Python is a dynamically typed, multi-purpose programming language. It is designed to be quick to learn, understand, and use, and enforces a clean and uniform syntax. Please note that Python 2 is officially out of support as of 2020-01-01. For version-specific Python questions, add the [python-2.7] or [python-3.x] tag. When using a Python variant (e.g. Jython, PyPy) or library (e.g. Pandas, NumPy), please include it in the tags.
Bar chart from 2000-2023, showing that prior to 2017, the number of pythons removed per year was, at best, around 600, but usually only a few hundred. However, once FWC's PATRIC and SFWMD's PEM programs started the numbers increased to 1,600 to 3,000 per year from 2017 through October of 2023.
Python Action Team members survey for nonnative constrictors in specific areas, respond to survey requests in areas where nonnative constrictors have been reported, and verify captured nonnative constrictors (live or humanely killed) at designated drop-off locations or through virtual check-ins with FWC staff. Surveys may be conducted on foot, by vehicle or by watercraft. The only people the FWC pays for removing pythons are people working as FWC contractors. Learn how you can win prizes for collecting Burmese pythons at our next Florida Python Challenge.
Team members will be paid monthly by the FWC for nonnative constrictor removal efforts based on hourly rates ($13.00/hour for surveys conducted on select public lands and $18.00/hour for select lands on the edge of the known pythons established range or specific sensitive habitats; and $18/hour for responding to survey requests). They also will be paid $200 for removal of each active nonnative constrictor nest that has been field verified by the FWC. For all submitted nonnative constrictors, the FWC will make an additional payment per nonnative constrictor of $50.00 for nonnative constrictors measuring up to four feet, and an extra $25.00 for every foot measured above four feet (see illustration below).
The CI Environment uses separate virtualenv instances for each Pythonversion. This means that as soon as you specify language: python in .travis.yml your tests will run inside a virtualenv (without you having to explicitly create it).System Python is not used and should not be relied on. If you needto install Python packages, do it via pip and not apt.
Due to the way Travis is designed, interaction with tox is not straightforward.As described above, Travis already runs tests inside an isolated virtualenv whenever language: python is specified, so please bear that in mind whenever creating more environments with tox. If you would prefer to run tox outside the Travis-created virtualenv, it might be a better idea to use language: generic instead of language: python.
To use a pre-installed version of Python or PyPy on a GitHub-hosted runner, use the setup-python action. This action finds a specific version of Python or PyPy from the tools cache on each runner and adds the necessary binaries to PATH, which persists for the rest of the job. If a specific version of Python is not pre-installed in the tools cache, the setup-python action will download and set up the appropriate version from the python-versions repository.
Using the setup-python action is the recommended way of using Python with GitHub Actions because it ensures consistent behavior across different runners and different versions of Python. If you are using a self-hosted runner, you must install Python and add it to PATH. For more information, see the setup-python action.
If you are using a self-hosted runner, you can configure the runner to use the setup-python action to manage your dependencies. For more information, see using setup-python with a self-hosted runner in the setup-python README.
We recommend using setup-python to configure the version of Python used in your workflows because it helps make your dependencies explicit. If you don't use setup-python, the default version of Python set in PATH is used in any shell when you call python. The default version of Python varies between GitHub-hosted runners, which may cause unexpected changes or use an older version than expected.
By default, the setup-python action searches for the dependency file (requirements.txt for pip, Pipfile.lock for pipenv or poetry.lock for poetry) in the whole repository. For more information, see "Caching packages dependencies" in the setup-python README.
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