Mailman 3 March 2016 - Python-announce-list

[ANN] SciPy2016: call for proposals
by Prabhu Ramachandran 06 Mar '16

06 Mar '16

Dear all, [Apologies for the poor formatting of the previous announcement] SciPy 2016, the Fifteenth Annual Conference on Python in Science, takes place in Austin, TX on July, 11th to 17th. The conference features two days of tutorials by followed by three days of presentations, and concludes with two days of developer sprints on projects of interest to attendees. The topics presented at SciPy are very diverse, with a focus on advanced software engineering and original uses of Python and its scientific libraries, either in theoretical or experimental research, from both academia and the industry. This year we are happy to announce two specialized tracks that run in parallel to the general conference (Data Science , High Performance Computing) and 8 mini-symposia (Earth and Space Science, Biology and Medicine, Engineering, Social Sciences, Special Purpose Databases, Case Studies in Industry, Education, Reproducibility) Submissions for talks and posters are welcome on our website (http://scipy2016.scipy.org). In your abstract, please provide details on what Python tools are being employed, and how. The talk and poster submission deadline is March 25th, 2016, while the tutorial submission deadline is March, 21st, 2016. Important dates: Mar 21: Tutorial Proposals Due Mar 25: Talk and Poster Proposals Due May 11: Plotting Contest Submissions Due Apr 22: Tutorials Announced Apr 22: Financial Aid Submissions Due May 4: Talk and Posters Announced May 11: Financial Aid Recipients Notified May 22: Early Bird Registration Deadline Jul 11-12: SciPy 2016 Tutorials Jul 13-15: SciPy 2016 General Conference Jul 16-17: SciPy 2016 Sprints We look forward to an exciting conference and hope to see you in Austin in July! cheers, SciPy 2016 Organizers (http://scipy2016.scipy.org/) Conference Chairs: Aric Hagberg, Prabhu Ramachandran Tutorial Chairs: Justin Vincent, Ben Root Program Chair: Serge Rey, Nelle Varoquaux Proceeding Chairs: Sebastian Benthall, Scott Rostrup

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Sphinx 1.4-beta1 released
by Takayuki Shimizukawa 06 Mar '16

06 Mar '16

Hi all, I'm very happy to announce the release of Sphinx 1.4-beta1 available on the Python package index at <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Sphinx/1.4b1>. This is the first beta release for Sphinx 1.4 that includes: * 13 features * 4 incompatible changes * 14 fixes of bugs/buglets from the 1.4a1 version of Sphinx. For the full changelog, go to < http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/changes.html>. Thanks to all coraborators and contributers! What's new in 1.4 (very short version)? ======================================= Features added -------------- beta1 * I18N: figure substitutions by language and figure_language_filename * Config: suppress_warnings to suppress arbitrary warning message (experimental) alpha1 * Directive: glossary term supports grouping key for index entries by using classifier syntax (experimental) * Directive: Support Imgmath (pngmath with svg support). * Builder: XeTeX and LuaTeX for the LaTeX builder. * Builder: Add the ``dummy`` builder: syntax check without output. * Builder: Add EPUB 3 builder (experimental) * Search: Chinese language search index. * Search: Japanese language search index by using Janome * Search: splitter customization for Japanese language search index * Domain: cpp domain improvements * Ext: Add sphinx.ext.githubpages to publish the docs on GitHub Pages * Ext: Add ``sphinx.ext.autosectionlabel`` extension to allow reference sections using its title. * API: Add Sphinx.add_source_parser() to add source_suffix and source_parsers from extension * Image recognition by using ``imagesize`` package w/o PIL/Pillow Incompatible changes -------------------- beta1 * manpage writer: don't make whole of item in definition list bold if it includes strong node. * Remove hint message from quick search box for html output. alpha1 * sphinx_rtd_theme has become optional. Please install it manually. * :confval:`html_extra_path` also copies dotfiles in the extra directory, and refers to :confval:`exclude_patterns` to exclude extra files and directories. * Under glossary directive, each terms are converted into individual ``term`` nodes and ``termsep`` node is removed. By this change, output layout of every builders are changed a bit. * The default highlight language is now Python 3. This means that source code is highlighted as Python 3 (which is mostly a superset of Python 2), and no parsing is attempted to distinguish valid code. * `Locale Date Markup Language <http://unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-dates.html#Date_Format_Patterns>`_ like ``"MMMM dd, YYYY"`` is default forma for `today_fmt` and `html_last_updated_fmt`. However strftime format like ``"%B %d, %Y"`` is also supported for backward compatibility until Sphinx-1.5. Later format will be disabled from Sphinx-1.5. What is it? =========== Sphinx is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation for Python projects (or other documents consisting of multiple reStructuredText source files). Website: http://sphinx-doc.org/ IRC: #sphinx-doc on irc.freenode.net Enjoy! -- Takayuki SHIMIZUKAWA http://about.me/shimizukawa

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gevent 1.1 released
by Jason Madden 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

On behalf of the gevent development team and the gevent contributors, I'm very pleased to announce the release of gevent 1.1. gevent (http://www.gevent.org) is a coroutine-based library that uses greenlets to provide a high-level synchronous API on top of the libev event loop. While the primary focus is on networking (providing a drop-in replacement for the standard library socket and ssl modules), gevent also provides many features to support coroutine-based programming, such as events, queues and task pools. It runs on POSIX platforms (e.g., OS X and Linux) as well as Windows. gevent 1.1 is the first release of gevent to fully support Python 3 and PyPy and has many additions over the previous release, 1.0.2. Despite that, pre-releases of 1.1 have been in production use at several different organizations for several months. For a general overview of what's new in gevent 1.1, see http://www.gevent.org/whatsnew_1_1.html A detailed changelog is here: http://www.gevent.org/changelog.html gevent 1.1 represents over a year of effort, including code contributions by more than two dozen people, and over 200 closed issues by many other contributors. ~ Jason

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ANN Nanpy 0.9.6 - Use your Arduino board with Python
by Andrea Stagi 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

Nanpy 0.9.6 is out! Nanpy is a library that use your Arduino as a slave, controlled by a master device where you run your scripts, such as a PC, a Raspberry Pi etc. The main purpose of Nanpy is making programmers' life easier, providing them a powerful library to create prototypes faster and make Arduino programming a game for kids. Read more about Nanpy here http://nanpy.github.io/ 0.9.6 release includes: - Add support for Adafruit TLC5947 24-Channel PWM Driver - Add LCD Autoscroll support - Add LCD clear method - Add INPUT_PULLUP support - Add 4 pins support to the Stepper - Add LCD createChar API - Now supports only Python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 - Minfixes -- Andrea Stagi (@4stagi) - Senior Full Stack Developer @Nephila Job profile: http://linkedin.com/in/andreastagi Website: http://4spills.blogspot.it/ Github: http://github.com/astagi

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ANN Yoump3r - create your personal mp3 playlist from youtube
by Andrea Stagi 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

Yoump3r is a simple web service I started working on to make your personal mp3 playlist from YouTube, built on top of Django and AngularJS. You can find the source code here: https://github.com/astagi/yoump3r Try the demo: yoump3r.herokuapp.com Any kind of suggestion/contribution is appreciated! -- Andrea Stagi (@4stagi) - Senior Full Stack Developer @Nephila Job profile: http://linkedin.com/in/andreastagi Website: http://4spills.blogspot.it/ Github: http://github.com/astagi

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ANN python-taiga 0.8.5
by Andrea Stagi 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

Python-taiga 0.8.5 released! python-taiga is a python module for communicating with Taiga.io, a new project management platform! For more info https://taiga.io/ This release includes new patch method for models and some minfixes. You can find python-taiga code on Github https://github.com/nephila/python- taiga Any kind of contribution is appreciated! :) -- Andrea Stagi (@4stagi) - Senior Full Stack Developer @Nephila Job profile: http://linkedin.com/in/andreastagi Website: http://4spills.blogspot.it/ Github: http://github.com/astagi

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Pytest 2.9.0 released
by Bruno Oliveira 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Hi everyone, I'm happy to announce that pytest 2.9.0 has been released! pytest is a mature Python testing tool with more than a 1100 tests against itself, passing on many different interpreters and platforms. As usual, you can upgrade using pip: pip install -U pytest To see the changelog, please visit: http://pytest.org/latest/changelog.html Please make sure to report any regressions to the issues page at: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues Finally, thanks to all who contributed to this release, among them: Anatoly Bubenkov Bruno Oliveira Buck Golemon David Vierra Florian Bruhin Galaczi Endre Georgy Dyuldin Lukas Bednar Luke Murphy Marcin Biernat Matt Williams Michael Aquilina Raphael Pierzina Ronny Pfannschmidt Ryan Wooden Tiemo Kieft TomV holger krekel jab Happy testing, The py.test Development Team

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OpenFilters 1.1
by OpenFilters 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Hi All, It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of OpenFilters version 1.1. You can obtain the new version at http://larfis.polymtl.ca/index.php/en/links/openfilters What is OpenFilters? ==================== OpenFilters is an open source software written in Python for the design of optical interference filters. OpenFilters offers multiple tools for the design and optimization of optical interference coatings, including refinement, the needle method, the step method, the Fourier transform method and multiband rugates. It can calculate the transmission, the reflection, the absorption, ellipsometric variables, phase, group delay, group delay dispersion, the circle and admittance diagrams, the electric field distribution and the color of the filter. It can also be used to generate photometric or ellipsometric monitoring curves. What is new? ============ The changes in this version include many more target kinds, a tool to simulate the effect of random fabrication errors, the possibility to import a material or an index profile from a text file, Sellmeier dispersion model, as well as many bug fixes. A complete list of changes can be found at http://larfis.polymtl.ca/images/OpenFilters/Release_notes.txt One big change is in the way material files are managed. Now, user defined materials are saved in a directory selected by the user. This way, many users of the same computer can have different sets of materials. It also avoids the bad practice of writing material files in the "Program files" directory, which created permission issues with the previous versions of OpenFilters. To enable this new feature, the first time you use OpenFilters 1.1, you will be asked to select the directory where to save your materials. I am also very excited to announce the release of a Mac version of OpenFilters. As I do not own a Mac, this version has not been as largely tested as the Windows version, and I would greatly appreciate all your feedback. Sincerely, Stéphane ---- Stéphane Larouche, Ph. D. Creator of OpenFilters http://larfis.polymtl.ca/index.php/en/links/openfilters OpenFilters(a)polymtl.ca

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[ANN] SciPy 2016: call for papers
by Prabhu Ramachandran 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Hello world,* Call for Proposals: Submit Your Tutorial and Talk Ideas by March 25, 2015 athttp://scipy2016.scipy.org <http://www.scipy2015.scipy.org>. SciPy 2016 <http://www.scipy2016.scipy.org>, the 15th annual Scientific Computing with Python conference, will be held July 11-17, 2016 in Austin, Texas. SciPy is a community dedicated to the advancement of scientific computing through open source Python software for mathematics, science, and engineering. The annual SciPy Conference brings together over 650 participants from industry, academia, and government to showcase their latest projects,**learn from skilled users and developers, and collaborate on code development. The full program will consist of2 days of tutorials <http://scipy2016.scipy.org/ehome/146062/332967/?&&>(July 11-12),3 days of talks <http://scipy2016.scipy.org/ehome/146062/332968/?&&>(July 13-15), and 2**days ofdeveloper sprints <http://scipy2016.scipy.org/ehome/146062/332969/?&&>(July 16-17). More info is available on the conference website athttp://scipy2016.scipy.org <http://www.scipy2016.scipy.org>(where you can sign up for the mailing list); or follow@scipyconf <https://twitter.com/scipyconf>on Twitter. We hope you’ll join us - early bird registration is openuntil May 22, 2016 athttp://scipy2016.scipy.org/ehome/146062/332936/?&& We encourage you to submit tutorial or talk proposals in the categories below; please also share with others who you’d like to see participate! Submit via the conference website:http://scipy2016.scipy.org <http://www.scipy2016.scipy.org>. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *SUBMIT A SCIPY 2016 TUTORIAL PROPOSAL- DUE MARCH 21, 2016* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Details and submission here:http://scipy2016.scipy.org/ehome/146062/332967/?&& These sessions provide extremely affordable access to expert training, and consistently receive fantastic feedback from participants. We're looking for submissions on topics from introductory to advanced - we'll have attendees across the gamut looking to learn. Whether you are a major contributor to a scientific Python library or an expert-level user, this is a great opportunity to share your knowledge and stipends are available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **SUBMIT A SCIPY 2016 TALK / POSTER PROPOSAL - DUE MARCH 25, 2016* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Details and submission here:http://scipy2016.scipy.org/ehome/146062/332968/?&& ** *SciPy 2016 will include 2 major topic tracks and 8 mini-symposia tracks.* ** *Major topic tracks include:* *- Python in Data Science (Big data and not so big data)* *- High Performance Computing* *Mini-symposia will include the applications of Python in:* * * Earth and Space Science * Biology and Medicine * Engineering * Social Science * Special Purpose Databases * Case Studies in Industry * Education * Reproducibilit*y* * If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us at: scipy-organizers(a)scipy.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **SCIPY 2016 REGISTRATION IS OPEN** -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please register early. SciPy early bird registration until May 22, 2016! Register athttp://scipy2016.scipy.org. Plus, enter our t-shirt design contest to win a free registration. (Send a vector art file to scipy(a)enthought.comby March 31 to enter). * cheers, The SciPy 2016 organizing team

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First release of python-escpos-xml
by Cédric Krier 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

I'm pleased to announce the initial release of python-escpos-xml [1]. escpos-xml is a library to parse XML defined receipt and print it on ESC/POS Printer using python-escpos [2] library. The XML syntax is quite similar to HTML and it can be generated by template engines. [1] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-escpos-xml/0.1.0 [2] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-escpos

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