From chad at cast.uark.edu  Thu Sep  6 16:42:15 2012
From: chad at cast.uark.edu (Chad Cooper (CAST))
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 09:42:15 -0500
Subject: [PyAR2] pyArkansas 2012 flyer draft
Message-ID: <CAG_b13cQ4-BJj_+d3Mfoht7zRYYB5D-bLVq_7TfkGOfbWGvM_A@mail.gmail.com>

*First draft* - LMK what you think; its about time to start sending these
out and plastering them all over colleges and universities, now that school
is back in.

http://db.tt/rEEHZxyO

chad
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From pythonlarry at gmail.com  Fri Sep  7 19:50:16 2012
From: pythonlarry at gmail.com (Larry Hale)
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 12:50:16 -0500
Subject: [PyAR2] cron job to backup sqlite database?
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1208161511390.1637@gilgamesh>
References: <CAG_b13eiw-0x2a7LCB+-Ey58tGgDZGkD+VPhh1_gkL4X7GFhpw@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAF9++iPdk-06Lj45R2SA0MwpTD6pmxw0oixVOJaXSac_PdxfgQ@mail.gmail.com>

Sorry so late to all these parties.  "Life."  UGH.  Trying to play catch-up
as I get some minutes... mostly getting caught up reading (tagging some to
look at in more detail).  I've reached "here" as of "now"...  ;o)

So, in addition to Wayne's link of official SQLite Backup API docs, for
"how to access via Py" (if that's of interest), might look at
THIS<http://blog.marcus-brinkmann.de/2010/08/27/how-to-use-sqlites-backup-in-python/>.
*I* have not tried, and I'm not sure how much of an effort it'd be to
install/setup APSW <http://code.google.com/p/apsw/> (yet another lib).  But
some items to look at.



On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Wayne Werner <wayne at waynewerner.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Aug 2012, Chad Cooper wrote:
>
>  All,
>> I need to create a cron job on the webserver to backup the sqlite db
>> behind
>> http://www.pyarkansas.org. I'm a noob to sqlite, so should I actually
>> dump
>> the db to a backup or just copy is somehow? I'm thinking with copying it
>> can't be being accessed during the copy or it could be corrupted.
>>
>> Anyone done this before, gotta be simple, huh?
>>
>
> A SQLite db is just a file, so a plain cp should be just fine. There
> *might* be an issue with a write happening during read, but my guess is
> that any issues should be extremely rare. If we want to be paranoid about
> it we could always do two backups a minute apart - then checksum the db's
> against eachother and the main db. If they all match, great. If the backups
> don't match each other, but one of them matches the master, then I *think*
> we could just assume that the stars aligned and we read at the exact same
> time a write happened.
>
> Although a quick DuckDuckGo search yielded this:
> http://www.sqlite.org/backup.**html <http://www.sqlite.org/backup.html>
>
> And possibly this: http://linux.softpedia.com/**
> get/Database/Database-APIs/**python-sqlite3-backup-83306.**shtml<http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Database/Database-APIs/python-sqlite3-backup-83306.shtml>
>
> (Also, apparently I didn't send this off this morning like I thought!)
> -Wayne
> _______________________________________________
> PyAR2 mailing list
> PyAR2 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2
>
>
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From supercooper at gmail.com  Fri Sep  7 20:00:26 2012
From: supercooper at gmail.com (Chad Cooper)
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 13:00:26 -0500
Subject: [PyAR2] cron job to backup sqlite database?
In-Reply-To: <CAF9++iPdk-06Lj45R2SA0MwpTD6pmxw0oixVOJaXSac_PdxfgQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAG_b13eiw-0x2a7LCB+-Ey58tGgDZGkD+VPhh1_gkL4X7GFhpw@mail.gmail.com>
	<alpine.DEB.2.02.1208161511390.1637@gilgamesh>
	<CAF9++iPdk-06Lj45R2SA0MwpTD6pmxw0oixVOJaXSac_PdxfgQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAG_b13cjUzwUR5R6s=DNEcW4ZGgzDO5sxA9Lmp1hzHM9O8kvDA@mail.gmail.com>

Interesting. Right now I have this cron job implemented to dump the
database to a backup file:

5 6 * * * sqlite3 /home/pyarkansas/webapps/symposion/symposion/dev.db .dump
> /home/pyarkansas/backups/`date +\%m`-`date +\%d`-`date +\%Y`_`date
+\%H`-`date +\%M`-`date +\%S`.bak



On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Larry Hale <pythonlarry at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry so late to all these parties.  "Life."  UGH.  Trying to play
> catch-up as I get some minutes... mostly getting caught up reading (tagging
> some to look at in more detail).  I've reached "here" as of "now"...  ;o)
>
> So, in addition to Wayne's link of official SQLite Backup API docs, for
> "how to access via Py" (if that's of interest), might look at THIS<http://blog.marcus-brinkmann.de/2010/08/27/how-to-use-sqlites-backup-in-python/>.
> *I* have not tried, and I'm not sure how much of an effort it'd be to
> install/setup APSW <http://code.google.com/p/apsw/> (yet another lib).
> But some items to look at.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Wayne Werner <wayne at waynewerner.com>wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 16 Aug 2012, Chad Cooper wrote:
>>
>>  All,
>>> I need to create a cron job on the webserver to backup the sqlite db
>>> behind
>>> http://www.pyarkansas.org. I'm a noob to sqlite, so should I actually
>>> dump
>>> the db to a backup or just copy is somehow? I'm thinking with copying it
>>> can't be being accessed during the copy or it could be corrupted.
>>>
>>> Anyone done this before, gotta be simple, huh?
>>>
>>
>> A SQLite db is just a file, so a plain cp should be just fine. There
>> *might* be an issue with a write happening during read, but my guess is
>> that any issues should be extremely rare. If we want to be paranoid about
>> it we could always do two backups a minute apart - then checksum the db's
>> against eachother and the main db. If they all match, great. If the backups
>> don't match each other, but one of them matches the master, then I *think*
>> we could just assume that the stars aligned and we read at the exact same
>> time a write happened.
>>
>> Although a quick DuckDuckGo search yielded this:
>> http://www.sqlite.org/backup.**html <http://www.sqlite.org/backup.html>
>>
>> And possibly this: http://linux.softpedia.com/**
>> get/Database/Database-APIs/**python-sqlite3-backup-83306.**shtml<http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Database/Database-APIs/python-sqlite3-backup-83306.shtml>
>>
>> (Also, apparently I didn't send this off this morning like I thought!)
>> -Wayne
>> _______________________________________________
>> PyAR2 mailing list
>> PyAR2 at python.org
>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2
>>
>>
>
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From pythonlarry at gmail.com  Fri Sep  7 22:43:45 2012
From: pythonlarry at gmail.com (Larry Hale)
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 15:43:45 -0500
Subject: [PyAR2] cron job to backup sqlite database?
In-Reply-To: <CAG_b13cjUzwUR5R6s=DNEcW4ZGgzDO5sxA9Lmp1hzHM9O8kvDA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAG_b13eiw-0x2a7LCB+-Ey58tGgDZGkD+VPhh1_gkL4X7GFhpw@mail.gmail.com>
	<alpine.DEB.2.02.1208161511390.1637@gilgamesh>
	<CAF9++iPdk-06Lj45R2SA0MwpTD6pmxw0oixVOJaXSac_PdxfgQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAG_b13cjUzwUR5R6s=DNEcW4ZGgzDO5sxA9Lmp1hzHM9O8kvDA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAF9++iOXST=feYONXvWZWOgjAW60h3-GTjA7SJSUQJw9A5Dcwg@mail.gmail.com>

That'll work!  :>

-L


On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Chad Cooper <supercooper at gmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting. Right now I have this cron job implemented to dump the
> database to a backup file:
>
> 5 6 * * * sqlite3 /home/pyarkansas/webapps/symposion/symposion/dev.db
> .dump > /home/pyarkansas/backups/`date +\%m`-`date +\%d`-`date +\%Y`_`date
> +\%H`-`date +\%M`-`date +\%S`.bak
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Larry Hale <pythonlarry at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sorry so late to all these parties.  "Life."  UGH.  Trying to play
>> catch-up as I get some minutes... mostly getting caught up reading (tagging
>> some to look at in more detail).  I've reached "here" as of "now"...  ;o)
>>
>> So, in addition to Wayne's link of official SQLite Backup API docs, for
>> "how to access via Py" (if that's of interest), might look at THIS<http://blog.marcus-brinkmann.de/2010/08/27/how-to-use-sqlites-backup-in-python/>.
>> *I* have not tried, and I'm not sure how much of an effort it'd be to
>> install/setup APSW <http://code.google.com/p/apsw/> (yet another lib).
>> But some items to look at.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Wayne Werner <wayne at waynewerner.com>wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 16 Aug 2012, Chad Cooper wrote:
>>>
>>>  All,
>>>> I need to create a cron job on the webserver to backup the sqlite db
>>>> behind
>>>> http://www.pyarkansas.org. I'm a noob to sqlite, so should I actually
>>>> dump
>>>> the db to a backup or just copy is somehow? I'm thinking with copying it
>>>> can't be being accessed during the copy or it could be corrupted.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone done this before, gotta be simple, huh?
>>>>
>>>
>>> A SQLite db is just a file, so a plain cp should be just fine. There
>>> *might* be an issue with a write happening during read, but my guess is
>>> that any issues should be extremely rare. If we want to be paranoid about
>>> it we could always do two backups a minute apart - then checksum the db's
>>> against eachother and the main db. If they all match, great. If the backups
>>> don't match each other, but one of them matches the master, then I *think*
>>> we could just assume that the stars aligned and we read at the exact same
>>> time a write happened.
>>>
>>> Although a quick DuckDuckGo search yielded this:
>>> http://www.sqlite.org/backup.**html <http://www.sqlite.org/backup.html>
>>>
>>> And possibly this: http://linux.softpedia.com/**
>>> get/Database/Database-APIs/**python-sqlite3-backup-83306.**shtml<http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Database/Database-APIs/python-sqlite3-backup-83306.shtml>
>>>
>>> (Also, apparently I didn't send this off this morning like I thought!)
>>> -Wayne
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> PyAR2 mailing list
>>> PyAR2 at python.org
>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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From phi3d at yahoo.com  Mon Sep 10 15:41:32 2012
From: phi3d at yahoo.com (Gordon Fisher)
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 06:41:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [PyAR2] PyTexas
In-Reply-To: <CAF9++iOXST=feYONXvWZWOgjAW60h3-GTjA7SJSUQJw9A5Dcwg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAG_b13eiw-0x2a7LCB+-Ey58tGgDZGkD+VPhh1_gkL4X7GFhpw@mail.gmail.com>
	<alpine.DEB.2.02.1208161511390.1637@gilgamesh>
	<CAF9++iPdk-06Lj45R2SA0MwpTD6pmxw0oixVOJaXSac_PdxfgQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Howdy,

Is anyone else planning on going to PyTexas on September 15,16? ?I'm hoping we can get together and form a carpool. ?Let me know. ?

http://www.pytexas.org/2012/

Gordon?
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From gslindstrom at gmail.com  Mon Sep 10 16:31:32 2012
From: gslindstrom at gmail.com (Greg Lindstrom)
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:31:32 -0500
Subject: [PyAR2] PyTexas
In-Reply-To: <1347284492.17377.YahooMailNeo@web160506.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
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	<CAF9++iPdk-06Lj45R2SA0MwpTD6pmxw0oixVOJaXSac_PdxfgQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAG_b13cjUzwUR5R6s=DNEcW4ZGgzDO5sxA9Lmp1hzHM9O8kvDA@mail.gmail.com>
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Gordon,

The gang from Novasys will be moving across town to a new office building,
so none of us are able to go this year, I'm sorry to say.

--greg

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Gordon Fisher <phi3d at yahoo.com> wrote:

>  Howdy,
>
> Is anyone else planning on going to PyTexas on September 15,16?  I'm
> hoping we can get together and form a carpool.  Let me know.
>
> http://www.pytexas.org/2012/
>
> Gordon
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> PyAR2 mailing list
> PyAR2 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyar2
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From chad at cast.uark.edu  Mon Sep 10 19:21:14 2012
From: chad at cast.uark.edu (Chad Cooper (CAST))
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:21:14 -0500
Subject: [PyAR2] pyArkansas 2012 flyer draft
In-Reply-To: <CAG_b13cQ4-BJj_+d3Mfoht7zRYYB5D-bLVq_7TfkGOfbWGvM_A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAG_b13cQ4-BJj_+d3Mfoht7zRYYB5D-bLVq_7TfkGOfbWGvM_A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAG_b13cX=oKXkr06OAVk+_JeN3u7abh6iPu32u6WgHz=cHzneA@mail.gmail.com>

Last call for comments, I've received none.

chad



On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Chad Cooper (CAST) <chad at cast.uark.edu>wrote:

> *First draft* - LMK what you think; its about time to start sending these
> out and plastering them all over colleges and universities, now that school
> is back in.
>
> http://db.tt/rEEHZxyO
>
> chad
>
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From chad.cooper at pyarkansas.org  Tue Sep 11 02:46:14 2012
From: chad.cooper at pyarkansas.org (Chad Cooper)
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:46:14 -0500
Subject: [PyAR2] Staying overnight in Conway for pyArkansas 2012?
Message-ID: <CAG_b13e-=ebGNJ+pwG5h8modAW_8SSgRrg95WFURPQ_eAFnzmg@mail.gmail.com>

Hello all,

We are in the throws of planning pyArkansas and I would like to know if you
are planning on staying overnight in a hotel in Conway that weekend. We are
trying to work out some deals with the Conway Chamber of Commerce and
knowing the number of people/nights staying would really help us out. So,
if you will be staying overnight in a Conway hotel for pyArkansas, please
let us know. Reply to me at chad.cooper at pyarkansas.org - no need to reply
to the list.

Thanks everyone.

chad
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From supercooper at gmail.com  Thu Sep 20 04:28:46 2012
From: supercooper at gmail.com (Chad Cooper)
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:28:46 -0500
Subject: [PyAR2] Registration now open for pyArkanas 2012
In-Reply-To: <CAG_b13dCPK_P2=rvoKWToxauM6QUShCq+D3C62U64YE1osPy8g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAG_b13dCPK_P2=rvoKWToxauM6QUShCq+D3C62U64YE1osPy8g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAG_b13ceD0WCwH5UKB4WGHSsNoKrC31GrUUHvrsimwT2XMGNHw@mail.gmail.com>

Registration for pyArkansas 2012 is still open at:

http://www.pyarkansas.org/registration/

pyArkansas is FREE once again this year (thanks to our awesome
sponsors<http://www.pyarkansas.org/sponsors/>)
and will be held <http://www.pyarkansas.org/venue/> on the campus of the
University of Central Arkansas on October 27th.

Wanna see the talk and tutorial proposals we have received so far? Can do:

http://www.pyarkansas.org/proposals/

Also, the Call for Proposals <http://www.pyarkansas.org/speaking/cfp/> is
open until October 1st and we are still accepting talk and tutorial
proposals.

Oh, and did we mention we have some pretty sweet
prizes<http://www.pyarkansas.org/prizes/>to give away as well?

We look forward to seeing you in Conway on October 27th.

The pyArkansas team
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From brian at python.org  Thu Sep 20 23:24:46 2012
From: brian at python.org (Brian Curtin)
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:24:46 -0000
Subject: [PyAR2] PyCon 2013 Ticket Sales Have Begun!
Message-ID: <mailman.15.1348176287.27094.pyar2@python.org>

Hi Python ARtists of ARkansas!

The PyCon organizers are happy to announce that ticket sales for the March 2013 conference have opened at https://us.pycon.org/2013/registration/ ! Early bird rates are available for the first 1000 purchases, which is a departure from previous time-based systems. With PyCon 2012 having been a quick sell out, we're expecting this one to be the same. Keep in mind that attendance is strictly limited to 2500.

PyCon 2013 is going back to Santa Clara, CA before heading up north for two years in Montreal, Quebec for 2014-15. The event starts with two days of tutorials on March 13, followed by three days of talks starting March 15, and ends with four days of sprints starting March 18.

Individual and corporate ticket prices remain the same as they have been for the last few years, with early bird rates of $300 and $450 respectively. The regular rates of $350 and $600 for individual and corporate are still an incredible deal.

For 2013 we've reduced the cost to students by 50%, bringing the early bird rate to $100 with a regular rate of $125. Providing a more affordable conference experience for students is a priority for the organizers and the Python Software Foundation, and we're hoping the decrease helps bring more of them out.

We've also increased our financial aid program, and hope to assist more attendees for PyCon 2013! You can apply for financial aid through the new consolidated form at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dGt4Z0dsY052VERJem4xUUFVQW9uQVE6MQ

We're still accepting proposals for talks and tutorials, with a deadline of September 28. Poster proposals are accepted through January 15, 2013. For more information, see https://us.pycon.org/2013/speaking/cfp/

If your company is interested in sponsorship, we need you. Sponsors are what make PyCon a possibility, and sponsorship offers some great values to the generous organizations who support the conference. Check out https://us.pycon.org/2013/sponsors/whysponsor/ to find out what you get out of sponsorship, with a prospectus at https://us.pycon.org/2013/sponsors/prospectus/. Contact Jesse Noller at jnoller at python.org with any sponsorship inquiries.

Keep an eye out for news on our blog at http://pycon.blogspot.com/ and follow us on twitter at https://twitter.com/pycon

Jesse Noller, Chairman
jnoller at python.org

Brian Curtin, Publicity Coordinator
brian at python.org


From chad.cooper at pyarkansas.org  Sat Sep 29 19:20:59 2012
From: chad.cooper at pyarkansas.org (Chad Cooper)
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:20:59 -0500
Subject: [PyAR2] pyArkansas 2012 Call for Proposals closes soon,
	get your proposals in
Message-ID: <CAG_b13f5hnG6CyQmO=iWkU10uu73N5i-zL6VsynDCuuhSr35gw@mail.gmail.com>

All,

The pyArkansas 2012 CFP
<http://www.pyarkansas.org/speaking/cfp/>officially closes Monday
night and we still have talk slots we need to
fill, so please spread the word. We have had a outpouring of support from
sponsors <http://www.pyarkansas.org/sponsors/> this year, have a fantastic
venue <http://www.pyarkansas.org/venue/> lined up, and some pretty sweet
swag and prizes <http://www.pyarkansas.org/prizes/> as well. We hope to see
you there!

So, head on over and register now!

http://www.pyarkansas.org/registration/

Chad
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