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  • Python Distutils-SIG: Proposed User Interface

    Python Distutils-SIG: Proposed User Interface Python Distutils-SIG Proposed User Interface In addition to identifying the common tasks and division of labour involved in developing, distributing, and installing Python modules, the "Extension Building Considered Painful" Developer's Day Session also came up with a proposed user interface. The core idea of the interface is that the module developer would provide a small Python script, called setup.py ...

  • Retired SIGS

    Retired SIGS These are SIGs that existed in the past but are no longer active. Their archives and home pages are retained. A retired SIG can be revived, using the same criteria as for creating a new SIG. Name Coordinator Description Info   catalog-sig A.M. Kuchling The Python software catalog archive March 2013 compiler-sig Jeremy Hylton Compiling and parsing Python Type checking, code generation archive May 2001 do-sig David Arnold Distributed Object Technologies archive A...

  • Comparing Python to Other Languages

    ...versions, where Python has a single, free, compact implementation.

  • Python 2.7.1 Release

    Python 2.7.1 Release Python 2.7.1 Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.2, is currently available. Its use is recommended. Python 2.7.1 was released on November 27th, 2010. The Python 2.7 series is scheduled to be the last major version in the 2.x series before 2.x moves into an extended maintenance period. This release contains many of the features that were first released in Python 3.1. Improvements in this release include: An ordered dictionary type New unittest features including test skip...

  • Python 3.1.4 Release

    Python 3.1.4 Release Python 3.1.4 Note: It is recommended that you use the latest bug fix release of the 3.1 series, 3.1.5. Python 3.1.4 was released on June 11th, 2011. The Python 3.1 version series is a continuation of the work started by Python 3.0, the new backwards-incompatible series of Python. For ongoing maintenance releases, please see the Python 3.2 series. Improvements in the the 3.1 series release include: An ordered dictionary type Various optimizations to the int type New uni...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.2.1

    ...versions of rpm have removed the building functionality from the 'rpm' command. If you see complaints such as the above, simply use the 'rpmbuild' command instead. <hr /> <li />Q) <b>Why do I get "failed dependency" errors such as:</b> <pre>error: failed dependencies: libcrypto.so.2 is needed by python2-2.2.1-1 libdb-3.2.so is needed by python2-2.2.1-1 libreadline.so.4 is needed by python2-2.2.1-1 libssl.so.2 is needed by python2-2.2.1-1</pr...

  • 2011-04-18 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...versions of the brochure and also consider creating marketing material more targeted at specific user groups or application fields. In the long run, we'd also like to take the idea of producing marketing material beyond printed material and develop booth setups, giveaways, CDs, etc. to support conference organizers and local user groups wishing to promote Python at their events." 5.5   Moving PyPI to Amazon CloudFront The project leader, M.A. Lemburg, Moving PyPI to Amazon ...

  • 2011-12-19 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...versions of the brochure and also consider creating marketing material more targeted at specific user groups or application fields. In the long run, we'd also like to take the idea of producing marketing material beyond printed material and develop booth setups, giveaways, CDs, etc. to support conference organizers and local user groups wishing to promote Python at their events. 5.4   Moving PyPI to Amazon CloudFront The project leader, M.A. Lemburg, Moving PyPI to Amazon Cloud...

  • Release – Python 2.7.4

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    Released: April 6, 2013

    Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.5, is currently available. Its use is recommended over previous versions of 2.7. Python 2.7.4 was released on April 6, 2013. This is a 2.7 series bugfix release. It includes hundreds of bugfixes over 2.7.3. About the 2.7 release series Among the features and …

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  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories Introduction I have been programming in C and C++ since 1994 and have led many teams in Windows system programming. In 2007, in the context of the Armadillo anti-spam software project at Enovad, I was given the requirement that the software must run both under Windows and Linux. To do this, I had to re-train my team of seasoned Windows system developers to also be able to deliver a product on Linux. I chose to re-evaluate the tools and programming language available to ...

  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories Introduction AFNIC is the registry of the French .fr top-level internet domain. For many years, registration rules in .fr were very strict. On May 11th, 2004, the rules changed to a more liberal model, allowing many registrations that were not possible before. As a consequence of this change, the registry was faced with receiving a potentially unmanageable burst of requests. This is a problem known as a "landrush" faced by every DNS registry which changes its ...

  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories Background Successful information search is mission-critical. It increases worker efficiency and saves money. On an external web site, it also increases customer satisfaction and helps retain users to the web site. The average company can waste millions of dollars because its employees cannot locate and retrieve the information that is needed for their jobs. Infoseek released the original version of Ultraseek Server on March 31, 1997. It was built by wrapping Infoseek's...

  • Python Patterns - Implementing Graphs

    Python Patterns - Implementing Graphs Warning This page stays here for historical reasons and it may contain outdated or incorrect information. Change notes: 2/22/98, 3/2/98, 12/4/00: This version of this essay fixes several bugs in the code. 6/10/19: Retraction of find_shortest_path as "nearly optimal". 8/11/19: Fix accidental usage of find_graph() instead of find_path() Copyright (c) 1998, 2000, 2003, 2019 Python Software Foundation. All rights reserved. License...

  • Python 2.7.2 Release

    Python 2.7.2 Release Python 2.7.2 Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.3, is currently available. Its use is recommended over Python 2.7.2. Python 2.7.2 was released on June 11th, 2011. The Python 2.7 series is scheduled to be the last major version in the 2.x series before 2.x moves into an extended maintenance period. The 2.7 series contains many of the features that were first released in Python 3.1. Improvements in this release include: An ordered dictionary type New unittest features inc...

  • Python 2.7.4 Release

    ...versions of 2.7. Python 2.7.4 was released on April 6, 2013. This is a 2.7 series bugfix release. It includes hundreds of bugfixes over 2.7.3. About the 2.7 release series Among the features and improvements to Python 2.6 introduced in the 2.7 series are An ordered dictionary type New unittest features including test skipping, new assert methods, and test discovery A much faster io module Automatic numbering of fields in the str.format() method Float repr improvements backported from 3.x Tile ...

  • Notes

    ...versions of Python, have now been removed. Library Patch #934356: if a module defines __all__, believe that rather than using heuristics for filtering out imported names. Patch #941486: added os.path.lexists(), which returns True for broken symlinks, unlike os.path.exists(). the random module now uses os.urandom() for seeding if it is available. Added a new generator based on os.urandom(). difflib and diff.py can now generate HTML. bdist_rpm now includes version and release in the BuildRoot,...

  • Python Software Foundation Board Meeting Minutes 2006-08-14

    Python Software Foundation Board Meeting Minutes 2006-08-14 The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors August 14, 2006 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 17:00 UTC, 14 August 2006. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. David Goodger prepared these minutes. Contents 1   Attendance 2   Minutes of Past Meetings 3&nb...

  • Release – Python 2.7.5

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    Released: May 12, 2013

    Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.6, is currently available. Its use is recommended over previous versions of 2.7. Python 2.7.5 was released on May 15, 2013. This is a 2.7 series bugfix release. It contains several regression fixes to 2.7.4. Modules with regressions fixed include zipfile, gzip, …

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  • Glue It All Together With Python

    Glue It All Together With Python Glue It All Together With Python Guido van Rossum CNRI 1895 Preston White Drive Reston, VA 20191 Email: guido@cnri.reston.va.us, guido@python.org Position paper for the OMG-DARPA-MCC Workshop on Compositional Software Architecture in Monterey, California, January 6-8, 1998. Introduction Python is an advanced scripting language that is being used successfully to glue together large software components. It spans multiple platforms, mid...

  • Python 2.7.5 Release

    ...versions of 2.7. Python 2.7.5 was released on May 15, 2013. This is a 2.7 series bugfix release. It contains several regression fixes to 2.7.4. Modules with regressions fixed include zipfile, gzip, and logging. The Python 2.7.4 binaries and source tarballs included a data file for testing purposes that triggered some virus scanners. This issue is resolved in the 2.7.5 release. About the 2.7 release series Among the features and improvements to Python 2.6 introduced in the 2.7 series are An ord...

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