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  • Python Success Stories

    ...list made it clear that end users were having increasing trouble generating configuration files for my fetchmail utility. The file uses a simple, classically UNIX free-format syntax, but can become forbiddingly complicated when a user has POP3 and IMAP accounts at multiple sites. As an example, see Listing 1 for a somewhat simplified version of mine. set postmaster "esr" set daemon 300 poll imap.ccil.org with proto IMAP and options no dns aka snark.thyrsus.com locke.ccil.org ccil....

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (Feb. 7, 2002)

    ...lists open for discussion to non-PSF members: one to discuss the future of the conference, one to discuss the contribution forms. The discussion period on contribution forms will end on April 15, when we will seek legal review of the forms. Van Rossum will ask Barry Warsaw to create the lists. 4. Officers Guido van Rossum was appointed chairman of the board. Jeremy Hylton was appointed secretary and treasurer. Both appointments were by unanimous vote. 5. New members Van Rossum will conta...

  • Python For Beginners

    ...list of introductory books, or look at code samples that you might find helpful. There is a list of tutorials suitable for experienced programmers on the BeginnersGuide/Tutorials page. There is also a list of resources in other languages which might be useful if English is not your first language. The online documentation is your first port of call for definitive information. There is a fairly brief tutorial that gives you basic information about the language and gets you started. You can follow...

  • Bugs in Python 2.4

    Bugs in Python 2.4 The Windows installer package required VBScripts. On systems which do not have VBScript available, installer will report an error 2738. On systems which have VBScript available, but in an insufficiently old version, installer will report an error 2262 (and log a DEBUG error 2896). In either case, please install Microsoft Windows Script from http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/webdev.asp The format of the IDLE configuration files has changed between Python 2.3 and 2.4....

  • Member meeting at OSCON

    ...list. <ul> <li>Aahz <li>Jason Abate (Hostway) <li>David Ascher <li>Guido van Rossum </ul> <h3>Members having voting rights</h3> <p>Summary <br>Total: 52 <br>Individual: 46 <br>Sponsor: 6 <br>Quorum: 17 ( ceil((46 + 6) / 3) ) <p>According to the bylaws (Section 3.8 Record of Members Having Voting Rights.), we must make a list of members having voting rights available prior to the meeting. The list of names, sans ...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (Mar. 12, 2002)

    ...list. Several points of order were raised, on the procedure to accept the minutes and on the procedure to propose, second and vote on motions. 2) Progress reports 501(c)(3) application Guido and Tim started the process of filling out Form 1023, which should be submitted by 20 May 2002, and at least be submitted to a legal review before that. A lot of work remains to be done, but Guido is optimistic about the review. Tim notes they will need Jeremy's help in ...

  • What's new in Python 1.5 and beyond

    ...list of changes since 1.5a4 is presented at the end of the Misc/NEWS file. Package directories now require the presence of __init__.py (or .pyc/.pyo as applicable). Packages can now contain shared library modules. New module 'fileinput' to iterate over the lines of a list of files. New module 'locale' for localized number formatting and string case sensitivity. New module 'xmllib' to parse XML files. Some more support for Tk extensions (PIL, TIX, BLT, TOGL). Fixed address list parsing in modul...

  • 2007-04-09 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...lists are quiet and which are busy). Can't delete archived posts easily, or move threads into another list. Random ideas & action items: The PSF should talk to NOSI about collaborating where appropriate. For example, NOSI talks about using Linux and OpenOffice for desktops; perhaps the PSF could write a white paper about PyUno. Suggestion for python.org: write a page about the history of the software. Write a comparison of Python and PHP. M. von Löwis noted that one action item is Mailm...

  • 2019 PSF Annual Report

    ...list-grants { list-style-type: none; font-weight: 700; } @media (max-width: 767px) { .list-grants { font-size: 10px; } } .list-grants .north-america { position: absolute; left: 29%; top: 7%; } .list-grants .north-america .h2 { color: #00929f; } .list-grants .europe { position: absolute; top: 3.8%; left: 58.5%; } .list-grants .europe .h2 { color: #755099; } .list-grants .asia { position: absolute; top: 1...

  • SIG for Standard Library Development

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  • Release – Python 3.10.0rc2

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    Released: Sept. 7, 2021

    This is the first release candidate of Python 3.10 This release, 3.10.0rc2, is the last preview before the final release of Python 3.10.0 on 2021-10-04. Entering the release candidate phase, only reviewed code changes which are clear bug fixes are allowed between release candidates and the final release. There …

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  • EDU-SIG: Python in Education

    ...lists Free books Textbooks Learning environments Learning resources Videos Specialized packages Academic papers Game time! Miscellaneous SIG administrivia Mailing lists, etc. As mentioned above, the Edu-Sig community has its own mailing list. Two other mailing lists are of potential interest to educators: the python tutor and the general python-list. All three are available in a searchable archive on the ActiveState site which is also hosting the famous Python Cookbook. The python tutor mail...

  • Legal Statements

    ...List If you have any questions, please send them to the legal mailing list at: legal@python.org.

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (October 12, 2004)

    ...list was created. Steve Holden reported in email that the PRC isn't doing anything. Stephan reported for the PSC that credit card acceptance is ready to go live, and that he needs still to process some forms for that. Martin reported no progress on the contrib forms. 4. Nokia's usage of the Python trademark Nokia has asked whether they could use the Python trademark. The board discussed this query, and agreed that Nokia should be informed that we currently don't hold the trademark, but CNRI ...

  • Foreword for "Programming Python" (2nd ed.)

    ...listed in Mark's Preface speak for themselves. In the past year, Python has made great strides. We released Python 2.0, a big step forward, with new standard library features such as Unicode and XML support, and several new syntactic constructs, including augmented assignment: you can now write x += 1 instead of x = x+1. A few people wondered what the big deal was (answer: instead of x, imagine dict[key] or list[index]), but overall this was a big hit with those users who were alread...

  • Python Tabular Databases SIG: Status

    ...lists modules that comply with it. With the 2.0 revision of the spec completed, possible future directions and discussions may focus on refinements of the specification and implementations for new databases. Object-oriented databases (OODBs) are also a possible subject of discussion.

  • PSF Advocacy Initiative

    ...list (second six months) Renewal contract (second six months)

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Feb. 2002 Member Meeting

    ...list of new members for admission to the Corporation, consisting primarily of members of the Python project at SourceForge. The potential new members have not filled out membership applications, which is required by the Bylaws. Therefore, the new members were admitted contingent upon receipt of completed application. <p>Upon motion by Tim Peters, seconded by Paul Everitt, it was unanimously <p>RESOLVED, that the following people be admitted as regular members of the Python Softwar...

  • 2011-01-24 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...List The board discussed the need to add a new public board mailing list in addition to the private one that is currently being used by board members.The new public board mailing list will be utilized by both board directors and PSF members on a trial basis. 9   Adjournment Holden adjourned the meeting at 17:06 UTC.

  • 2018 PSF Annual Report

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