ANN: pysendfile 2.0.1 released

Giampaolo Rodola' g.rodola at gmail.com
Tue May 27 13:10:48 CEST 2014


Hi folks,
I'm pleased to announce the 2.0.1 release of pysendfile:
https://github.com/giampaolo/pysendfile

=== About ===

This is a python interface to sendfile(2) system call available on most
UNIX systems.
sendfile(2) provides a "zero-copy" way of copying data from one file
descriptor to another (a socket). The phrase "zero-copy" refers to the fact
that all of the copying of data between the two descriptors is done
entirely by the kernel, with no copying of data into userspace buffers,
resuting in file transfers being from 2x to 3x faster.
Basically, any application sending files over the network can take
advantage of it. HTTP and FTP servers are a typical example.

=== Changes ===

- #20: host tarball on PYPI
- #21: project migrated from google code to github
- #21: project migrated from SVN to GIT
- #22: pysendfile won't compile on python 3.4
- #23: add a Makefile
- #24: use of travis continuous integration
- #25: use tox for multiple python versions testing

=== Supported platforms ===

* Linux
* Mac OSX
* FreeBSD
* Dragon Fly BSD
* Sun OS
* AIX (not properly tested)

=== Supported python versions ===

>From 2.5 to 3.4.


-- 
Giampaolo - http://grodola.blogspot.com


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