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pySerial 2.5-rc2 (2nd release candidate)

cliec...@gmx.net (Chris Liechti) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:11:56 UT

I'm happy to announce a release candidate of pySerial: 2.5-rc2
[link]
Whats new since rc1:
- Several small bugfixes.
- updated RFC2217 implementation, client support.
- changed Posix read implementation (error handling for disconnected
devices)
- See CHANGES.txt in the distribution for full list.

CMNDBOT 0,.1 released

bth...@gmail.com (Bart Thate) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:41:19 UT

new in this release:
* updated the repository to GZRBOT code
* a outputcache and poller gadget is now available to support writing
to waves (right now the poller polls every minute)
* RSS plugin looks stable
todo:
* make gozernet work .. this lets GZRBOT bots communicate with each
other by using json over xmpp

[ANNOUNCE] PyGobject 2.21.1 - unstable

gia...@gnome.org (Gian Mario Tagliaretti) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:02:11 UT

I am pleased to announce version 2.21.1 of the Python bindings for GObject.
The new release is available from ftp.gnome.org as and its mirrors
as soon as its synced correctly:
[link]
What's new since PyGObject 2.21.0?
- Wrap gio.Volume.eject_with_operatio n (Gian Mario)

Python Concurrency Workshop, Jan 14-15, 2010

d...@dabeaz.com (David Beazley) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:23:59 UT

Python Concurrency Workshop, v2.0
January 14-15, 2010
Chicago, Illinois
[link]
*** Last Two Weeks to Register ***
Join David Beazley, author of the Python Essential Reference, for an
in-depth workshop on concurrent programming techniques and

Pygments 1.2 "Neujahr" released

georg.bra...@gmail.com (Georg Brandl) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:28:43 UT

I've just uploaded the Pygments 1.2 packages to CheeseShop. Pygments is a
generic syntax highlighter written in Python.
Download it from <[link]>, or look at the
demonstration at <[link]>.
As always, many thanks go to Tim Hatch for writing or integrating many

Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 31)

python-...@phaseit.net (Gabriel Genellina) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:14:34 UT

QOTW: "With Lisp or Forth, a master programmer has unlimited power
and expressiveness. With Python, even a regular guy can reach for the
stars." - Raymond Hettinger
web2py vs. Django comparison:
[link]

The risks of indiscriminately catching all exceptions with a bare

[ANN] stdeb 0.5.0 released, now includes pypi-install script

straw...@astraw.com (Andrew Straw) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:10:58 UT

stdeb produces Debian source packages from Python packages via a new
distutils command, sdist_dsc. Automatic defaults are provided for the
Debian package, but many aspects of the resulting package can be
customized. An additional command, bdist_deb, creates a Debian binary
package, a .deb file.
Two convenience utilities are also provided. pypi-install will query the

PyCon early-bird registration ends JANUARY 6 (Wednesday)

catherine.dev...@gmail.com (Catherine Devlin) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:37:05 UT

PyCon early-bird registration ends January 6 - just one week from now!
Do you have a year-end hole in your training budget? Or will the improved
economy let you finally attend a work conference? Come to sunny and warm
Atlanta in February for *PyCon* 2010!
Register: [link]<[link]>

ANN: cssutils 0.9.7a2

c...@cthedot.de (Christof) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:01:32 UT

what is it
----------
A Python package to parse and build CSS Cascading Style Sheets. (Not a
renderer though!)
about this release
------------------
0.9.7a2 is an alpha release.
main changes
------------
0.9.7 is quite a bit faster than 0.9.6.
0.9.7a2 091230
- **API CHANGE**: Setting a style declarations' property to

[ANN] PyDSTool 0.88 -- dynamical systems modeling tools

rob.clew...@gmail.com (Rob Clewley) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:23:35 UT

A new release of the dynamical systems modeling toolbox PyDSTool is
available from Sourceforge:
[link]
Highlights from the release notes:
* Cleanup of global imports, especially: entire numpy.random and
linalg namespaces no longer imported by default
* Added support for 'min' and 'max' keywords in functional

OSCON 2010: Call for Proposals

a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:45:21 UT

Deadline: Feb 1, 2010
OSCON, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention
July 19 - 23, 2010
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, OR
[link]
Faster, Freer, Smarter: Whatever your Goal, Make It Happen with Open Source
More than 2,500 experts, developers, sys admins, and hackers will meet up

TurboGears (un)Tutorial in Texas, January 30

jtgal...@gmail.com (Jason Galyon) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:03:02 UT

FREE TurboGears (un)tutorial, 30 January 2010 in Richardson, TX (DFW)
taught by Chris Perkins. This will be a 'build as we go' tutorial where
you are highly encouraged to bring a real database that we will map
against and write an app for.
Consider this both a tutorial and sprint. Seats are limited to 15

[ANN] Pyspread 0.0.13 released

mma...@gmx.net (Martin Manns) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:43:15 UT

Pyspread 0.0.13 released
========================
I am pleased to announce the new release 0.0.13 of pyspread.

About:
------
Pyspread is a cross-platform Python spreadsheet application.
It is based on and written in the programming language Python.
Instead of spreadsheet formulas, Python expressions are entered into

[ANNOUNCE] PyGTK 2.17.0 - unstable

gia...@gnome.org (Gian Mario Tagliaretti) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:35:49 UT

A new unstable development release of the Python bindings
for GTK+ has been released.
The new release is available from ftp.gnome.org and its mirrors
as soon as its synced correctly:
[link]
Blurb:
GTK+ is a toolkit for developing graphical applications that run on

[ANN] Numpy 1.4.0 release

courn...@gmail.com (David Cournapeau) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:34:38 UT

Hi,
I am pleased to announce the release of numpy 1.4.0. The highlights of
this release are:
- Faster import time
- Extended array wrapping mechanism for ufuncs
- New Neighborhood iterator (C-level only)
- C99-like complex functions in npymath, and a lot of portability
fixes for basic floating point math functions