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• Python Success Stories

  ...images. Interested readers can surf to the SNG home page at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/sng/. I have also written implementations of several odd general-purpose languages on my Retrocomputing Museum page, http://www.tuxedo.org/retro/. I had already heard just enough about Python to know that it is what is nowadays called a "scripting language", an interpretive language with its own built-in memory management and good facilities for calling and cooperating with other programs. So I dived...

• 2011-08-15 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

  ...image data, quotes, publication approvals, etc. Given that we have over 60 leads to follow up with, this should easily produce enough material to fill the brochure with lots of interesting stories and show cases. The success stories that won't make this edition of the brochure will be hosted on the brochure website and are likely going to be used for future editions. Since we have already received enough material to start working on the layout, we'll enter that next phase in the coming weeks.&qu...

• Parade of the PEPs

  Parade of the PEPs Parade of the PEPs To start off Developer's Day at the Python10 conference I gave a keynote ending in what I dubbed "the parade of the PEPs". It was a brief overview of all open PEPs, where I gave my highly personal and subjective opinion for each PEP. Later, I realized that this might have been of interest to other developers. I didn't take notes at the conference, so below is a different set of comments that I created from scratch during a single two-hour sitt...

• 2011-03-21 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

  ...images. Arc Riley has expressed an intent to design copyright unrestricted version of font similar to the one used in our wordmark logo, which would be cool if it happens. Carl Trachte consulted committee to clarify use of Python logo in examples of SVG modification tools. He added good verbiage to his blog post letting readers know that such modified versions could not be used generally without permission of Trademarks Committee, while still producing a helpful article about SVG. We decided no...

• 2011-05-16 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

  ...images and getting project texts written/approved. We've also been in contact with several science projects and are preparing another wave of emails in the next week to reach out to more projects. Even though we have not yet actively been contacting companies for sponsorships or funding, a few of the ones we have contacted have already shown interested in supporting the project and one of them is prepared to sign up with us. More information on the available sponsoring/funding options is availab...

• 2011-09-19 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

  ...image data, quotes, publication approvals, etc. lined up. Following up to over 60 leads is turning out to be a major piece of work. We could use some help from people who are good at email communication and can keep in touch with leads until they deliver. On text and layout side, we are making progress and will have a meeting next week to start putting everything together." M.A.Lemburg also reported on issues with the project, he said: "As always, additional help in finding such intere...

• 2011-10-17 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

  ...image data from the leads. Progress on that is still slow, but the material is starting to trickle in. Due to this lag time, we had to adjust the schedule for print and are now looking to have the first edition out and printed in time for Python US 2012. This means that we can accept success stories for the printed version until end of October or early November. Layout, getting approval and translation will then take up most of November and December. In January, we'll get the brochure printed, s...

• Python 2.0

  ...Image objects are now guaranteed to have unique ids. Set event.delta to zero if Tk version doesn't support mousewheel. Removed some debugging prints. UserList: now implements __contains__(). webbrowser: On Windows, use os.startfile() instead of os.popen(), which works around a bug in Norton AntiVirus 2000 that leads directly to a Blue Screen freeze. xml: New version detection code allows PyXML to override standard XML package if PyXML version is greater than 0.6.1. xm...

• 2012-06-18 & 2012-06-25 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

  ...image he intended to use, but did not receive a followup reply. Tickler to followup to see if he's developed that. 6.8   Google Summer of Code (GSoC) A. Riley, Google Summer of Code (GSoC), reported on the issues and/or blockages this program is currently faced with. He reported: None. Arc also reported on the continued activities from last month when he wrote: Google Summer of Code 2012 work continues. Riley reported on new activities for the month. He wrote: None. A...

• PSF Community Service Awards

  ...images. June 2018 The Q2 award went to Mario Corchero for his leadership of the organization of PyConES, PyLondinium, and the PyCon Charlas track in 2018. His work has been instrumental in promoting the use of Python and fostering Python communities in Spain, Latin America, and the UK. The Q2 award also went to Chukwudi Nwachukwu for his contribution to spreading the growth of Python to the Nigerian community and his dedication and research to the PSF grants work group. March 2018 The Q...

• PSF Board Resolutions

  ...images." Denied, 0-7-0, 2022-08-22 RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Board grant $6,500 USD to the Kiwi PyCon XI conference happening August 19-21, 2022. Approved, 11-0-0, 2022-08-17 RESOLVED: The PSF sets the applicable yearly membership fee to be a Supporting Member to a minimum of USD 25. Approved, 11-0-0, 2022-08-17 RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation approve the minutes at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/psf-important@python.org/thread/YYWJLVLWZPWUKOO...

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