Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 3)

Wed Dec 3 11:09:22 EST 2003

QOTW:  "If we get 2.3.3c1 out in early December, we could release 2.3.3 final
before the end of the year, and start 2004 with a 100% bug-free codebase
<wink>." -- Tim Peters

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    Jack Jensen reveals that python on mac continues as an osx option only
    starting with python2.4.
        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-November/040336.html

    There's an upgrade of mod_python available that addresses a potential
    httpd crash for both HTTP Server 2.0 and 1.3.  See the announcement
        http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=20031128120645.Q92149@onyx.ispol.com

    Core Security Technologies releases Pcapy-0.10.2, Impacket-0.9.4, and
    InlineEgg-1.02.  Python developers, network administrators, penetration
    testers, vulnerability researchers and information security
    practitioners in general may find these packages useful.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=mailman.1176.1070036200.702.python-list@python.org

    Irmen de Jong finds that using dot notation in assigned module names can
    create problems when importing from within dynamically-generated
    imported code.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=3fc665ad$0$1490$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl

    Logan posts a HOWTO on installing Python 2.3 alongside python 2.2 on
    Fedora Core 1 Linux.  The Fedora Project is a Red-Hat-sponsored open
    source project to build a complete, general purpose operating system
    exclusively from free software.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=pan.2003.11.26.02.51.36.170640@phreaker.nospam

    Mathew is looking for large file support for Zope/Plone.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=cINwb.14609$n56.5500@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net

    Newbie Biner gets pointers on using python to publish html content.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=b82e5469.0311281057.f5c7822@posting.google.com

    Ben Sizer gets tips on using pyChecker on windows.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=153fa67.0311252016.2e02b575@posting.google.com

    Thomas Guettler looks for ways to convert doc/sxw to html/ps using
    pyUNO, which allows use of the standard OpenOffice.org API from python.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=pan.2003.11.26.10.44.19.806382@thomas-guettler.de

    ... but then finds an answer and posts it.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=pan.2003.11.27.16.41.02.989568@thomas-guettler.de

    Paul Prescod tells that the Vancouver Python and Zope user's group will
    present an Introduction to Python on December 6, 2003
        http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=mailman.1115.1069874199.702.python-list@python.org>

    Don't you just hate having to shutdown 300 or so PCs at say 10pm?  Tim
    Howarth hits snags converting VBScript to Python.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=d715dc564c.tim@worthy.demon.co.uk

    Georgy Pruss spots a difference in dealing with 8.3 filenames between
    windows' dir and python's glob when passing dots and other meta-characters.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=uLdyb.46389$I53.2118790@twister.southeast.rr.com

    Phillip J. Eby announces the release of PyProtocols version 0.9.1, which
    adds a new "declaration  API" that lets you easily define your own
    interfaces and adapters, and declare what adapters should be used to
    adapt what types, objects, or interfaces.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=mailman.1186.1070054202.702.python-list@python.org

    Irmen de Jong finds out what to do when you find a bug in python and/or
    write a patch.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=3fc660c2$0$1492$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl

    DCT Open Source announces the first release of The Python Application
    framework, which consists of a set of easy-to-use components, such as
    CORBA-support, error-handling and a GUI framework based on wxPython.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=bQ3xb.44675$tU.1545310@phobos.telenet-ops.be

    Brian Quinlan releases What is pyMobile?, a pure-Python library that
    allows you to communicate with a mobile phone through a serial
    connection (e.g. through Bluetooth).
        http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=mailman.1080.1069791545.702.python-list@python.org

    Bug fix releases omniORB 4.0.3 and omniORBpy 2.3 are now available.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=mailman.1069686006.12361.clpa-moderators@python.org

    Bryan Weingarten releases mpgedit Software Development Toolkit (SDK), a
    library that edits and plays MP3 files and allows developers to create
    their own MP3 editing applications.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=mailman.1070079965.7409.clpa-moderators@python.org

    Gerard Vermeulen announces PyQwt-3.8, a set of Python bindings for the
    Qwt C++ class library which extends the Qt framework with widgets for
    scientific and engineering applications.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=mailman.1069878844.12543.clpa-moderators@python.org

    Irmen de Jong announces the release of Snakelets 1.8, a simple-to-use
    web app server with dynamic pages.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3fc258a7$0$1504$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl

    Stephan Diehl asks "Bug or Feature?" for behavior observed when
    subclassing from builtin types.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=bpsik5$ni7$07$1@news.t-online.com

========================================================================
Everything Python-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in
these pages:

    Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional
    center of Pythonia
        http://www.python.org
    Notice especially the master FAQ
        http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html

    PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the
    marvelous daily python url
         http://www.pythonware.com/daily  
    Mygale is a news-gathering webcrawler that specializes in (new)
    World-Wide Web articles related to Python.
         http://www.awaretek.com/nowak/mygale.html 
    While cosmetically similar, Mygale and the Daily Python-URL
    are utterly different in their technologies and generally in
    their results.

    comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software.  Be
    sure to scan this newly-revitalized newsgroup at least weekly.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python.announce

    Brett Cannon continues the marvelous tradition established by 
    Andrew Kuchling and Michael Hudson of intelligently summarizing
    action on the python-dev mailing list once every other week.
	http://www.python.org/dev/summary/

    The Python Package Index catalogues packages.
        http://www.python.org/pypi/

    The somewhat older Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects references
    to all sorts of Python resources.
        http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/   

    Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group
    mailing lists
        http://www.python.org/sigs/

    The Python Business Forum "further[s] the interests of companies
    that base their business on ... Python."
	http://www.python-in-business.org

    The Python Software Foundation has replaced the Python Consortium
    as an independent nexus of activity
        http://www.python.org/psf/

    Cetus does much of the same
        http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html

    Python FAQTS
        http://python.faqts.com/

    Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available are
	http://www.python.org/channews.rdf
	http://bootleg-rss.g-blog.net/pythonware_com_daily.pcgi
	http://python.de/backend.php
    For more, see
	http://www.syndic8.com/feedlist.php?ShowMatch=python&ShowStatus=all
    The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a
    SourceForge reincarnation.
        http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=5470&func=browse
        http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0042.html

    The online Python Journal is posted at pythonjournal.cognizor.com.
    editor at pythonjournal.com and editor at pythonjournal.cognizor.com
    welcome submission of material that helps people's understanding
    of Python use, and offer Web presentation of your work.

    *Py: the Journal of the Python Language*
        http://www.pyzine.com

    Archive probing tricks of the trade:
        http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python&num=100
        http://groups.google.com/groups?meta=site%3Dgroups%26group%3Dcomp.lang.python.*

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