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andy | 1 Apr 2005 14:53
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Three weeks to go to Python-UK - 21-23 April, Oxford

There are just three weeks to go to Python-UK!

The UK Python conference is once again taking place at the
Randolph Hotel in the centre of historic Oxford, as part of
the ACCU conference, on 21-23 April.

  http://www.accu.org/conference/python.html

On Tuesday 19th there's also a full day tutorial for intermediate
and advanced Python programmers, given by Michele Simionato,
at a fraction of the price of most professional training courses.
There are just a few places remaining, so book quickly!

  http://www.accu.org/conference/python_tutorial.html

Anyone attending the event is free to move between tracks and learn
from a world-class program on patterns, agile development,
Java, C++ and C# as well as Python.

Best Regards,

Andy Robinson
Python-UK Conference chair
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Tim Peters | 2 Apr 2005 01:05

ZODB 3.3.1 release candidate 1 released

I'm pleased to announce the release of ZODB 3.3.1c1.  In the absence of new
critical bug reports, the same code will be released as ZODB 3.3.1 final in
a week or two.  You can download a source tarball or Windows installer from:

    http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.3

There are several critical bugfixes and improvements in ZODB 3.3.1c1.  See
the news file for details:

    http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.3/NEWS.html

Note that ZODB 3.3.1 does not support any version of Zope 2.6 or 2.7.  Zope
2.8, and current Zope 3, development have moved to ZODB 3.4, so ZODB 3.3.1
final is expected to be the last release in the ZODB 3.3 line.

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Tim Peters | 2 Apr 2005 03:50

ZODB 3.4 alpha 1 released

I'm pleased to announce the release of ZODB 3.4 alpha 1.  You can download a
source tarball or Windows installer from:

    http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.4

ZODB 3.4a1 contains all the bugfixes in the ZODB 3.3.1c1 released earlier
today, plus new features, such as a new BTree type mapping integers to
floats, an end to the limit on the number of open Connections per DB object,
and new tool fsoids.py for heavy FileStorage debugging.  See
the news file for details:

    http://zope.org/Products/ZODB3.4/NEWS.html

Note that ZODB 3.4 does not support any version of Zope 2.6 or 2.7.  Zope
2.8a2 (to be released soon), and current Zope 3 development, use ZODB 3.4.
The ZODB 3.3 line will be retired with the release of ZODB 3.3.1 final.

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stuff@mailzilla.net | 2 Apr 2005 05:47

ReleaseForge 0.6.1 - A SourceForge project release tool

ReleaseForge 0.6.1 is now available for download.  This is a minor bug
fix release.

http://releaseforge.sourceforge.net

About ReleaseForge:

ReleaseForge is a GUI application designed for project administrators
and release engineers of projects that are hosted at SourceForge. It is
intended to make it easier and faster to create a new release and edit
existing releases rather than using the SourceForge Web interface.

ReleaseForge streamlines the release effort by prompting you for
information regarding your new release (version info, change log,
release notes, files to include, etc). It then seamlessly negotiates
with the SourceForge Web server, creating your release, posting your
release notes/change log, uploading your files to the SourceForge FTP
server, selecting the files for inclusion in your release on the
SourceForge Web server, updating the file attributes of each of the
files and then, if appropriate, notifying monitoring users of the new
release.

Phil

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Thomas Guettler | 2 Apr 2005 09:29
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gthumpy: GUI to handle images

GTK-GUI for images from a digital camera. You can enter metadata
(date, title, description), switch between directories and display
all images of a directory. You can created a slide show of static
HTML files, too.

The created files don't need a http server or CGI, you can burn a
CD/DVD and give this to your friends (which might use windows). You
only need a webbrowser to view the created HTML files.

Changes since last release:
 - gtk2
 - fullscreen support
 - keyboard shortcuts
 - change directory
 - change description of directory
 - list all images of a directory

http://guettli.sourceforge.net/gthumpy/src/README.html
http://guettli.sourceforge.net/gthumpy/download/gthumpy-2005-04-02.tgz

Licence: Any Open Source Licence

 Thomas Güttler

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Brett C. | 3 Apr 2005 09:54
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python-dev Summary for 2005-03-16 through 2005-03-31 (my last)

[The HTML version of this Summary is available at
http://www.python.org/dev/summary/2005-03-16_2005-03-31.html]

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Summary Announcements
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My last summary
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So, after nearly 2.5 years, this is my final python-dev Summary.  Steve
Bethard, Tim Lesher, and Tony Meyer will be taking over for me starting with
the April 1 - April 15 summary (and no, this is not an elaborate April Fool's).
 I have learned a ton during my time doing the Summaries and I appreciate
python-dev allowing me to do them all this time.  Hopefully I will be able to
contribute more now in a programming capacity thanks to having more free time.

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PyCon was fantastic!
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For those of you who missed PyCon, you missed a great one!  It is actually my
favorite PyCon to date.  Already looking forward to next year.

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Python fireside chat
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Scott David Daniels requested a short little blurb from me expounding on my
thoughts on Python.  Not one to pass on an opportunity to just open myself and
possibly shoot myself in the foot, I figured I would take up the idea.  So here
we go...
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Jacob Hallen | 4 Apr 2005 00:57
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Europython 2005 is now accepting talk submissions


Europython 2005 is now accepting talk submissions!

Find out more at http://www.europython.org

Just as last year, we have a Refereed Paper Track. Last day for
proposing a refereed paper is 22 April 2005.

For regular talks, we have the following tracks:
Business
Education
Python Frameworks
Python Language
Science
Social skills and General Topics
Zope/Plone

We also have a special track for "Misfits" this year. It is
for any topic that is Python related but doesn't fit in
any of the above categories.

Last day for submitting talks to the regular tracks is
1 May 2005.

On top of this, we will have two tracks of Lightning Talks;
one for Zope/plone and one for other topics. You can register
talks for these all the time until the Lightning Talk
sessions end, or the schedule is filled, whichever comes first.

Europython 2005 will be held 27-29 June at the Chalmers University
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Simon Brunning | 4 Apr 2005 18:17

Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Apr 4)

QOTW: "Paraphrasing Occam,  I would say 'don't multiply base classes
without necessity'. ;)" - Michele Simionato

"The world diversifies, the world congeals." - Raymond Hettinger (commenting
on the fact that py.test happily runs unittest test suites)

"I can think of no better reason for a programmer to regularly learn
languages: 'our tools warp our thinking.'  A programmer is a
professionally warped thinker." - Scott David Daniels

    Highlight of the week; Python 2.4.1 final is out:
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce/msg/b82afbc729226433

    The effbot was once asked how to find an object's name:  "The same
    way as you get the name of that cat you found on your porch:  the
    cat (object) itself cannot tell you its name, and it doesn't really
    care -- so the only way to find out what it's called is to ask all
    your neighbours (namespaces) if it's their cat (object) ... and
    don't be surprised if you'll find that it's known by many names, or
    no name at all!" Duncan Booth shows us how to ask the neighbours:
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/237dc92f3629dd9a

    Ian Bicking and David Hansson talk marketing:
        http://blog.ianbicking.org/why-web-programming-matters-most.html
	http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000432.html
    Incidentally, when will a hero(ine) emerge to do for GUI
    toolkits what the PyWebOff has started for Web frameworks?

    A couple of nice decorator examples this week:  Scott David Daniels
    suggests that a decorator might tidy up wxPython event handlers, and
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Arlo | 4 Apr 2005 23:50

Portland area Code Sprint on April 9-10

XP / PYTHON CODE SPRINT

XPDX will be hosting a code sprint on April 9-10, 2005 in downtown Portland,
Oregon. 

We're all meeting in one big room, where we'll code and talk smack until
beer-thirty. Come pair with long-time XPers to learn their techniques while
working on nifty Python projects.

If you're intending to attend at least part of the sprint, please email Arlo
Belshee (a_xp_code_sprint <at> arlim.org). You can also add your name to the
Sprint wiki, at http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?XpCodeSprint .

We've currently got about 20 confirmed attendees from Oregon, Washington,
and California. There's no headcount limit; come on down and join us for a
weekend of coding, learning, and fun. If you can't make it for the whole
weekend, just tell Arlo which day you can make it for.

Many of the attendees are new to Python. Some are experts. So feel welcome
regardless of your skill level. Also, Python integrates well with other
common languages, allowing us to easily blend in work in a number of
different areas. There will probably be projects in a number of different
languages, such as: 

 * Pure Python
 * Python and C++, via boost.org's boost::python interoperability template
library
 * Python and Java, via Jython
 * And probably some Smalltalk, just because
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Frank Niessink | 4 Apr 2005 21:29
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[ANN] Release 0.27 of Task Coach

Hi all,

I am pleased to announce release 0.27 of Task Coach. This release adds 
one feature:

- Tasks can have a budget. You can set a time budget for tasks. If you 
also track effort for that task you can tack how much of the budget is 
still left.

What is Task Coach?

Task Coach is a simple task manager that allows for hierarchical
tasks, i.e. tasks in tasks. Task Coach is open source (GPL) and is 
developed using Python and wxPython. You can download Task Coach from:

http://taskcoach.niessink.com
https://sourceforge.net/projects/taskcoach/

A binary installer is available for Windows XP, in addition to the
source distribution.

Thanks, Frank
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