From gmcm@hypernet.com  Tue May  1 16:53:57 2001
From: gmcm@hypernet.com (Gordon McMillan)
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 11:53:57 -0400
Subject: ANN: Win32 Installer - new beta (v4a)
Message-ID: <mailman.988733461.11405.clpa-moderators@python.org>

The first release of version 4 of the Win32 Installer package is 
here:

http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/install1.html

This version should handle all Python versions from 1.5 
onward (it's been tested with 1.5 and 2.0). It has a number of 
new capabilities:
 - set a Windows version resource in the executable 
   (NT / Win2K only), including the ability to create a 
   version resource from Python
 - a utility to analyze the dependency tree of a script / module
   (including a cross-reference)
 - warnings issued when dynamic code encountered
   (__import__, exec, eval)

A number of improvements have been made:
 - cleaned up the console messages (quiet and verbose
   modes, too)
 - Freeze apps no longer leave dietrus lying around
 - fixed the ability to run from CDROM (even a Freeze app
   using Tk) 
 - revamped command line options

What is it?
 The Installer is a set of tools for distributing Python
 applications. The target machines do not need to have
 Python installed, or may have a different version of 
 Python installed.

 The Windows version (there's a more limited Linux version,
 too), has top level scripts for 3 configurations:
 - Standalone: create a single directory installation for your app
 - Simple: wraps a Standalone with a simple install script
 - Freeze: creates an executable that unpacks itself at run
   time, and cleans up afterward.
 
 More complex distributions can be created by writing your
 own config file and passing it to Builder.

Old-Python-style license.

Contact: gmcm@hypernet.com

<P><A 
HREF="http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/install1.html">
Win32 Installer release 4a</A> A compiler-less way 
of distributing Python apps on Windows. (5-May-01)


- Gordon


From jack@oratrix.nl  Tue May  1 22:24:13 2001
From: jack@oratrix.nl (Jack Jansen)
Date: Tue,  1 May 2001 23:24:13 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: MacPython 2.1 released
Message-ID: <mailman.988924382.3287.clpa-moderators@python.org>

MacPython 2.1 is available for download. Get it via
http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html .


Python is a high-level programming language that is suitable for
simple scripting tasks as well as writing large
applications. MacPython offers alot of Mac-specific extensions,
including access to all major MacOS Toolbox modules (QuickDraw,
QuickTime, AppleScript and many more), an Integrated Development
Environment (in Python!), frameworks for windowing applications,
unix-compatible cgi-scripting, image-manipulation libraries, numerical
libraries, tk-based machine independent windowing and lots more. It
also uniquely among Pythons allows you to create fully selfcontained
(and, hence, distributable) applications without needing a C compiler
or anything.

New in this version:
- A choice of Carbon or Classic runtime, so runs on anything between
  MacOS 8.1 and MacOS X
- Distutils support for easy installation of extension packages
- BBedit language plugin
- All the platform-independent Python 2.1 mods
- New version of Numeric
- Lots of bug fixes
- Choice of normal and active installer

Please send feedback on this release to pythonmac-sig@python.org,
where all the MacPythoneers hang out.

Enjoy,


--
Jack Jansen             | ++++ stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal ++++
Jack.Jansen@oratrix.com | ++++ if you agree copy these lines to your sig ++++
www.oratrix.nl/~jack    | ++++ see http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/ ++++


From Cayce@actzero.com  Tue May  1 23:17:41 2001
From: Cayce@actzero.com (Cayce Ullman)
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 15:17:41 -0700
Subject: ANN: SOAP.py 0.9
Message-ID: <mailman.988924382.3288.clpa-moderators@python.org>

The latest version of SOAP.py (a SOAP implementation written in Python), was
released today.  

Check out its interop matrix : http://www.actzero.com/soap/interop.html
(more servers, more successes)
or download it : http://www.actzero.com/soap/SOAPpy.html

Interop endpoint server info:

Name: SOAP.py 0.9 (actzero.com)
Endpoint: http://208.177.157.221:9595/xmethodsInterop
SOAPAction: "urn:soapinterop"
Namespace: http://soapinterop.org/


Comments, feedback, patches, etc... very welcome.

Changes since last version: 

- The Envelope now just contains definitions for namespaces actually used
(Builder)
- Namespace definitions are inherited by children but not siblings (Builder)
- Further improved multi-reference parsing -- it handles circular references
(Parser)
- Added support for building recursive and circular types using references
(Builder)
- More types
- Proper handling of overflow and underflow integral and floating point
types (Parser)
- More interop
- Various bug fixes and improvements



From nyp@njc.ch  Wed May  2 05:38:11 2001
From: nyp@njc.ch (Yves Perrenoud)
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 21:38:11 -0700
Subject: ANNOUNCE: yapsnmp 0.7 - an SNMP module supporting v1/v2c & MIB parsing
Message-ID: <mailman.988924382.3297.clpa-moderators@python.org>

I'm pleased to announce the first public release of yapsnmp (Yet Another
Python SNMP module).

yapsnmp is an SNMP module built on top of the net-snmp (formerly known
as ucd-snmp) library. It offers SNMP version 1 and 2c (v3 soon to come)
as well as full MIB parsing. The emphasis has been to make SNMP easily
accessible by offering a high level access to the protocol (you
shouldn't have to know the intricates of the protocol to make use of
it), without sacrificing power and flexibility.

The module and it's components are covered by the LGPL and you'll find
all the details, documentation and source on the yapsnmp homepage:

  http://yapsnmp.sourceforge.net/

Although this is the first public release, which basically means that I
finally took the time to prepare it for public consumption, the module
is actually quite mature and implements most of what I had originally
planned. I've been using it to collect millions of elements of data per
day, for well over a month, and haven't had any trouble with it.

Enjoy...

Yves Perrenoud (nyp@njc.ch)

<P><A HREF="http://yapsnmp.sourceforge.net/">yapsnmp 0.7</A> - An
    SNMP module supporting v1/v2c & MIB parsing.  (01-May-2001)


From thomas.heller@ion-tof.com  Thu May  3 08:18:36 2001
From: thomas.heller@ion-tof.com (Thomas Heller)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 09:18:36 +0200
Subject: py2exe - new version
Message-ID: <mailman.988924382.3299.clpa-moderators@python.org>

I've released py2exe version 0.2.6.

Some smaller changes, as well as support for Python 2.1.

Thomas

http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/py2exe/




From pete@visionart.com  Thu May  3 19:52:40 2001
From: pete@visionart.com (Pete Shinners)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 11:52:40 -0700
Subject: Announce: SolarWolf 1.0
Message-ID: <mailman.988924382.3300.clpa-moderators@python.org>

Announcing SolarWolf 1.0
by Pete 'ShredWheat' Shinners

http://shredwheat.zopesite.com/solarwolf


SolarWolf is an action/arcade game written entirely in Python.
It is  opensource and is released under the LGPL license. 

There is a full source package and a precompiled windows
installation available. The source is dependent on pygame, which
in turn depends on Python2, SDL, SDL_mixer, SDL_image, and SDL_ttf.
 
It features quick and smooth fullscreen 800x600 graphics. There
is alpha transparent blitting, colorkeying, animated sprites,
scrolling starfield background, antialiased font rendering, and
more. The sound system supports multiple sound channel playback,
along with streaming music support. It also supports input from
keyboard or joystick. 
 
The game and its dependencies are extremely cross platform,
allowing gameplay on just about all platforms; Windows, Linux,
BeOS, IRIX, Solaris, NT4, and more. 
 
SolarWolf is built with Pygame 1.0. This library is a great set
of modules for game development in python, with a growing community
of users. It provides a "pythonic" object oriented interface for
the fantastic SDL media library. 
 
The game is originally based of one of my childhood favorites,
SolarFox on the Atari 2600. 
 
All this, yet the best feature of all is; It is a hecka lotta fun!
The point of the game is to scramble through 48 levels of patterns,
collecting all the boxes. The part that makes it tricky is avoiding
the relentless hailstorm of fire coming at you from all directions. 

Find out more about the dependencies with these URLs;
http://pygame.seul.org
http://www.python.org
http://www.libsdl.org






From uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com  Thu May  3 21:14:46 2001
From: uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com (Uche Ogbuji)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 14:14:46 -0600
Subject: ANN: 4Suite  and 4Suite Server 0.11
Message-ID: <mailman.988924382.3301.clpa-moderators@python.org>

Fourthought, Inc. (http://Fourthought.com) announces the release of

                   4Suite 0.11 and 4Suite Server 0.11
                      ----------------------------
          Open source XML processing tools and an XML data server

                           http://4Suite.org
                  http://Fourthought.com/4SuiteServer


4Suite Server News
------------------

    Basically re-written from ground up.  CORBA is no longer required
    and is now just another way to access the server (along with HTTP,
    SOAP, WebDAV, Python API, etc).

    Many usability, documentation, performance and architectural
    improvements


4Suite News
-----------

    * Release 0.11.0 (Tag R20010501)
    * pDomlette: XInclude implemented directly into parse for efficiency
    * pDomlette: better modularized
    * cDomlette: memory leaks squashed
    * RDF: add command line
    * RDF: major serialization and deserialization fixes
    * RDF: Work access-control directly into RDF model
    * RDF: API tweaks: use user flags for query flexibility
    * XSLT: Many speedups
    * XSLT: xsl:variable and xsl:param conformance fixes
    * ODS: Many bugs fixes in the DbmAdapter
    * Lib: Many bugs fixes in the DbmDriver
    * Many misc optimizations and bug-fixes


4Suite is a collection of Python tools for XML processing and object
database management.  It provides support for XML parsing, several
transient and persistent DOM implementations, XPath expressions,
XPointer, XSLT transforms, XLink, RDF and ODMG object databases.

4Suite Server is a platform for XML processing.  It features an XML data
repository, metadata management, a rules-based engine, XSLT transforms,
XPath and RDF-based indexing and query, XLink resolution and many other
XML services.  It also provides transactions and access control features.
Along with basic console and command-line management, it supports remote,
cross-platform and cross-language access through CORBA, WebDAV,
HTTP and other request protocols.

4Suite Server is not meant to be a full-blown application server.  It
provides highly-specialized services for XML processing that can be used
with other application servers.

All the software is open-source and free to download.  Priority support
and customization is available from Fourthought, Inc.  For more
information on this, see the http://FourThought.com, or contact
Fourthought at info@fourthought.com or +1 303 583 9900

More info and Obtaining 4Suite and 4Suite Server
------------------------------------------------

Please see

        http://4Suite.org
        http://Fourthought.com/4SuiteServer

>From where you can download source, Windows and Linux binaries.

4Suite is distributed under a license similar to that of the
Apache Web Server.



From k@eca.cx  Thu May  3 23:19:46 2001
From: k@eca.cx (Kai Vehmanen)
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 01:19:46 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: pyecasound 2.0.0 released!
Message-ID: <mailman.989010721.26476.clpa-moderators@python.org>

Below is the release announcement for ecasound 2.0.0, an advanced tool for
multitrack audio processing. I'm sending the announcement here, because
this is the first ecasound version to include pyecasound, a Python
implementation of ecasound's ECI library interface.

Licence: GPL
Platform: Unix

The ECI interface is specifically aimed at scripting, frontends,
alternative user-interfaces and automating complicated audio processing
tasks. ECI API is very compact, and is well documented. Here are links to
the primary API documents:

Ecasound Control Interface Documentation:
 - http://www.wakkanet.fi/~kaiv/ecasound/Documentation/programmers_guide/eci_doc.html

Ecasound Interactive Mode:
 - http://www.wakkanet.fi/~kaiv/ecasound/Documentation/ecasound-iam_manpage.html

One Python application already using pyecasound is Heteca - a GUI app for
multitrack audio recording:
 - http://www.helsinki.fi/~jhalttun/heteca/

---------- Forwarded message ----------
1. A short summary of changes

New disk subsystem optimized for streaming under high system load, 
ECI - a new library interface with implementations in C++, C and 
Python, a redesigned MIDI-subsystem, support for ALSA 0.9.x, 32bit 
OSS-devices, effect preset improvements, and the usual set of bug 
fixes.

2. What is ecasound?

Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio
processing. It can be used for simple tasks like audio playback, 
recording and format conversions, as well as for multitrack effect 
processing, mixing, recording and signal recycling. Ecasound supports 
a wide range of audio inputs, outputs and effect algorithms. 
Effects and audio objects can be combined in various ways, and their
parameters can be controlled by operator objects like oscillators 
and MIDI-CCs. As most functionality is located in shared libraries,
creating alternative user-interfaces is easy. A versatile console mode
interface is included in the package.

3. Changes since last release

* Features a new disk i/o buffering system that makes drop-out 
  free audio streaming possible even under high system loads.
  For even more reliable operation, enabling realtime scheduling 
  and using a low-latency optimized kernel is recommended.
* This is the first stable release to include ECI, a library 
  interface aimed at scripting, developing ecasound frontends, 
  alternative user-interfaces and similar uses based around
  libecasound functionality. ECI is well defined and documented, 
  and is easily portable to new languages. Implementations are
  provided for C, C++ and Python.
* A complete redesign of the MIDI-subsystem. New features 
  include support for multiple MIDI-devices, sending MIDI 
  start/stop/continue and MMC messages.
* New audio object types: ALSA 0.9.x, 32bit OSS devices, 
  Ogg Vorbis and MIDI (using Timidity++).
* New chain operators: pulse gate, LADSPA based metronome, 
  tremolo and audio stamps.
* New controller types: generic oscillator, amplitude-to-control 
  gate and generic linear envelope.
* Support for parametrized effect presets. This feature makes 
  ecasound's preset system a very powerful tool for sound processing.
* New utilities: ecasignalview, a ncurses-based app for monitoring
  signal levels.

4. Links and files
   
Web sites:
	http://www.eca.cx
	http://www.eca.cx/ecasound
Source packages:
	http://ecasound.seul.org/download
RPM packages:
	http://ecasound.seul.org/download
Debian packages:
        apt-get install ecasound
	http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/ecasound.html

--
 http://www.eca.cx
 Audio software for Linux!



From salvatore.didio@wanadoo.fr  Tue May  1 20:53:20 2001
From: salvatore.didio@wanadoo.fr (Salvatore DI DIO)
Date: Tue,  1 May 2001 15:53:20 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Web Site] Forum Python
Message-ID: <mailman.989010721.26479.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                             Forum Python                               
                             -------------                              

Forum des discussion Python

Ce forum est directement accessible via le Web. Aucune inscription n'est
nécessaire. Et il est possible de poster les messages en y insérant du
code HTML. Ce site intéressera plus particulièrement les débutants. Il
ne se subsitue pas à la mailing-list mais il est complémentaire.


       URL:  http://freezope1.nipltd.net/salvatore/Forum/Python


  Categories:  Non-English

Salvatore DI DIO (salvatore.didio@wanadoo.fr)
http://freezope1.nipltd.net/salvatore/Forum/Python

--
<a href="http://freezope1.nipltd.net/salvatore/Forum/Python">Forum
Python </a> -- Forum des discussion Python




From B.Y.P.Serverv.2.3.2  Wed May  2 12:23:51 2001
From: B.Y.P.Serverv.2.3.2 (B.Y.P.Serverv.2.3.2)
Date: Wed,  2 May 2001 07:23:51 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Application] B.Y.P. Server v.2.3
Message-ID: <mailman.989010721.26480.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                          B.Y.P. Server v.2.3                           
                          -------------------                           

Server with permanent connection, using TCP/IP

I'm creating a software, written in Python, to mix the advantages of
Internet (server web) and a client/server structure. Traditional web
servers use a "connection-less" system, in-factI'm creating a software,
written in Python, to mix the advantages of Internet (server web) and a
client/server structure. Traditional web servers use a "state-less"
system, in-fact when a browser requires some information to the server,
in the server machine will be launched a CGI, or PHP/ASP (etc...) script
and, when the request was satisfied, the connection can be considered
"terminated": the programs (maybe CGI) which answered were terminated.
I'm creating a system in which the server launches some threads
(programs which substitute the CGI) and they remain active until the
client exits from the application or with a time-out. I'm creating the
server thinking to Macromedia Flash 5 as client (with this software, I
can create very actractive programs, just like a beautiful and very
functional graphic terminal client). With my project I intend to join
the advantages of an Intranet/Extranet/Internet system with the
advantages of a client/server system. One of the major targets is to
simplify the server side programming: in-fact I wish let you create a
program with the same technics that you use to create a local oriented
software! I use a lot of techniques implemented in your wonderful
language, such multithreading, module dynamic loading (the server never
stops!), HTTP server, sockets, and so on... (I wish to implement simple
database connectivity, distributed computing, etc...).

I wish to implement a lot of things, but my development time is limited.
I wish to know your opinion about this project and, if you wish, publish
the my site link in your site (!). Furthermore, I wish to find someone
which help me to develop the program and documentation, and more and
more and ...).


       URL:  http://members.xoom.it/bypserver
  Download:  http://members.xoom.it/bypserver

   License:  GPL
  Platform:  linux, win32, everywhere Python runs...

  Categories:  Applications

B.Y.P. Server v.2.3.2 (manotti@bigfoot.com)
http://members.xoom.it/bypserver

--
<a href="http://members.xoom.it/bypserver">B.Y.P. Server v.2.3</a> --
Server with permanent connection, using TCP/IP




From x@vex.net  Fri May  4 12:37:06 2001
From: x@vex.net (Parnassus Submission)
Date: Fri,  4 May 2001 07:37:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Application] C to C++ Converter 1.0
Message-ID: <mailman.989234641.2857.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                         C to C++ Converter 1.0                         
                         ----------------------                         

Convert automatically C projects to C++

Save some days of works by using these scripts: they will performs all
the tasks for you, make classes, change functions and variables to
methods ans attributes, and propagates the changes to all references in
the sources.


       URL:  http://www.scriptol.com
  Download:  http://www.scriptol.com/ctocpp.php

   License:  GPL
  Platform:  All
  Requires:  No

  Categories:  Parsing/Formatting

scriptol
http://www.scriptol.com

--
<a href="http://www.scriptol.com">C to C++ Converter 1.0</a> -- Convert
automatically C projects to C++



From x@vex.net  Fri May  4 19:35:41 2001
From: x@vex.net (Parnassus Submission)
Date: Fri,  4 May 2001 14:35:41 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Module] Matfunc.py
Message-ID: <mailman.989234641.2858.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                               Matfunc.py                               
                               ----------                               

Matrix, Vector and Elementwise routines plus curvefitting

100% pure python math package (does not require numPy). UserList style
implementation adds elementwise operations including broadcasting
(multiply a matrix by either another matrix, a vector, or a scalar.
Vector class provides dot product, a norm, an outer product, and a
Householder vector. Matrix class provides matrix multiplication,
transpose, multiplication by vector, QR decomposition, Q-less QR
decompostion, LU decomposition, inverse, and matrix divide. The matrix
divide solver handles inconsistent cases and gives a least squares
solution. Utility routines are provided to generate elementary matrix,
and sophisticated curve fitting (polynomial fit, rational approximation,
and fitting to arbitrary functions over an interval).

Advanced implementation features including caching transposes, caching
decompositions, exploiting structure of triangular matrices (using
backsub as a solver). Has optional pre and post-condition assertions for
quality assurance and documentation.


       URL:  http://users.javanet.com/~othello/download/python.htm
  Download:  http://users.javanet.com/~othello/download/matfunc.py

   License:  Public Domain

  Categories:  Math

Raymond Hettinger

--
<a href="http://users.javanet.com/~othello/download/python.htm">Matfunc.py</a>
-- Matrix, Vector and Elementwise routines plus curvefitting



From x@vex.net  Fri May  4 21:46:38 2001
From: x@vex.net (Parnassus Submission)
Date: Fri,  4 May 2001 16:46:38 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Module] Puzzle 1.0
Message-ID: <mailman.989234641.2859.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                               Puzzle 1.0                               
                               ----------                               

Generic Puzzle Solver

Framework for defining and solving puzzles using either depth first or
breadth first searching. Highlight is the ease with which new puzzles
can be defined and solved.

Includes pretty printed solutions to Jug filling problem, River crossing
problem, Eight queens problem, Marble puzzle, a sliding block puzzle,
and the Triangle Tee puzzle.

Six solved puzzle exampes are at:
http://users.javanet.com/~othello/download/puzzle.py

       URL:  http://users.javanet.com/~othello/download/python.htm
  Download:  http://users.javanet.com/~othello/download/puzzle.py

   License:  Public Domain

  Categories:  Games, * Math

Raymond Hettinger

--
<a href="http://users.javanet.com/~othello/download/python.htm">Puzzle
1.0</a> -- Generic Puzzle Solver



From djc@object-craft.com.au  Mon May  7 05:41:04 2001
From: djc@object-craft.com.au (Dave Cole)
Date: 07 May 2001 14:41:04 +1000
Subject: Sybase module 0.24 (Timothy Docker release) released
Message-ID: <mailman.989234702.2888.clpa-moderators@python.org>

What is it:

The Sybase module provides a Python interface to the Sybase relational
database system. The Sybase package supports almost all of the Python
Database API, version 2.0 with extensions.

The module works with Python versions 1.5.2 and later and Sybase
versions 11.0.3 and later.  It is based on the Sybase Client Library
(ct_* API), and the Bulk-Library Client (blk_* API) interfaces.

The 0.20 and later releases are a reimplementation of the module using
a thin C wrapper on the Sybase-CT API, and a Python module to provide
the DB-API functionality.  It is still a work in progress, but should
be good enough for most purposes.

Timothy Docker sent a patch with the following changes:

  - con.c renamed to conn.c because NT still has the CON: device!!!

  - warnings from gcc -Wall fixed.

  - bug fix in CS_BLKDESC_blk_init() - missing & operator.

  - bug fix in CS_CONNECTION_ct_diag, CS_CONTEXT_cs_diag() - missing
    return NULL.

  - bug fixes to raise exception for unhandled properties in sybasect
    module.

  - ARRAY_INSERT now controlled by HAS_ARRAY_INSERT in sybasect.h

  - Initialisation via PyObject_HEAD_INIT() now conforms to example
    module in Python distribution.  It should be possible to compile
    and install on NT.

  - rename max() macro to maxv() in numeric.c

  - created initial setup.py and ntsetup.py for use with distutils.

    Now you can just run the following command to install:

        bash$ python setup.py install

    Or on NT:

        > python ntsetup.py install

Where can you get it:

        http://www.object-craft.com.au/projects/sybase/

- Dave

-- 
http://www.object-craft.com.au



From michael@stroeder.com  Mon May  7 02:55:26 2001
From: michael@stroeder.com (Michael =?iso-8859-1?Q?Str=F6der?=)
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 02:55:26 +0100
Subject: web2ldap 0.9.0rc2
Message-ID: <mailman.989234820.3278.clpa-moderators@python.org>

HI!

I'd like to announce a new release candidate of web2ldap found on

  http://www.web2ldap.de/download.html

Ciao, Michael.

Changes since 0.9.0rc1:
Updated documentation and minor bug fixes.


From x@vex.net  Sun May  6 15:43:26 2001
From: x@vex.net (Parnassus Submission)
Date: Sun,  6 May 2001 10:43:26 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Module] pyrepl 0.5.0
Message-ID: <mailman.989235301.4170.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                              pyrepl 0.5.0                              
                              ------------                              

a readline-alike in Python

A flexible and powerful library for text-mode input. Contains a souped
up Python top-level by way of an example. Can be used in a similar way
to GNU readline.


       URL:  http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/hacks/pyrepl.html
  Download:  http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/hacks/pyrepl-0.5.0.tar.gz

   License:  Python Style
  Platform:  unix

  Categories:  Text Based UI

Michael Hudson

--
<a href="http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/hacks/pyrepl.html">pyrepl
0.5.0</a> -- a readline-alike in Python



From barry@digicool.com  Mon May  7 17:18:12 2001
From: barry@digicool.com (Barry A. Warsaw)
Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 12:18:12 -0400
Subject: ANNOUNCE Mailman 2.0.5
Message-ID: <mailman.989261882.19654.clpa-moderators@python.org>

I've just released version 2.0.5 of Mailman, the GNU Mailing List
Manager.  Mailman is released under the GNU General Public License
(GPL).

This release fixes a problem with stale lock files that can occur
under certain situations when the user hits the `Stop' button on their
browser.  These stale lock files can cause mailing lists to be
inaccessible for long periods of time (until the stale lock file times
out or is manually removed).

Mailman 2.0.5 is being released as both a gzip'd source tarball and as
a patch file.

GNU Mailman is software to help manage electronic mail discussion
lists, much like Majordomo or Smartmail.  Mailman gives each mailing
list a unique web page and allows users to subscribe, unsubscribe, and
change their account options over the web.  Even the list manager can
administer his or her list entirely via the web.  Mailman has most of
the features that people want in a mailing list management system,
including built-in archiving, mail-to-news gateways, spam filters,
bounce detection, digest delivery, and so on.

Mailman is compatible with most web servers, web browsers, and mail
servers.  It runs on GNU/Linux and should run on any other Unix-like
operating system.  Mailman 2.0.5 requires Python 1.5.2 or newer.  To
install Mailman from source, you will need a C compiler.

For more information on Mailman, including links to file downloads,
please see the Mailman WWW page: http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman

And its mirrors at:

    http://mailman.sourceforge.net
    http://www.list.org

[Only the SourceForge and list.org sites are up-to-date at the moment,
I expect the gnu.org site to be updated shortly.]

If you want to download just the 2.0.4 -> 2.0.5 patch, please see:

    http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=103

There are email lists (managed by Mailman, of course!) for both
Mailman users and developers.  See the web sites above for details.

Enjoy,
-Barry


From michael@stroeder.com  Thu May 10 03:32:36 2001
From: michael@stroeder.com (Michael =?iso-8859-1?Q?Str=F6der?=)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 04:32:36 +0200
Subject: web2ldap 0.9.0
Message-ID: <mailman.989536321.8682.clpa-moderators@python.org>

HI!

I'm pleased to announce a new release of web2ldap. Grab it from:

  http://www.web2ldap.de/download.html

web2ldap is a web gateway to LDAP servers. Check out
http://www.web2ldap.de to learn more about it.

Ciao, Michael.

Summary of changes since 0.8.3 (see
http://www.web2ldap.de/changes.html for details):

Runs as multithreaded HTTP server or FastCGIServer. Web session
managment with persistent LDAP connections. Displays images inline,
updated documentation and many bug fixes.


From mwh@python.net  Fri May 11 00:29:32 2001
From: mwh@python.net (Michael Hudson)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 00:29:32 +0100 (BST)
Subject: python-dev summary 2001-04-26 - 2001-05-10
Message-ID: <mailman.989615221.7740.clpa-moderators@python.org>

 This is a summary of traffic on the python-dev mailing list between
 Apr 26 and May 9 (inclusive) 2001.  It is intended to inform the
 wider Python community of ongoing developments.  To comment, just
 post to python-list@python.org or comp.lang.python in the usual
 way. Give your posting a meaningful subject line, and if it's about a
 PEP, include the PEP number (e.g. Subject: PEP 201 - Lockstep
 iteration) All python-dev members are interested in seeing ideas
 discussed by the community, so don't hesitate to take a stance on a
 PEP if you have an opinion.

 This is the seventh summary written by Michael Hudson.
 Summaries are archived at:

  <http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/summaries/>

   Posting distribution (with apologies to mbm)

   Number of articles in summary: 228

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        Thu 26| Sat 28| Mon 30| Wed 02| Fri 04| Sun 06| Tue 08|
            Fri 27  Sun 29  Tue 01  Thu 03  Sat 05  Mon 07  Wed 09

  A fairly quiet, but interesting fortnight (and I don't mean the
  sarcastic replies to the Homepage virus).  A few build problems and
  bugs fixed, and one very involved discussion (cf. most of the rest
  of this summary).


    * type == class? *

 Guido posted a message from Jim Althoff describing the metaclass
 system used in Smalltalk:

  <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-May/014508.html>

 He also mentioned a problem that is bound to bite any attempt to heal
 the type/class split in Python.  If there are to be no special cases
 in the type system then classes and types in particular should be
 instances.  This sounds innocuous, but consider:

    class MyDictType(DictType):
        def __repr__(self):
            return "MyDictType(%s)" % DictType.__repr__(self)

 The code is hoping that, as in today's Python, DictType.__repr__ will
 return an unbound method - the __repr__ method of vanilla
 dictionaries, so that output of the form

    MyDictType({1:2})

 will be given.  But DictType is now an instance, so there's another
 interpretation for DictType.__repr__ - the bound DictType's own
 __repr__ method!  This is a fundamental problem; currently
 "class.attr" and "instance.attr" have different meanings in Python,
 and any attempt to conflate the notions of "class" and "instance" is
 bound to run aground.  Guido proposed some hairy disambiguation rules
 in the above-linked message, but no-one was particularly enthused
 about them, possibly because no-one could really get their head round
 them.

 The long term solution is to change the syntax for getting - or
 removing entirely - unbound methods.  As far as anyone can make out,
 all that unbound methods are used for is called superclasses' methods
 from overriding methods, so if one can find another way of spelling
 that, then removing unbound methods entirely could be contemplated.
 So the discussion on that went around for a bit, with no really new
 compelling ideas surfacing.  There was some support for some kind of
 souped up super.foo() construct:

  <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-May/014523.html>

 To me, the most plausible ideas came from Thomas Heller:

  <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-May/014517.html>

 and from Paul Dubois, who suggested nicking the feature renaming
 feature from Eiffel:

  <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-May/014573.html>

 though the best syntax for the latter is far from clear.

 There's also the king-sized issue of backwards compatibility; to a
 first degree of approximation, *all* Python code that uses
 inheritance would need to be updated to accommodate changes in the
 meaning of "class.attribute".  Another __future__ statement, maybe?


    * data.decode *

 Marc-Andre Lemburg asked if it might be an idea if string objects
 sprouted an .decode method:

  <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-May/014547.html>

 After some umming and arring and accusations of bloat, this got BDFL
 approval, and should appear in CVS imminently.


    * Moving MacPython to sourceforge *

 Jack Jansen posted notice that he intends to move the MacPython code
 over to sourceforge:

  <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-May/014611.html>

 It will be nice to finally have all the code in the same place!

Cheers,
M.



From dietmar@schwertberger.de  Fri May 11 06:21:46 2001
From: dietmar@schwertberger.de (Dietmar Schwertberger)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 07:21:46 +0200
Subject: Python 2.1 for RISC OS
Message-ID: <mailman.989615221.7744.clpa-moderators@python.org>

============================================================================
  Python 2.1 for RISC OS release 2001-05-05
============================================================================


I'm pleased to announce that binaries of Python 2.1 for RISC OS are
available from http://www.schwertberger.de .

If you don't know the Python programming language, you may have
a look at the Executive Summary below or at http://www.python.org/ .


RISC OS Python includes the following highlights:

  * An integrated interface to the SWI system
  * Drawfile support
  * Interfaces to the RISC OS WIMP and toolbox (with examples)
  * Numeric and plotting packages


For use of Python you will need a filing system with long filename and >77
files/directory support.




What is Python?  Executive Summary
==================================

Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming
language with dynamic semantics.  Its high-level built in data
structures, combined with dynamic typing and dynamic binding, make it
very attractive for rapid application development, as well as for use
as a scripting or glue language to connect existing components
together.  Python's simple, easy to learn syntax emphasizes
readability and therefore reduces the cost of program maintenance.
Python supports modules and packages, which encourages program
modularity and code reuse.  The Python interpreter and the extensive
standard library are available in source or binary form without charge
for all major platforms, and can be freely distributed.

Often, programmers fall in love with Python because of the increased
productivity it provides.  Since there is no compilation step, the
edit-test-debug cycle is incredibly fast. Debugging Python programs is
easy: a bug or bad input will never cause a segmentation fault.
Instead, when the interpreter discovers an error, it raises an
exception.  When the program doesn't catch the exception, the
interpreter prints a stack trace. A source level debugger allows
inspection of local and global variables, evaluation of arbitrary
expressions, setting breakpoints, stepping through the code a line at
a time, and so on. The debugger is written in Python itself,
testifying to Python's introspective power. On the other hand, often
the quickest way to debug a program is to add a few print statements
to the source: the fast edit-test-debug cycle makes this simple
approach very effective.




Who & Thanks
============

Thanks to Chris T. Stretch, Laurence Tratt, James Bursa, Andrew Clover and
Simon Callan for porting and maintaining previous versions of RISC OS Python,
contributing code and working on the future (32bit, RM version) for RISC OS
Python...
Thanks to Guido v. Rossum and Martin v. Loewis for merging the RISC OS
patches with the standard Python source tree (and of course special thanks
to Guido for creating Python).




Bug reports etc.
================

RISC OS specific bug reports, contributions, comments, critics, links to
RISC OS compatible Python libraries to dietmar@schwertberger.de



From info@pythonware.com  Fri May 11 14:13:30 2001
From: info@pythonware.com (PythonWare)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 15:13:30 +0200
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: The Python Imaging Library, version 1.1.2
Message-ID: <mailman.989615221.7745.clpa-moderators@python.org>

yet another release from the labs:

    The Python Imaging Library (PIL) adds image processing capabilities
    to your Python interpreter. This library supports many file formats,
    and provides powerful image processing and graphics capabilities.

    Version 1.1.2 is a maintenance release, which fixes a couple of
    problems caused by incompatible changes in Python 2.1.  It also
    fixes some other bugs.  See below for details.

    Get your copy of the source kit here:

        http://www.pythonware.com/downloads/#pil

    For more information, including support options and information on
    the PIL plus extensions, see the product site:

        http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/

enjoy,
the pil team

    "Secret Labs -- makers of fine pythonware since 1997."




From akuchlin@mems-exchange.org  Fri May 11 15:21:17 2001
From: akuchlin@mems-exchange.org (Andrew Kuchling)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 10:21:17 -0400
Subject: Distutils 1.0.2 released
Message-ID: <mailman.989615221.7746.clpa-moderators@python.org>

A new release of the Distutils, version 1.0.2, is now available.  This
is a maintenance release that fixes various bugs, and is identical to
the code included with Python 2.1 (well, except for a trivial version
number change).

This release is for use by Python 2.0 and 1.5.2 users who want to
benefit from the various fixes and improvements that were made for
2.1.  It can be downloaded from:
      http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/download.html

(Or from your local python.org mirror.)

The changes in this release are:

  * fixes to accommodate the major revisions made to Python's build system 
    for 2.1.  

  * from Thomas Heller: the installer generated by bdist_wininst now 
    includes an uninstaller.  Other enhancements are:
        
        --bitmap command line option allows to use a different bitmap
        file instead of the built-in python powered logo.  
        
        --title lets you specify the text to display on the
	background.

  * from Jack Jansen: added 'get_command_list()' method, and
    Mac-specific code to use it to generate a dialog for users to
    specify the command-line (because providing a command-line with
    MacPython is awkward).
  
  * applied patches from Jack Jansen for the Mac and the Metrowerks compiler

  * added 'platforms' and 'keywords' to the set of metadata that can be 
    specified for a distribution.

  * the sdist command now writes a PKG-INFO file, as described in PEP 241,
    into the release tree.

  * applied patches from Jason Tishler to make the compiler class work with
    Cygwin.

  * various bugfixes

--amk


From x@vex.net  Mon May  7 23:26:54 2001
From: x@vex.net (Parnassus Submission)
Date: Mon,  7 May 2001 18:26:54 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Web Site] ASPN - ActiveState Programmer Network
Message-ID: <mailman.989615221.7747.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                 ASPN - ActiveState Programmer Network                  
                 -------------------------------------                  

Information and productivity tools to build applications with open
source technologies

ActiveState Programmer Network (ASPN) delivers the latest information
and productivity tools to build applications with open source
technologies.

The ASPN infrastructure is being built to allow you to readily find,
access, and contribute information. ASPN includes a growing archive of
practical information that will facilitate application development and
provide comprehensive solutions for increased productivity.


       URL:  http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/


  Categories:  Web Sites

Rachel C

--
<a href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/">ASPN - ActiveState
Programmer Network</a> -- Information and productivity tools to build
applications with open source technologies



From cja@well.com  Thu May 10 03:49:08 2001
From: cja@well.com (Chris Abraham)
Date: Wed,  9 May 2001 22:49:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Web Site] Zope Python User Group in Washington, DC
Message-ID: <mailman.989615221.7748.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                Zope Python User Group in Washington, DC                
                ----------------------------------------                

Announcing Yet Another User Group in DC: ZPUG.ORG

ZPUG[1] is a new User Group for people who love Zope and Python. New and
Forming.


       URL:  http://www.zpug.org


  Categories:  Info/Books/Tutorials, User Group

Chris Abraham (cja@well.com)
http://www.chrisabraham.com

--
<a href="http://www.zpug.org">Zope Python User Group in Washington, DC</a>
-- Announcing Yet Another User Group in DC: ZPUG.ORG



From marc@bowery.com  Fri May 11 17:18:56 2001
From: marc@bowery.com (Marc Lindahl)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 12:18:56 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Module] mp3info.py-0.3
Message-ID: <mailman.989853243.19685.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                             mp3info.py-0.3                             
                             --------------                             

module to analyze/filter/deal with mp3 audio file information tags (id3
and header) in a "filter" format.

This module allows you to create a string which holds an mp3 file, and
has some extra data to easily read the header and id3 tag info. Also,
it's set up to easily change the id3 information and output a new string
with the new information.

In the future it could be extended to be able to modify the header info
too, but that would mean walking the entire file, since the header is
stored in every frame.

adapted from MP3infor.py (Eduardo Roldan) by Marc Lindahl


       URL:  http://www.zope.org/Members/bowerymarc/
  Download:  http://www.zope.org/Members/bowerymarc/mp3info-0.3.tgz

   License:  GPL

  Categories:  Sound/Audio

Marc Lindahl (marc@bowery.com)
http://bowery.com

--
<a href="http://www.zope.org/Members/bowerymarc/">mp3info.py-0.3</a> --
module to analyze/filter/deal with mp3 audio file information tags (id3
and header) in a "filter" format.



From x@vex.net  Sun May 13 01:48:28 2001
From: x@vex.net (Parnassus Submission)
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 20:48:28 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Application] GypsyMail 0.5.4 beta
Message-ID: <mailman.989853243.19686.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                          GypsyMail 0.5.4 beta                          
                          --------------------                          

A Form Mail cgi script

A Python clone of the well-known cgiemail script, with added features
and flexibility. This script allows you to set up an HTML form on your
website, to collect information from your site's visitors, and send a
very nicely formatted e-mail to yourself, or other e-mail addresses.

Comes with sample forms and templates. Cross-platform. Under continuing
development. .zip format file also available for download. I am looking
for testers for this script.

       URL:  http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/computers/software/gypsymail.html
  Download:  http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/computers/software/gypsy/gypsy054.tar.gz

   License:  GPL

  Categories:  CGI Scripts

Sheila King
http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/

--
<a
href="http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/computers/software/gypsymail.html">GypsyMail
0.5.4 beta</a> -- A Form Mail cgi script



From Prabhu Ramachandran <prabhu@cyberwaveindia.com>  Mon May 14 06:15:09 2001
From: Prabhu Ramachandran <prabhu@cyberwaveindia.com> (Prabhu Ramachandran)
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 10:45:09 +0530 (IST)
Subject: MayaVi 1.0 released.
Message-ID: <mailman.989853247.19704.clpa-moderators@python.org>

Hi,

This is to announce the availability of the MayaVi Data Visualizer
version 1.0.  This is the first release.

MayaVi is a free, easy to use scientific data visualizer.  It is
written in Python and uses the Visualization Toolkit (VTK) for the
graphics.  It provides a GUI written using Tkinter.  MayaVi is free
and distributed under the GNU GPL.  It is also cross platform and
should run on any platform where both Python and VTK are available.

MayaVi is based on ideas from an earlier Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD) data visualizer called VTK-CFD.  The original VTK-CFD code base
has been completely rewritten and redesigned.  The resulting project
has been renamed MayaVi and has been SourceForged.

For more information, downloadable sources, screenshots, installation
instructions, documentation etc. visit the MayaVi home page at:

	http://mayavi.sourceforge.net


Also bundled with MayaVi is a VTK pipeline browser written in Python.
This pipeline browser enables one to view and configure the objects in
the VTK pipeline.  Also included with this is a simple VTK object
"pickler".  Using this one can save the state of a VTK object to a
file and reload it later.  The latest version of the pipeline browser
is 1.1 and is available at:

	http://mayavi.sourceforge.net/vtkPipeline/


Have fun!

prabhu


From bh@intevation.de  Mon May 14 21:41:15 2001
From: bh@intevation.de (Bernhard Herzog)
Date: 14 May 2001 22:41:15 +0200
Subject: Sketch 0.6.10 - A vector drawing program
Message-ID: <mailman.989946841.27128.clpa-moderators@python.org>

        Sketch 0.6.10 - A vector drawing program


Sketch is a vector drawing program for Linux and other unices.  It's
intended to be a flexible and powerful tool for illustrations, diagrams
and other purposes.

It has advanced features like gradients, text along a path and clip
masks and is fully scriptable due to its implementation in a combination
of Python and C.

More information, sources and binaries are available at the website:
        http://sketch.sourceforge.net/


Summary of the Changes since 0.6.9:

   * Russian translation.

   * Several fixes to both the setup script and Sketch's internals to
     make it work with Python 2.1.

   * The SVG import filter has basic support for text and images.

   * In the print dialog, the "rotate ccw." checkbutton is automatically
     set when the document uses landscape page orientation.

   * Several bug fixes

Sketch is released under the GNU Library General Public License.


From paulp@ActiveState.com  Tue May 15 04:34:50 2001
From: paulp@ActiveState.com (Paul Prescod)
Date: 14 May 2001 22:34:50 -0500
Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (May 14)
Message-ID: <mailman.989946841.27129.clpa-moderators@python.org>

    Bill Gates calls Python, "an extremely well-designed language"!
    No, Bill Gates doesn't, but one of his two partners on the
    first Microsoft BASIC interpreter does.  Monte Davidoff, who
    programmed floating point arithmetic for that first MS product,
    is now into Python.
        http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18909.html

    Chris Abraham announces foundation of the Zope Python 
    User's Group:
        http://www.zpug.org/

    Mark Lutz, one of Python's writers-in-residence, interviewed
    on O'Reilly.  Slashdot picks up the interview.
        http://python.oreilly.com/news/python_0501.html
        http://slashdot.org/developers/01/05/11/0021241.shtml

    A thread on range-generation shortcuts reveals deep truths about 
    the future of iterators and inconsistencies in Python's
    implementation of filter:
	http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=771b2135332fffae

    In the same thread, Alex Martelli describes the reason that 
    Python does not include the top index in slices and ranges:
        http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&selm=9db4i801beb%40news2.newsguy.com

    Only a few weeks after the release of PyGame, a game-development 
    framework for Python, Pete Shinners releases a game based on it. 
    The game is written in concise, readable Python code:
        http://shredwheat.zopesite.com/solarwolf

    Several people send John Flynn code emulating two of his 
    favorite features from Delphi, property handlers and event 
    handlers.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=5e36e9393ed06770

    Skip Montanaro asks about converting between 8-bit strings and 
    Unicode strings and learns about the Python's Unicode design. 
        http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=e05ff0346d9e47d1

    Daniel Klein asks whether Python's survival is dependent on Guido's 
    interest and ability to avoid buses. Various posters describe why 
    Python is safe no matter what happens to any individuals:
        http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=e0a0d70bc71cedc3

    How do threads, processes, message queues and IDEs interact 
    on Windows? A "Python DoEvents" thread reveals all.
        http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=771b2135332fffae


========================================================================

Everything 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
    daily python url
         http://www.pythonware.com/daily  

    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

    Michael Hudson continues Andrew Kuchling's marvelous tradition
    of summarizing action on the python-dev mailing list once every
    other week.
        http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/summaries/
        http://www.amk.ca/python/dev

    The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collect 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 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.de/oo_python.html

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

    Python To-Do List anticipates some of Python's future direction
        http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/todo.py

    Python Journal is at work on its second issue
        http://www.pythonjournal.com

    Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it's impressive
    what AI can generate
        http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python

    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.*

Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here:
  http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html
or
  http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Python-URL!&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python


Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome.
[http://www.egroups.com/list/python-url-leads/ is hibernating.  Just
e-mail us ideas directly.]

To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning,
ask <claird@neosoft.com> to subscribe.  Mention "Python-URL!".


-- The Python-URL! Team--

Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and
sponsor the "Python-URL!" project.
-- 

Cameron Laird <claird@NeoSoft.com>
Business:  http://www.Phaseit.net
Personal:  http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html


From Cayce@actzero.com  Thu May 17 03:10:44 2001
From: Cayce@actzero.com (Cayce Ullman)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 19:10:44 -0700
Subject: ANN: SOAP.py 0.9.5
Message-ID: <mailman.990088321.2387.clpa-moderators@python.org>

The latest version of SOAP.py (a SOAP implementation in written in Python),
was released today.  

Check out it's interop matrix (will be updated with latest results tomorrow,
some of the endpoints are down) : 
http://www.actzero.com/soap/interop.html 

Download it : 
http://www.actzero.com/soap/SOAPpy.html

Endpoint info:

Name: SOAP.py 0.9.5 (actzero.com)
Endpoint: http://208.177.157.221:9595/xmethodsInterop
SOAPAction: "urn:soapinterop"
Namespace: http://soapinterop.org/


Comments, feedback, patches, etc... very welcome.

Changes since last version: 

- Should parse and build all 1999, 2000, 2001, and SOAP-ENC datatypes.
- Initial handling of multi-dimensional, partial, and sparse arrays.
- Supports SSL clients (if Python built with OpenSSL).
- Supports SSL servers (if M2Crypto installed).
- Applies defaults to SOAPproxy URLs (nice for command-line tools).
- Added the _SOAPContext object, gives registered server functions more info
  about the current call.
- Now assumes that any type that isn't in a schema could be a struct.
- Added the Config object, now config options can be set globally or on an
  individual call level.
- Deprecated the DateTime, Binary and Boolean types, should now 
  use dateTimeType, binaryType and booleanType.
- Includes N+I interop suite.
- Various bug fixes and improvements.



From sheila@spamcop.net  Wed May 16 07:11:51 2001
From: sheila@spamcop.net (Sheila King)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 23:11:51 -0700
Subject: [Application]  BUG Fix: GypsyMail 0.5.5 beta
In-Reply-To: <mailman.989853243.19686.clpa-moderators@python.org>
References: <mailman.989853243.19686.clpa-moderators@python.org>
Message-ID: <mailman.990088321.2388.clpa-moderators@python.org>

The previous version, 0.5.4 beta, had a bug. If the web server did not provide
the environment variable SCRIPT_URI, the script crashed. This variable was used
in setting the X-Mailer field of the e-mail message headers.

In version 0.5.5 beta, this has been replaced with environment variables that
should be set for every CGI script: SERVER_NAME and SCRIPT_NAME.

You can download the latest version from the script's home page:
http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/computers/software/gypsymail.html

Feed back from script testers is greatly appreciated.

--
Sheila King
http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/
http://www.k12groups.org/


On Sat, 12 May 2001 20:48:28 -0400 (EDT), in comp.lang.python.announce Parnassus
Submission <x@vex.net> wrote in article
<mailman.989853243.19686.clpa-moderators@python.org>:

:                          GypsyMail 0.5.4 beta                          
:                          --------------------                          
:
:A Form Mail cgi script
:
:A Python clone of the well-known cgiemail script, with added features
:and flexibility. This script allows you to set up an HTML form on your
:website, to collect information from your site's visitors, and send a
:very nicely formatted e-mail to yourself, or other e-mail addresses.
:
:Comes with sample forms and templates. Cross-platform. Under continuing
:development. .zip format file also available for download. I am looking
:for testers for this script.
:
:       URL:  http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/computers/software/gypsymail.html
:  Download:  http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/computers/software/gypsy/gypsy054.tar.gz
:
:   License:  GPL
:
:  Categories:  CGI Scripts
:
:Sheila King
:http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/



From sbrunning@bigfoot.com  Wed May 16 14:19:58 2001
From: sbrunning@bigfoot.com (Simon Brunning)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 09:19:58 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Web Site] Python 2.0 quick reference
Message-ID: <mailman.990204965.2754.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                       Python 2.0 quick reference                       
                       --------------------------                       

Python 2.0 quick reference

Quick reference page up to date for Python version 2.0.

Richard Gruit and I have updated the Python quick reference for version
2.0 - version 2.1 forthcoming. Please report inaccuracies or omissions
to sbrunning@bigfoot.com.

       URL:  http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/python/quick-ref2_0.html
  Download:  http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/python/quick-ref2_0.html


  Categories:  Info/Books/Tutorials

Simon Brunning (sbrunning@bigfoot.com)
http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/

--
<a href="http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/python/quick-ref2_0.html">Python
2.0 quick reference</a> -- Python 2.0 quick reference



From rodsenra@gpr.com.br  Fri May 18 18:33:45 2001
From: rodsenra@gpr.com.br (Rodrigo Dias Arruda Senra)
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 14:33:45 -0300
Subject: Guido's Tutorial (v2.1) fully translated to Brazilian Portuguese
Message-ID: <mailman.990382020.1419.clpa-moderators@python.org>

Hi,

 we have made available Guido's Official Python Tutorial (release 2.1)
 translated to Brazilian Portuguese at

 http://www.gpr.com.br/cursos/cursos.html.

 There people will find a downloadable version in .pdf
 and another one in .tex (for the bold  and brave). 
 And in the near future we'll be making a full-blown Python
 course material (in Portuguese) also available.

 I strived to keep the translation absolutely faithful to content and
 style of the original document. It was generated within Python's Doc
 Framework to keep the same look-and-feel.


 I have asked python-doc to add a link to it!

Best Regards
Rod Senra
-- 
Rodrigo Senra

rodsenra@gpr.com.br  (0XX19) 3253-18888 ramal 28
GPr Sistemas Ltda --  http://www.gpr.com.br


From gmcm@hypernet.com  Sun May 20 18:21:44 2001
From: gmcm@hypernet.com (Gordon McMillan)
Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 13:21:44 -0400
Subject: ANN: 2nd beta of Win32 Installer release 4
Message-ID: <mailman.990382020.1420.clpa-moderators@python.org>

The second beta of version 4 of the Win32 Installer package is 
here:

http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/install1.html

The second beta fixes some bugs in the first beta (particularly 
tracing resources into subpackages), and adds semi-automated
support for COM clients.

Version 4 handles all Python versions from 1.5 
onward (it's been tested with 1.5 and 2.0). It has a number of 
new capabilities:
 - set a Windows version resource in the executable 
   (NT / Win2K only), including the ability to create a 
   version resource from Python
 - a utility to analyze the dependency tree of a script / module
   (including a cross-reference)
 - warnings issued when dynamic code encountered
   (__import__, exec, eval)

What is it?
 The Installer is a set of tools for distributing Python
 applications. The target machines do not need to have
 Python installed, or may have a different version of 
 Python installed.

 The Windows version (there's a more limited Linux version,
 too), has top level scripts for 3 configurations:
 - Standalone: create a single directory installation for your app
 - Simple: wraps a Standalone with a simple install script
 - Freeze: creates an executable that unpacks itself at run
   time, and cleans up afterward.
 
 More complex distributions can be created by writing your
 own config file and passing it to Builder.

Old-Python-style license.

Contact: gmcm@hypernet.com

<P><A 
HREF="http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/install1.html">
Win32 Installer release 4a</A> A compiler-less way 
of distributing Python apps on Windows. (20-May-01)


- Gordon


From pearu@cens.ioc.ee  Sun May 20 14:10:12 2001
From: pearu@cens.ioc.ee (Pearu Peterson)
Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 15:10:12 +0200 (EET)
Subject: ANN: PyVTK
Message-ID: <mailman.990382020.1421.clpa-moderators@python.org>

I am pleased to announce first release of PyVTK-0.3:

	http://cens.ioc.ee/projects/pyvtk/

PyVTK provides tools for manipulating VTK files in Python:

     VtkData - Create VTK file from Python objects. It fully
         supports VTK File Formats Standard 2.0. The features
         includes:
           *** ascii and binary output
           *** DataSet formats:
                 StructuredPoints, StructuredGrid, RectilinearGrid,
                 PolyData, UnstructuredGrid
           *** Data formats:
                 PointData, CellData
           *** DataSetAttr formats:
                 Scalars, ColorScalars, LookupTable, Vectors, 
                 Normals, TextureCoordinates, Tensors, Field

PyVTK is tested to work with Python versions 2.1, 2.0, and 1.5.2.

Thanks,
	Pearu Peterson

<P><A HREF="http://cens.ioc.ee/projects/pyvtk/">pyvtk 0.3</A> -
Manipulate VTK files in Python (21-May-01)



From scleary@jerviswebb.com  Tue May 22 18:09:13 2001
From: scleary@jerviswebb.com (scleary@jerviswebb.com)
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 13:09:13 -0400
Subject: ANN: TBA 1.0 released
Message-ID: <mailman.990568869.15229.clpa-moderators@python.org>

The first release of TBA (version 1.0) is now available.  This is also an
announcement for the release of a paper, "The Power of Iterators in Python,"
available on the TBA web site.

TBA is a general-purpose collection of pure Python modules.  Right now, it
just has a few iterator adapters.

TBA-1.0 and the paper mentioned above are available from the TBA web site:
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/tba-py/
Available formats are: .tar.gz, .zip, and Windows installer (.exe)

Iterators are actually not going to be introduced until Python 2.2, but
TBA-1.0 contains code that emulates iterators for Python 2.1.  For more
information on iterators, see PEP 234 and the mailing list archives for
python-iterators on SourceForge.

The licence for TBA is BSD-derived (this is an open-source licence that
allows commercial usage).

Stephen Cleary
shammah@voyager.net

<P><A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/tba-py/">TBA 1.0</A> -
General-purpose pure Python iterator adapters.  (22-May-01)


From jafo@tummy.com  Wed May 23 12:39:47 2001
From: jafo@tummy.com (jafo@tummy.com)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 05:39:47 -0600
Subject: Python block motion in Vim
Message-ID: <mailman.990665041.29508.clpa-moderators@python.org>

I just hacked together some code using the Python extension to vim that
handles moving to the start and end of a code block (like using '%' on the
braces in a language so impaired ;-).  Basically it moves to the first or
last line at the current indent level or higher -- stopping before getting
to a (non-blank) line of lesser indent.

I don't use '(' or ')', so I do:

   pyfile /home/jafo/vim/vim.py
   map ( :python pythonblockStart()^M
   map ) :python pythonblockEnd()^M

It's available at ftp://ftp.tummy.com/pub/tummy/python-vim/

Sean
-- 
 Language is the most important .. uh..  I think you know what I'm trying
 to say.  -- Steve Martin
Sean Reifschneider, Inimitably Superfluous <jafo@tummy.com>
tummy.com - Linux Consulting since 1995. Qmail, KRUD, Firewalls, Python


From beazley@cs.uchicago.edu  Thu May 24 01:36:37 2001
From: beazley@cs.uchicago.edu (David Beazley)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 19:36:37 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Announce: Python Essential Reference, 2nd Ed.
Message-ID: <mailman.990665041.29511.clpa-moderators@python.org>

	       Python Essential Reference, 2nd Edition

I'm pleased to report that the 2nd edition of the Python Essential
Reference (New Riders Publishing) has recently been completed and is
on its way to the presses.  This edition retains the concise style of
the first edition, but has been extensively updated to incorporate new
language features and core modules added to Python 2.0 and Python 2.1.

This edition would not be possible without the feedback I received
from the first edition.  Therefore, I'd like to acknowledge the
following individuals for their contributions and suggestions:

Paul Dubois, David Ascher, Mats Wichmann, Tim Bell, Jan Decaluwe, Mike
Coleman, Andrew Kuchling, Greg Ward, Richard Wolff, Holger Durer,
Patrick Moran, Christian Norgaard Storm Pedersen, Dustin Mitchell,
Benjamin Smith, Michael Drumheller, Brett Porter, Michael Dyck, Ian
Thomas Cohen, Steve Burns, David Morrill, Dennis McCoy, Peter Koren,
Richard Gruet, Hamish Lawson, Michael Rodgers, Eric Rowe, Phil Austin,
Aaron Digulla, Jack Gilbert, Joseph Sachs, Daniel Klein, Cecil
Edwards, and apologies to anyone I might have missed.

Enjoy!

David Beazley







From mwh@python.net  Thu May 24 17:38:37 2001
From: mwh@python.net (Michael Hudson)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 17:38:37 +0100 (BST)
Subject: python-dev summary 2001-05-10 - 2001-05-24
Message-ID: <mailman.990739980.29960.clpa-moderators@python.org>

 This is a summary of traffic on the python-dev mailing list between
 May 10 and May 24 (inclusive) 2001.  It is intended to inform the
 wider Python community of ongoing developments.  To comment, just
 post to python-list@python.org or comp.lang.python in the usual
 way. Give your posting a meaningful subject line, and if it's about a
 PEP, include the PEP number (e.g. Subject: PEP 201 - Lockstep
 iteration) All python-dev members are interested in seeing ideas
 discussed by the community, so don't hesitate to take a stance on a
 PEP if you have an opinion.

 This is the eighth summary written by Michael Hudson.
 Summaries are archived at:

  <http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/summaries/>

   Posting distribution (with apologies to mbm)

   Number of articles in summary: 322

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     0 +-023-025-017-018-028-031-036-032-025-002-015-018-020-032
        Thu 10| Sat 12| Mon 14| Wed 16| Fri 18| Sun 20| Tue 22|
            Fri 11  Sun 13  Tue 15  Thu 17  Sat 19  Mon 21  Wed 23

 Pretty busy fortnight.  The above distribution may be somewhat skewed
 because I changed my subscription address to python-dev and was
 unsubscribed for a while.  Although any impact this had is probably
 countered by ESR and Barry's discussion of "Puffy the Frog"...


    * Type/class *

 Paul Prescod has been keeping an eye on Guido's descr-branch work,
 and posted concerns about when objects will have a __dict__:

  <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-May/014694.html>

 Then there was more technical discussion about subclassing builtin
 types and Steven Majewski evangelising prototype-based OO languages
 (though I'm not sure why!).


    * Easy codec access *

 Marc-Andre Lemburg checked in his decode string method patch, and
 some new codecs so you can now do things like:

    >>> "abc".encode('zlib').encode('base64')
    'eJxLTEoGAAJNASc=\n'
    >>> _.decode('base64').decode('zlib')
    'abc'

 There was a small discussion on what other codecs might be handy and
 Guido added quoted-printable to check it was easy.


    * Performance *

 The big discussion(s) on python-dev over the past fourteen days has
 centred on performance, especially on that of comparisons and the
 related area of dict performance.  It all started with Tim Peters
 running a simple test program on 2.0, 2.1 and current CVS:

  <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-May/014781.html>

 The discussion had an unusual <wink> flavour for one about
 performance: a concentration on measuring performance numbers and
 making sure that the optimizations being discussed actually improved
 these numbers.  This is hard; everyone wants to speed the "typical
 Python app" but of course there is no such thing; people have been
 using, amongst others, pystone, pybench and the test suite, none of
 which are particularly good candidates...

 Tim posted the distribution of sizes of dicts in a run of the test
 suite:

  <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-May/014890.html>

 which showed that small dicts are overwhelmingly the commonest.  Marc
 piped up with an old optimization idea of his:

  <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-May/014891.html>

 He posted a patch to sourceforge, Tim rewrote it and checked it in,
 so dicts should be a little faster in 2.2.

 But as I said, the discussion was kicked off by the performance of
 comparisons, especially strings.  Martin von Loewis posted some
 statistics from an instrumented interpreter:

  <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-May/014808.html>

 The issue is that the rich comparisons of Python 2.1 have added a
 layer of complexity to the comparisons code.  Although the rich
 comparisons (might) provide an opportunity for faster code in some
 circumstances, code that still uses old-style comparisons can and
 does take a hit.  Strings still use the old-style comparisons and are
 compared a *lot* (especially in dicts), so it seems "upgrading" them
 to rich comparisons should be a win and Marc posted a patch to sf
 that does this.

 Marc also managed to promise <wink> to make a concerted effort to
 find speed optimizations in the next few months:

  <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-May/014928.html>

 Finally, in a coda Jeremy noticed that Python spends an alarming
 amount of time decoding those "Oi|s#" strings that get passed to
 PyArg_ParseTuple:

  <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-May/014911.html>

 and Tim pointed out that optimizing "O" might be a win:

  <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-May/014924.html>

    * FP vs. tutorial *

 Tim pointed out that the tutorial currently contains examples of
 floating point output that is platform dependent, and that this is
 bad.  He proposed changing the tutorial to only use fractions that
 can be exactly represented as floats, and adding a discussion
 (possibly in an appendix) of the reasons why

    >>> 0.1
    0.10000000000000001

 is not broken.  There was a discussion of how detailed the discussion
 should be where the point was made that it's not really important to
 explain precisely *why* this happens, but it suffices to convince the
 newbie that floating point is more complicated than he or she thinks.
 Lets hope that suitable text is composed soon, and that people
 actually read it ... there have been two "floating point is broken"
 bug reports on sourceforge in just the last week.


    * unifying os.rename semantics across platforms *

 Skip pointed out that os.rename behaves differently on Posix and
 Windows platforms when the destination file exists:

  <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-May/014957.html>

 on Posix the destination is silently replaced in an atomic operation,
 whereas on Windows an exception is raised.  Skip proposed enforcing
 posix semantics everywhere, but this has two problems (a) it's
 backwards incompatible (b) it's impossible (you can't avoid the race
 condition on Windows).  So maybe we'll just settle for better
 documentation.


    * Python 2.1.1 *

 Thomas Wouters started back-porting bug fixes to the 2,1-maint branch
 in preparation for a 2.1.1 release.  There is as yet no firm - or
 even vague - plans about release dates.


    * Daily Python-URL on your Palm *

 Marc-Andre Lemburg announced that you can now read Pythonware's Daily
 Python-URL on your Palm Pilot as an AvantGo channel:

  <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-May/014983.html>

Cheers,
M.



From robin@alldunn.com  Fri May 25 18:24:51 2001
From: robin@alldunn.com (Robin Dunn)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 10:24:51 -0700
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] wxPython 2.3.0
Message-ID: <mailman.990998285.30333.clpa-moderators@python.org>

wxPython 2.3.0 is now available for download.  Unfortunately the shell
server at sourceforge is down for a few days and so I can't update the
wxPython.org web page, but in the meantime you can get the files directly
from

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10718.

Sources and binaries for win32 and Linux for Python 1.5.2, 2.0 and 2.1 are
available.  (The win32 binaries with "-hybrid" in the name are built with
extra debugging code enabled so some things that caused mysterious problems
before will now pop-up a slightly less mysterious message dialog.)

There have been a large number of changes for this release.  I'll include
the relevant portion of CHANGES.txt here:



Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)

Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
ctor and dtors.

Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.

Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
colour database.

Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
access from non-GUI threads.

wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.

Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog

Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama.  It contains a class
that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.

Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
wxPython/lib from Lorne White.

Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
it gobs faster in certain situations.

Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
convert it to data embedded in a Python source file.  The image is
converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
containing info about each pixel.  The image's transparency mask is
included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
specified on the command line.  It is then pickled and optionally
compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage.  See
wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
the implementation.

Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK.  There was some
experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
many refreshes.

A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.

Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.

Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.

Added wxToggleButton.

Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.

Added some methods to wxGrid:
      GetCellHighlightPenWidth
      GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
      SetCellHighlightPenWidth
      SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
      GetGridWindow
      GetGridRowLabelWindow
      GetGridColLabelWindow
      GetGridCornerLabelWindow

Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.


***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---
   Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return).  See
   the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
   nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
   now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can.  By
   "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
   FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
   constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
   as before.  This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
   wxPyTypeCast.  (Woo Hoo!)  The objects returned are still not the
   original Python object, but that is the next step.  (Although it
   will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
   use weak references.)

   This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
   required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
   be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
   introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
   stomped on during my testing.  So please be sure to test everything
   thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
   object-type related oddities to me.
***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---***---

There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
specific.  It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so
it finally got done.

Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
list for a while.  The above OOR modification made this easier.

Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.

Added wxWave.

Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
useful mix-in classes can be placed.  Currently there is one to help
make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList
from Mike Fletcher.  If you have any custom code that can be factored
out of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
please send it to me for inclusion in this package.

Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
by having smaller functional apps to play with.  They can be found in
wxPython/samples.




--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman
robin@AllDunn.com       Java give you jitters?
http://wxPython.org      Relax with wxPython!








From rsalz@zolera.com  Fri May 18 21:46:05 2001
From: rsalz@zolera.com (Rich Salz)
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 16:46:05 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Module] Wizard 1.1
Message-ID: <mailman.990998285.30334.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                               Wizard 1.1                               
                               ----------                               

Module for writing GUI "wizards"

Wizard is a Python module designed to make it easy to write GUI
"wizards". You know, those "enter your name, click NEXT" kinds of things
that you see all the time when using Microsoft products.

This update adds "dynamic sheets" so that application code can generate
display text on the fly. This is useful for last-chance "show what we're
going to do" pages.

       URL:  http://www.zolera.com/resources/opensrc

   License:  Open Source
       Gui:  Tkinter

  Categories:  GUI

Rich Salz (rsalz@zolera.com)
http://www.zolera.com/~rsalz

--
<a href="http://www.zolera.com/resources/opensrc">Wizard 1.1</a> --
Module for writing GUI "wizards"



From x@vex.net  Sat May 19 14:33:33 2001
From: x@vex.net (Parnassus Submission)
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 09:33:33 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Module] Uncertainities
Message-ID: <mailman.990998285.30335.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                             Uncertainities                             
                             --------------                             

module for working with uncertain numbers

Module defining new data type, uncertain number, having two attributes:
value and error. Module provides basic arithmetic operations.


       URL:  http://pedro.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~stanys/Uncertainities.py

   License:  Public Domain

  Categories:  Math

Radovan Garabik

--
<a href="http://pedro.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~stanys/Uncertainities.py">Uncertainities</a>
-- module for working with uncertain numbers



From x@vex.net  Fri May 25 06:28:53 2001
From: x@vex.net (Parnassus Submission)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 01:28:53 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Wrapper] pyhz 0.3.2
Message-ID: <mailman.990998285.30336.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                               pyhz 0.3.2                               
                               ----------                               

python binding for libhz in autoconvert (A program to detect and convert
Chinese encodings)

pyhz is a python binding for libhz in autoconvert. Autoconvert is a
program/library written by Saka to detect and convert Chinese encodings.

Autoconvert can be found at http://www.debian.org/~ygh


       URL:  http://pyhz.on.openave.net
  Download:  http://pyhz.on.openave.net/data/pyhz.3.2.tar.bz2

   License:  GPL
  Platform:  tested on linux
  Requires:  autoconvert

  Categories:  Encryption/Encoding, Chinese tools

hashao

--
<a href="http://pyhz.on.openave.net">pyhz 0.3.2</a> -- python binding
for libhz in autoconvert (A program to detect and convert Chinese
encodings)



From x@vex.net  Fri May 25 20:49:00 2001
From: x@vex.net (Parnassus Submission)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 15:49:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Application] crystal / pre-1
Message-ID: <mailman.990998285.30337.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                            crystal / pre-1                             
                            ---------------                             

Crystal is a server that controls CrystalFontz 632 and 634 LCD screens

Crystal is a simple TCP server that uses a plaintext protocol to control
CrystalFontz[1] 632 and 634 series LCD screens (e.g. out 'hello world').
The pre-1 version of Crystal supports many of the functions defined in
Ben Wilson's pyCFontz[2] module, upon which crystal is based, including
most major text entry, cursor movement, backlight control, and
formatting functions. Future versions will allow multiple simultaneous
connections, and implement the full set of control functions. The server
will eventually support advanced functionality like multiple LCD
support, screen region locking by client programs, and display
templates.

Comments, code contributions, and suggestions for further development
are welcomed, and may be emailed to rupe@metro.yak.net.

       URL:  http://metro.yak.net/crystal.html
  Download:  http://metro.yak.net/crystal-pre1.py

   License:  Public Domain
  Requires:  pyCFontz (LGPL)

  Categories:  Servers

Rupert Scammell

--
<a href="http://metro.yak.net/crystal.html">crystal / pre-1</a> --
Crystal is a server that controls CrystalFontz 632 and 634 LCD screens



From Romain Guy" <romain.guy@jext.org  Tue May 29 17:26:10 2001
From: Romain Guy" <romain.guy@jext.org (Romain Guy)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 18:26:10 +0200
Subject: New IDE for Python
Message-ID: <mailman.991153861.10499.clpa-moderators@python.org>

    Jext is a free sofware (GNU/GPL) meant to become a flexible,
multi-platform programming editor. Jext is written in Java and the latest
development release (available on www.jext.org) provides serveral
interesting features for Pyhon development:

    - auto indent
    - syntax colorization
    - internal console
    - embedded Jython (press F5 to execute current editing script)
    - Python class browser (written in Python)

    Jext is being partially rewritten using Python. For instance, almost all
the menu item are Python driven. This tool also offers several generic
features which will still help you in Python coding:

    - word completion
    - abreviation expansion (typing: ei then ESC may expand to if : elif:
for instance)
    - workspaces
    - and all the kind of editing functions  you may need (comment,
uncomment, etc...)

    Hope you'll like it :-))

Romain "Java Swinguer !" Guy
romain.guy@jext.org
www.jext.org

"Now, don't you worry. The saucers are up there. The graveyard is out there.
But I'll be locked up safely in there."
- Paula Trent, Plan 9 From Outer Space



From lipp@epost.de  Mon May 28 13:10:49 2001
From: lipp@epost.de (Wolfgang Lipp)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 08:10:49 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Module] PyX
Message-ID: <mailman.991257181.1067.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                                  PyX                                   
                                  ---                                   

Proposal (in the making) for a versatile Python structured text standard

PyX is an attempt -- currently in its inceptive phase -- to formulate a
standard for structured textual data that may be applied to docstrings,
hierarchical configuration files and classical documents alike. PyX aims
to provide a grammar and tools to transform documents from the source
via intermediate representations as Python instance attributes, mappings
or lists to output formats such as XML, HTML, and plain text.

This is *alpha*. Please do not hesitate to send any comments, share
thoughts, provide critique. Also, because of the early stage this thing
is in, even the web page is hard to read, never mind the obfuscated
sources. So again, please drop me a line if you're interested.
Installation procedures to be provided.

       URL:  http://home.snafu.de/castor/projects/pyx/
  Download:  http://home.snafu.de/castor/projects/downloads/

   License:  not yet defined
  Requires:  pylon (downloadable from http://home.snafu.de/castor/projects/downloads/)

  Categories:  Parsing/Formatting, Structured Data Processing

Wolfgang Lipp (lipp@epost.de)
http://home.snafu.de/castor/projects/

--
<a href="http://home.snafu.de/castor/projects/pyx/">PyX</a> -- Proposal
(in the making) for a versatile Python structured text standard



From sheila@thinkspot.net  Wed May 30 02:41:09 2001
From: sheila@thinkspot.net (Sheila King)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 18:41:09 -0700
Subject: [Application] Update:  GypsyMail 0.6.0 beta
Message-ID: <mailman.991257181.1068.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                          GypsyMail 0.6.0 beta                          
                          --------------------                          

A Form Mail cgi script

A Python clone of the well-known cgiemail script, with added features
and flexibility. This script allows you to set up an HTML form on your
website, to collect information from your site's visitors, and send a
very nicely formatted e-mail to yourself, or other e-mail addresses.

Comes with sample forms and templates. Cross-platform. Under continuing
development. I am looking for testers for this script.

       URL:
http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/computers/software/gypsymail.html
  Download:
http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/computers/software/gypsy/gypsy060.tar.gz
or
http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/computers/software/gypsy/gypsy060.zip

   License:  GPL
  Categories:  CGI Scripts


NEW in version 0.6.0 (from the change log):

version 0.6.0 beta - 2000.5.28
	-Wrote an html document file instead of the help.txt file. Much
	more extensive documentation.
	-Changed the way that a field is exempted from a check for 	
	headers	inserted by a hacker. Removed the previous noverify tag 
	from the form field names. Now this is handled by putting an 
	additional line in the config file of the form 
	values-FormFieldName = <list>.
	-Added a confirm- option. Now two fields can both check for the
	same data and verify that the input matches (such as for 
	confirming passwords, and the like).
	-Check for CRLF characters in the message body text and replaced
	them with LF characters, to prevent double line spacing in some
	situations.
	-Moved most configuration information from the main gypsymail.py
	file to a separate configuration file. This allows for the main
	script to run different forms with different configuration 
	options.
	-Moved many of the functions used by the main script to a 
	separate file, gypsyutils.py.


Sheila King
http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/

--
Sheila King
http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/
http://www.k12groups.org/


From PyChecker <pychecker@metaslash.com>  Wed May 30 03:49:45 2001
From: PyChecker <pychecker@metaslash.com> (Neal Norwitz)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 22:49:45 -0400
Subject: PyChecker v0.5 released
Message-ID: <mailman.991257181.1069.clpa-moderators@python.org>

I was finally able to get version 0.5 out.  Just in case this is the
first time you are seeing this message, or you forgot what PyChecker is:

    PyChecker is a tool for finding common bugs in python source code.
    It finds problems that are typically caught by a compiler for less
    dynamic languages, like C and C++.  Because of the dynamic nature
    of python, some warnings may be incorrect; however,
    spurious warnings should be fairly infrequent.

The highlights are that code at the module scope is now checked.
There is still a problem with class variables and globals that are default
parameter values.  But other than that, there should be no more spurious
Variable unused warnings.

Code that makes PyChecker raise an exception should now be caught in most
cases and this produces a warning.  Please mail me if you find it blowing
up on your code.  The last line processed is shown in the warning, so
if you include some context, I can hopefully fix the problem.

Also, PyChecker should really use the files passed on the command line,
even if it uses the same module name internally.  So it will check your
warn.py, not PyChecker's warn.py.

Feedback, comments, criticisms, new ideas, better ideas, etc. are all 
greatly appreciated.  Thanks for everyone who has taken the time to mail me.
If you can think of common mistakes that are made that PyChecker doesn't
find, please let me know.

Here's the CHANGELOG:
  * Catch internal errors "gracefully" and turn into a warning
  * Add checking of most module scoped code
  * Add pychecker subdir to imports to prevent filename conflicts
  * Don't produce unused local variable warning if variable name == '_'
  * Add -g/--allglobals option to report all global warnings, not just first
  * Add -V/--varlist option to selectively ignore variable not used warnings
  * Add test script and expected results
  * Print all instructions when using debug (-d/--debug)
  * Overhaul internal stack handling so we can look for more problems
  * Fix glob'ing problems (all args after glob were ignored)
  * Fix spurious Base class __init__ not called
  * Fix exception on code like:  ['xxx'].index('xxx')
  * Fix exception on code like:  func(kw=(a < b))
  * Fix line numbers for import statements

PyChecker is available on Source Forge:
    Web page:           http://pychecker.sourceforge.net/
    Project page:       http://sourceforge.net/projects/pychecker/

Neal
--
pychecker@metaslash.com


From f8dy@yahoo.com  Thu May 31 18:09:00 2001
From: f8dy@yahoo.com (Mark Pilgrim)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 13:09:00 -0400
Subject: ANN: Dive Into Python chapter 5 released
Message-ID: <mailman.991329300.2483.clpa-moderators@python.org>

"Dive Into Python" is a free Python book for experienced programmers.
Chapter 5, "Unit Testing", is now available:
    http://diveintopython.org/roman_divein.html

Chapter 5 teaches unit testing with PyUnit (now known as the "unittest"
module, standard in Python 2.1).  It goes step by step through the full
lifecycle of a module:
- specifying requirements
- writing test cases
- writing code until all tests pass
- updating tests to handle bugs and new requirements
- refactoring to improve performance

Each step includes full Python source code for both the test cases and the
module being tested, so you can see how the code evolves from a set of
function stubs that fail all test cases to a complete, working, well-tuned
module.

Mark Pilgrim
f8dy@diveintopython.org
--
You're smart; why haven't you learned Python yet?
http://diveintopython.org/




From sean@twistedmatrix.com  Wed May 30 16:35:18 2001
From: sean@twistedmatrix.com (sean riley)
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 11:35:18 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Module] pyui
Message-ID: <mailman.991604580.22301.clpa-moderators@python.org>

                                  pyui                                  
                                  ----                                  

pure python user interface library for pygame

Pyui is a user interface library written entirely in the high-level
language python that uses the pygame framework. It is targeted primarily
as a user interface for games but could be applicable to other types of
multimedia applications. Pyui is very portable as the underlying pygame
framework is built on top of the SDL which runs on Linux, Windows, and
Macintosh operating systems.




       URL:  http://pyui.sourceforge.net
  Download:  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyui/pyui_0.3.zip

   License:  LGPL
  Requires:  pygame

  Categories:  GUI

sean riley (sean@twistedmatrix.com)

--
<a href="http://pyui.sourceforge.net">pyui</a> -- pure python user
interface library for pygame