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Miscellaneous PSF Reports PSF participation in the 2007 Google Summer of Code
PSF participation in the 2007 Google Summer of Code James Tauber, PSF Administrator for the 2007 Google Summer of Code 2007-12-12 SUMMARY 2007 was another successful year for the PSF's participation in the Google Summer of Code. We received 67 valid applications and were allocated 34 slots by Google. 51 people signed up to be mentors and 30 of those ended up mentoring a student. We approved 32 applications of which 25 were successful. At least a third of the students continue to have some i...
Executive Summary: The Python Software Foundation Written by Stephan Deibel, Chairman of the Board, Python Software Foundation. A version of this article was originally published in The Python Papers volume 2, issue 4. Last updated March 2008 Introduction “The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of the international community of Python programmers.” The Python Software Foundatio...
PSF Trademark Usage Policy PSF Trademark Policy and Guidelines In case you have questions regarding our trademark policy, please check our PSF Trademark FAQ or contact the PSF Trademarks Committee for help. Introduction This document outlines the policy of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") regarding the use of its trademarks. Any use of any PSF trademark must be in accordance with this policy. "Python" is a registered trademark of the PSF. The Python logos (in severa...
Volunteer The Python Software Foundation needs your help building infrastructure for the PSF and PyCon US, helping with fundraising and advocacy, and running important parts of the Python community (mailing lists, website, job board, etc). Example Tasks Help find donors and sponsors Act as a PSF representative at a conference Do a mini-presentation on the PSF at your local users group Help with other initiatives, such as grants Participate in planning and organizing PyCon US Python Softwa...
PSF Weblog Policy Version 1.03 Accepted by the PSF Board, March 13 2006. This policy applies to the PSF weblog. Access Policies Officers will always have posting privileges for the weblog. Therefore, officers can always post items without requiring permission from anyone else. This access is removed when the person is no longer an officer. The Board will appoint a weblog editor, who will also have posting access. PSF members and PSF committees can submit items for posting to the weblog edit...
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Search Python Resources <H1>Search Python Resources</H1> These are minimalistic quick search forms. For more elaborate interfaces, click on the "advanced search" links below.<P> <FORM method="GET" ACTION="http://www.google.com/search"> <P> Search the <A HREF="http://www.python.org">Python Website</A> using <img border="0" src="/images/Google_Logo_25wht.gif" alt="Google" align=&qu...
Python Software Foundation: Treasurer's Report (December 2003) The Python Software Foundation Treasurer's Report December 2003 Outstanding Issues Need to update address & fax number on all PSF forms All Directors and Officers should verify their address is correct in the PSF CVS repository: psf/bod-addresses.txt This information is required for our yearly corporate filings. Vote on BizRate.com becoming pending sponsor as of Jan 1 (or Oct 1) Vote on...
Appointment of Proxy for February 24, 2006 member meeting in Dallas, TX Appointment of Proxy for February 24, 2006 member meeting in Dallas, TX Designation of Proxy As a member of the Python Software Foundation (PSF), I hereby appoint: ______________________________________________________________ [Print the name of the person you are appointing as your proxy.] as my proxy with full power to vote in accordance with the directions provided here and on all other matters that may come be...
Python Success Stories Background Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) was started in 1975 by filmmaker George Lucas, in order to create the special effects for the original Star Wars film. Since then, ILM has grown into a visual effects powerhouse that has contributed not just to the entire Star Wars series, but also to films as diverse as Forrest Gump, Jurassic Park, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Terminator 2. ILM has won numerous Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects...
Python Success Stories Summary XIST is a XML transformation engine written completely in Python at LivingLogic AG, a software development company specializing in web technology. XIST was designed to facilitate the task of creating and maintaining large web sites. Background Soon after we began creating web pages in 1994, it became clear that typing HTML files by hand is tedious and cumbersome, and we began to search for tools to simplify the repetitive task of HTML generation. Early on, we ...
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What's new in Python 2.3 What's new in Python 2.3 Here are the (subjective) highlights of what's new in Python 2.3. Faster According to a couple of simple benchmark, Python 2.3 is about 20-30% faster than Python 2.2.3. Some of this speed-up was obtained by removing the SET_LINENO opcodes, which means that the difference is less impressive when comparing "python -O"; the rest was various careful tune-ups. New Tools A brand new version of IDLE (from the IDLEfork project at S...
Notes (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.) What's New in Python 2.3.5? Release date: 08-FEB-2005 Core and builtins Partially revert the fix for #1074011; don't try to fflush stdin anymore. Library Applied a security fix to SimpleXMLRPCserver (PSF-2005-001). This disables recursive traversal through instance attributes, which can be exploited in various ways. Bug #1114776. Applied a fix to the copy.py fix in 2.3.5rc1 to deal with types that don't hav...
Python Software Foundation: Minutes of the 1st Annual Meeting The Python Software Foundation Minutes of the 1st Annual Meeting The members of the Python Software Foundation (the "Corporation") held its first annual meeting on March 5, 2001 at the Hilton Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif. Greg Stein, chairman of the Board of Directors, presided over the meeting. The following members, constituting a quorum of the members according to the Bylaws, attended the meeting: David Ascher Fred L...
Python 2.4.1 - Release Notes (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.) What's New in Python 2.4.1 final? Release date: 30-MAR-2005 Core and builtins Move exception finalisation later in the shutdown process - this fixes the crash seen in bug #1165761 Tests SF patch 1167316: doctest.py fails self-test if run directly. Build SF patch 1171767: Darwin 8's headers are anal about POSIX compliance, and linking has changed (prebinding is now deprecated, and l...
Python 2.7.6 Release Note: Python 2.7.6 has been superseded by Python 2.7.8. Python 2.7.6 was released on November 10, 2013. This is a 2.7 series bugfix release. Most importantly, it resolves an issue that caused the interactive prompt to crash on OS X 10.9. It also includes numerous bugfixes over 2.7.5. Download This is a production release. Please report any bugs you encounter. We currently support these formats for download: Windows x86 MSI Installer (2.7.6) (sig) Windows x86 MSI program...
Python 3.3.3 Release Python 3.3.x has reached end-of-life. Python 3.3.7, the final security-fix release, is available here. Python 3.3.3 was released on November 17th, 2013. This release fixes several security issues and various other bugs found in Python 3.3.2. This release fully supports OS X 10.9 Mavericks. In particular, this release fixes an issue that could cause previous versions of Python to crash when typing in interactive mode on OS X 10.9. Major new features of the 3.3 series, c...
Python 3.3.3 license Python 3.3.3 license This is the official license for the Python 3.3.3 release: A. HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE ========================== Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting Mathematisch Centrum (CWI, see http://www.cwi.nl) in the Netherlands as a successor of a language called ABC. Guido remains Python's principal author, although it includes many contributions from others. In 1995, Guido continued his work on Python at the Corporation...
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