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  • 2008-02-11 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...importing and configuration work of Martin von Löwis, the Jython bug tracker is moving to the PSF-hosted Roundup installation. The Board thanked Martin for his efforts. 8   Members' Meeting D. Goodger will send out a reminder of the deadline for nominations and resolutions to psf-members. A. Kuchling will write up a list of PSF accomplishments for the member's meeting. 9   Adjournment S. Deibel adjourned the meeting at 18:57 UTC.

  • Standard Exception Classes in Python 1.5

    ...ImportError +-- EnvironmentError(*) | | | +-- IOError | +-- OSError(*) | +-- EOFError +-- RuntimeError | | | +-- NotImplementedError(*) | +-- NameError +-- AttributeError +-- SyntaxError +-- TypeError +-- AssertionError +-- LookupError(*) | | | +-- IndexError | +-- KeyError | +-- ArithmeticError(*) | | | +--...

  • 2007-02-12 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...important thing on the PSF agenda and quite serious." D. Goodger asked for the help of the other Directors & Officers in getting Jeremy Hylton to send the records. Status: follow-up required. Originally from November 2006, Section 7, PyCon: D. Goodger will prepare for the PSF members' meeting at PyCon. D. Goodger reported that everything is done for the members' meeting except catering (another action item) and the ballots. Status: in progress. Originally from December 2006, Section ...

  • 2010-10-18 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...important, since it will generate additional revenues to spend on sprints and the like." K. Kaiser: "We are setting up a new processor, FirstData. So between them and "classic" PayPal (money by email) we should be able to handle the payments. 5.4   Marketing Material MAL provides a brief introduction into his marketing project: "The project is lead by Marc-AndrĂŠ Lemburg who is in contact with the people behind the Plone brochure created by the German Z...

  • PSF Grants Program

    PSF Grants Program Announcing the 2026 PSF Grants Program Funding Round The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is excited to announce a 2026 PSF Grants Program funding round. This is not a full reopening of the Grants Program as it existed before. Rather, it's what the PSF is sustainably able to offer right now, given where we stand financially and operationally. The PSF Board, PSF Staff, and PSF Grants Work Group (GWG) are deeply passionate about the program and understand how important it is ...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...importing modules accordingly at runtime. For the IDE itself, we solve it by shipping with a specific Python interpreter included; a task that's easily accomplished with support found in the Python standard library's distutils package. No other language we have used has been this devoid of quirks, even those we have used much less intensively and across fewer language revisions. Conclusion Without Python, we could not have sustained the Wing IDE development effort long enough to produce what i...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, January 10, 2006

    ...important as we find out at moments like this. ... We do need to fix the records issue, at least going forward." S. Deibel brought up deadlines. M. von Löwis suggested January 30th for sending out snail mail invitations to PSF members; S. Deibel agreed. A. Kuchling volunteered to help with mailing to U.S. addresses. S. Deibel also suggested January 30th as the deadline for the agenda and nominations. T. Peters noted that the bylaws state that for a regular meeting, the notice is only req...

  • 2006-12-11 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...important maintainers haven't signed agreements. ... Should I write them and ask them to sign an agreement?" D. Goodger noted that there's no harm in asking. M. von Löwis: "I think most forms have not been signed because contributors were never asked to sign them." A. Kuchling: "Some other developers are listed as having signed Python agreements but not Jython ones. This is murkier: contributions going forward are covered no matter what they've signed, and maybe they don'...

  • Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2

    ...importing the types module) types.DictType (and a third, types.DictionaryType). But now that types play a more central role, it seems appropriate to have built-in names for the types that you're likely to encounter. Here's an example of a simple dict subclass, which provides a "default value" that is returned when a missing key is requested: class defaultdict(dict): def __init__(self, default=None): dict.__init__(self) self.default = default ...

  • Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2

    ...importing the types module) types.DictType (and a third, types.DictionaryType). But now that types play a more central role, it seems appropriate to have built-in names for the types that you're likely to encounter. Here's an example of a simple dict subclass, which provides a "default value" that is returned when a missing key is requested: class defaultdict(dict): def __init__(self, default=None): dict.__init__(self) self.default = default ...

  • Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2

    ...importing the types module) types.DictType (and a third, types.DictionaryType). But now that types play a more central role, it seems appropriate to have built-in names for the types that you're likely to encounter. Here's an example of a simple dict subclass, which provides a "default value" that is returned when a missing key is requested: class defaultdict(dict): def __init__(self, default=None): dict.__init__(self) self.default = default def __get...

  • 2014-01-31 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...important for release. Brian will double check the PSF?s social media accounts, but not important for launch. Ewa will check with vendors as to what needs to be done to get social login/openID going on the site. Should not block the 17Feb release. Ewa will be getting logins setup for the redesign group via vendors.Ewa will ask the vendors about offline editing capabilities. Tabled Activities PSF Budget: Update the PSF budget with recent spending (since the last time we edited it). I am n...

  • 2007-04-09 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...important. Really need someone who is comfortable with double entry accounting. S. Deibel asked, should assistants also get some pay? M. von Löwis asked, did K. Kaiser receive "training" when he became Treasurer? K. Kaiser replied that Neal Norwitz wrote up a narrative which is in CVS and has been updated/amplified. K. Kaiser informed the Board that barring unforeseen changes, he should be able to continue as Treasurer for at least another year. S. Deibel will work with the Trea...

  • 2008-10-13 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...importance to us, and the organisations behind Ubuntu and MySQL have an easier time making money (e.g. through support contracts). Hereby, we apply for sponsor membership. My employer, the KNMP ("Royal Dutch Pharmaceutical Society"), is a member organisation itself, with about 1500 out of 1800 Dutch pharmacies as its members. Our software department develops solutions for pharmacists, researchers, medical organisations and government departments to monitor or query medicine usage in th...

  • 2008-08-11 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...important part of the job (and the part that nobody has time for) is defining the roles, making the systems, and managing the volunteer force. This was followed by a wide-ranging discussion. D. Goodger will follow up on-list regarding staffing. 10   Adjournment S. Holden adjourned the meeting at 17:04 UTC.

  • 2011-02-28 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...import our data from the MatrixMaxx system to CiviCRM. Hopefully, our first HAM membership signup will soon be on the way once the HAM membership signup and payment system is integrated with python.org!" 5.4   Infrastructure Committee S. Reifschneider, Infrastructure Committee Chair, reported on a task from previous months, he said: A previous task that I thought was completed, the "trac" instance for the PSF, was re-opened. Through a mis-communication, I thoug...

  • Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2

    ...importing the types module) types.DictType (and a third, types.DictionaryType). But now that types play a more central role, it seems appropriate to have built-in names for the types that you're likely to encounter. Here's an example of a simple dict subclass, which provides a "default value" that is returned when a missing key is requested: class defaultdict(dict): def __init__(self, default=None): dict.__init__(self) self.default = default ...

  • Python Humor

    ...import this!) Fundamental... Subject: Re: Book review review From: "Chyden.Net" <@chyden.net> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 12:53:48 +0100 Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Mark Lutz wrote: > Naturally, not everyone has the same sense of humor. Dear, gentle, Mr. Lutz: Not everyone has *ANY* sense of humor. I -- an economist-turned-businessman who never got "Hello World" to work right in C++ -- have enjoyed reading _Programming Python_. I find computer science as god-...

  • Frank Willison Memorial Award

    ...import system implementation from C to Python, creating the "devinabox" project to make it easier for new contributors to get started at development sprints, writing the "Python-dev Summaries" articles from 2002 to 2005, and moderating the python-ideas mailing list since its introduction in December 2006. Brett has served on the PSF Board of Directors from 2006-2010, and again from 2013-2014, and was PSF Vice President in 2006-2007, and Executive Vice President from 2007-2010...

  • 2009-05-11 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...important -- but I just feel I can't sign off on spending $10K on this proposal. I'm OK with giving him another chance to expand further ..." T. Peters: "I suggest we ask him for a plain budget..." [60] S. Holden will ask Ian Benson for an updated "NiceTime" proposal with a detailed budget. 8   US and International Trademark Registration of the Python Logo S. Holden reported that Van Lindberg recommended trademark registration for the Python logo i...

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