the contributors and a special shout-out to Garrett Regier for some excellent refactoring and marshaling unification work for Python implemented virtual methods. This work enables out and inout array arguments for Python implemented virtual methods. Download ======== The new release is available from ftp.gnome.org: https://download.gnome.org/sources/pygobject/3.14/pygobject-3.14.0.tar.xz (703K) sha256sum: 779effa93f4b59cdb72f4ab0128fb3fd82900bf686193b570fd3a8ce63392d54 Notable changes since PyGObject 3.12.0 ====================================== - Gdk.Event supports setting union member fields directly based on the event type (Christoph Reiter) (#727810) - GLib.GError and GLib.Error are now unified (Simon Feltman) (#712519) - Non-introspected signals support marshaling cairo objects (Simon Feltman) (#694604) - GTypeClass methods show up as Python GObject class methods (Johan Dahlin) (#685218) - Widget.style_get_property and Container.child_get_property return values as Python native types when applicable, making the GValue argument optional. (Simon Feltman) (#685076) - Windows build fixes (Alexey Pavlov) (#734284, #734289, #734286, #734287) - Support for arrays with length fields on structs (Simon Feltman) (#688792) - Fast path Python property access (Simon Feltman) (#723872) - Memory leak fixes when accessing properties which are boxed types (Simon Feltman) (#726999) - [New API] Add gi.require_foreign (Simon Feltman) (#707735) - [New API] Add Gtk.Container.child_get/set overrides to match the C API (Simon Feltman) (#685076) - [New API] Add Python implementation of Object.connect_data() (Simon Feltman) (#701843) Contributors ============ Alexey Pavlov, Andre Klapper, Andrew Grigorev, Christoph Reiter, Garrett Regier, Ignacio Casal Quinteiro, Johan Dahlin, Martin Pitt, Olav Vitters, Paolo Borelli, Piotr Iwaniuk, Simon Feltman, Tobias Mueller About PyGObject =============== GObject is an object system used by GTK+, GStreamer and other libraries. PyGObject provides a convenient wrapper for use in Python programs when accessing GObject libraries. Like the GObject library itself PyGObject is licensed under the GNU LGPL, so is suitable for use in both free software and proprietary applications. It is already in use in many applications ranging from small single purpose scripts up to large full featured applications. PyGObject now dynamically accesses any GObject libraries that uses GObject Introspection. It replaces the need for separate modules such as PyGTK, GIO and python-gnome to build a full GNOME 3.0 application. Once new functionality is added to gobject library it is instantly available as a Python API without the need for intermediate Python glue.

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[RELEASE] Python 3.4.2rc1 is now available
by Larry Hastings Sept. 22, 2014

Sept. 22, 2014

On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.4 release team, I'm chuffed to announce the availability of Python 3.4.2rc1. Python 3.4.2 has many bugfixes and other small improvements over 3.4.1. One new feature for Mac OS X users: the OS X installers are now distributed as signed installer package files compatible with the OS X Gatekeeper security feature. You can download it here: https://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.2 Be seeing you, //arry/

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devpi-{server-2.1,web-2.2}: upload history, deploy status, groups
by holger krekel Sept. 22, 2014

Sept. 22, 2014

devpi-{server-2.1,web-2.2}: upload history, deploy status, groups ================================================================== With devpi-server-2.1 and devpi-web-2.2 you'll get a host of fixes and improvements as well as some major new features for the private pypi system: - upload history: release/tests/doc files now carry metadata for by whom, when and to which index something was uploaded - deployment status: the new json /+status gives detailed information about a replica or master's internal state - a new authentication hook supports arbitrary external authentication systems which can also return "group" membership information. An initial separately released "devpi-ldap" plugin implements verification accordingly. You can specify groups in ACLs with the ":GROUPNAME" syntax. - a new "--restrict-modify=ACL" option to start devpi-server such that only select accounts can create new or modify users or indexes For many more changes and fixes, please see the CHANGELOG information below. UPGRADE note: devpi-server-2.1 requires to ``--export`` your 2.0 server state and then using ``--import`` with the new version before you can serve your private packages through devpi-server-2.1. Please checkout the web plugin if you want to have a web interface:: http://doc.devpi.net/2.1/web.html Here is a Quickstart tutorial for efficient pypi-mirroring on your laptop:: http://doc.devpi.net/2.1/quickstart-pypimirror.html And if you want to manage your releases or implement staging as an individual or within an organisation:: http://doc.devpi.net/2.1/quickstart-releaseprocess.html If you want to host a devpi-server installation with nginx/supervisor and access it from clients from different hosts:: http://doc.devpi.net/2.1/quickstart-server.html More documentation here:: http://doc.devpi.net/2.1/ many thanks to Florian Schulze who co-implemented many of the new features. And special thanks go to the two companies who funded major parts of the above work. have fun, Holger Krekel, merlinux GmbH devpi-server-2.1.0 (compared to 2.0.6) ---------------------------------------- - make replication more precise: if a file cannot be replicated, fail with an error log and try again in a few seconds. This helps to maintain a consistent replica and discover the potential remaining bugs in the replication code. - add who/when metadata to release files, doczips and test results and preserve it during push operations so that any such file provides some history which can be visualized via the web-plugin. The metadata is also exposed via the json API (/USER/INDEX/PROJECTNAME[/VERSION]) - fix issue113: provide json status information at /+status including roles and replica polling status, UUIDs of the repository. See new server status docs for more info. - support for external authentication plugins: new devpiserver_auth_user hook which plugins can implement for user/password validation and for providing group membership. - support groups for acl_upload via the ":GROUPNAME" syntax. This requires an external authentication plugin that provides group information. - on replicas return auth status for "+api" requests by relaying to the master instead of using own key. - add "--restrict-modify" option to specify users/groups which can create, delete and modify users and indices. - make master/replica configuration more permanent and a bit safer against accidental errors: introduce "--role=auto" option, defaulting to determine the role from a previous invocation or the presence of the "--master-url" option if there was no previous invocation. Also verify that a replica talks to the same master UUID as with previous requests. - replaced hack from nginx template which abused "try_files" in "location /" with the recommended "error_page"/"return" combo. Thanks Jürgen Hermann - change command line option "--master" to "--master-url" - fix issue97: remove already deprecated --upgrade option in favor of just using --export/--import - actually store UTC in last_modified attribute of release files instead of the local time disguising as UTC. preserve last_modified when pushing a release. - fix exception when a static resource can't be found. - address issue152: return a proper 400 "not registered" message instead of 500 when a doczip is uploaded without prior registration. - add OSX/launchd example configuration when "--gen-config" is issued. thanks Sean Fisk. - fix replica proxying: don't pass original host header when relaying a modifying request from replica to master. - fix export error when a private project doesnt exist on pypi - fix pushing of a release when it contains multiple tox results. - fix "refresh" button on simple pages on replica sites - fix an internal link code issue possibly affecting strangeness or exceptions with test result links - be more tolerant when different indexes have different project names all mapping to the same canonical project name. - fix issue161: allow "{pkgversion}" to be part of a jenkins url devpi-web-2.2.0 (compared to 2.1.6) ---------------------------------------- - require devpi-server >= 2.1.0 - static resources now have a plus in front to avoid clashes with usernames and be consistent with how other urls work: "+static/..." and "+theme-static/..." - adjusted font-sizes and cut-off width of content. - only show underline on links when hovering. - make the "description hasn't been rendered" warning stand out. - version.pt: moved md5 sum from it's own column to the file column below the download link - version.pt: added "history" column showing last modified time and infos about uploads and pushes. - fix issue153: friendly error messages on upstream errors. - index.pt: show permissions on index page devpi-client-2.0.3 (compared to 2.0.2) ---------------------------------------- - use default "https://www.python.org/pypi" when no repository is set in .pypirc see https://docs.python.org/2/distutils/packageindex.html#the-pypirc-file - fix issue152: when --upload-docs is given, make sure to first register and upload the release file before attempting to upload docs (the latter requires prior registration) - fix issue75: add info about basic auth to "url" option help of "devpi use". - fix issue154: fix handling of vcs-exporting when unicode filenames are present. This is done by striking our own code in favor of Marius Gedminas' vcs exporting functions from his check-manifest project which devpi-client now depends on. This also adds in support for svn and bazaar in addition to the already supported git/hg. - devpi list: if a tox result does not contain basic information (probably a bug in tox) show a red error instead of crashing out with a traceback. - fix issue157: filtering of tox results started with the oldest ones and didn't show newer results if the host, platform and environment were the same.

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ANN: psutil 2.1.2 released
by Giampaolo Rodola' Sept. 21, 2014

Sept. 21, 2014

Hi there folks, I'm pleased to announce the 2.1.2 release of psutil: https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil About ===== psutil (python system and process utilities) is a cross-platform library for retrieving information on running processes and system utilization (CPU, memory, disks, network) in Python. It is useful mainly for system monitoring, profiling and limiting process resources and management of running processes. It implements many functionalities offered by command line tools such as: ps, top, lsof, netstat, ifconfig, who, df, kill, free, nice, ionice, iostat, iotop, uptime, pidof, tty, taskset, pmap. It currently supports Linux, Windows, OSX, FreeBSD and Sun Solaris, both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures, with Python versions from 2.4 to 3.4. Pypi is also known to work. What changed =========== See detailed blog post: http://grodola.blogspot.com/2014/09/psutil-212-python-wheels.html Links ==== * Home page: https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil * Downloads: https://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=display&name=psutil#downloads * Documentation: http://pythonhosted.org/psutil/ -- Giampaolo - http://grodola.blogspot.com

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ANN: Lea 1.3.1 released
by Pierre Denis Sept. 21, 2014

Sept. 21, 2014

Lea, discrete probability distributions in Python ================================================= I have the pleasure to announce the release of Lea 1.3.1. NEW: Lea now runs on Python 3 (and still on Python 2.x) ! Lea is a Python package that allows you to define and play with discrete probability distributions in an intuitive way. Lea can model a broad range of random discrete phenomenons. Then, it allows calculating probabilities of events, whether atomic, aggregated or combined through operations. A typical example is the probabilities of the sum of N dice having known, possibly unfair, probability distributions. Download (PyPi) =============== <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lea> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lea Project page / documentation ============================ <http://code.google.com/p/lea/> http://code.google.com/p/lea/ Features ======== - models finite discrete probability distributions - standard distribution indicators (mean, standard deviation,.) - arithmetic and logical operators on probability distribution - cartesian products, conditional probabilities, joint distributions - generation of random samples - open-source project, LGPL license - runs on Python 2.x and 3.x - pure Python module, lightweight - no package dependency - probabilities stored as rationals (no floating-point biases) Hoping Lea could be helpful in this uncertain universe... Pierre Denis

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