ANN: mixed 0.2

[Catherine Devlin]

introducing 'mixed', a module providing a class for handling mixed numbers
and fractions.  Parses string and float inputs and handles arithmetic
correctly.

easy_install mixed
development version: hg clone http://hg.assembla.com/mixed_pythonmixed_python
Homepage and trac: http://trac-hg.assembla.com/mixed_python/

>>> from mixed import Mixed
>>> m1 = Mixed('4 2/3')
>>> m2 = Mixed('4/10')
>>> m2.reduced()
Mixed('2/5')
>>> m1 + m2
Mixed('5 1/15')
>>> print m1 / m2
11 2/3
>>> Mixed(-1.5)
Mixed('-1 1/2')
>>> Mixed(2./3.)
Mixed('2/3')

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Roundup Issue Tracker release 1.4.4 (SECURITY FIX)

[Richard Jones]

I'm proud to release version 1.4.4 of Roundup.

1.4.4 is a security fix release. All installations of Roundup are strongly
encouraged to update.

If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow
the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation.

Roundup requires python 2.3 or later for correct operation.

To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run::

roundup-demo

Release info and download page:
 http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/roundup
Source and documentation is available at the website:
 http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577


About Roundup
=

Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with
command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design
from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.

Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this
project is [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
"description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:

(a) submit new issues,
(b) find and edit existing issues, and
(c) discuss issues with other participants.

The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing
discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of
the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup
is therefore usable "out of the box" with any python 2.3+ installation. It
doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational, though a
disutils-based install script is provided.

It comes with two issue tracker templates (a classic bug/feature tracker and
a minimal skeleton) and four database back-ends (anydbm, sqlite, mysql
and postgresql).

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ANN: eric 4.1.1 released

[Detlev Offenbach]

Hi,

eric4 4.1.1 has been released today. This release fixes a few bugs
reported 
since the last release.

As usual it is available via
http://www.die-offenbachs.de/eric/index.html.

Please note, that the first stable release of the Rope refactoring plugin
was 
released as well.

What is eric?
-
Eric is a Python (and Ruby) IDE with all batteries included. It is
expandable via a plugin architecture. These plugins are downloadable
separately.

Regards,
Detlev
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RELEASED Python 2.6a1 and 3.0a3

[Barry Warsaw]

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On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm  
happy to announce the first alpha release of Python 2.6, and the third  
alpha release of Python 3.0.

Python 2.6 is not only the next advancement in the Python 2 series, it  
is also a transitionary release, helping developers begin to prepare  
their code for Python 3.0.  As such, many features are being  
backported from Python 3.0 to 2.6.  It makes sense to release both  
versions in at the same time, the precedence for this having been set  
with the Python 1.6 and 2.0 releases.

During the alpha testing cycle we will be releasing both versions in  
lockstep, on a monthly release cycle.  The releases will happen on the  
last Friday of every month.  If this schedule works well, we will  
continue releasing in lockstep during the beta program.  See PEP 361  
for schedule details:

 http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0361/

Please note that these are alpha releases, and as such are not  
suitable for production environments.  We continue to strive for a  
high degree of quality, but there are still some known problems and  
the feature sets have not been finalized.  These alphas are being  
released to solicit feedback and hopefully discover bugs, as well as  
allowing you to determine how changes in 2.6 and 3.0 might impact  
you.  If you find things broken or incorrect, please submit a bug  
report at

 http://bugs.python.org

For more information and downloadable distributions, see the Python  
2.6 web
site:

 http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/

and the Python 3.0 web site:

 http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/

We are planning a number of additional alpha releases, with the final  
release schedule still to be determined.

Enjoy,
- -Barry

Barry Warsaw
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Python 2.6/3.0 Release Manager
(on behalf of the entire python-dev team)

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New Python User Group forming in Maryland: BACON-PIG

[Stephen Waterbury]

This is to announce the formation of a new Python User Group: the
Baltimore/Annapolis/Columbia/and-Other-Northern-dc-suburbs Python
Interest Group (BACON-PIG).  Although there is a good and venerable
group in Washington, DC (the ZPUG-DC or Zope/Python Users of DC,
) some of us Maryland Pythonistas are too
lazy (guilty! :) or unable for whatever reason to schlep down into DC
or Northern Virginia for after-work meetings -- hence the motivation
for a Python User Group that meets in Maryland!

In deference to ZPUG-DC, the BACON-PIG will make every effort to have
its meetings on dates that are at least 2 weeks away from ZPUG-DC
meetings, and the BACON-PIG will also focus on topics other than
Zope and/or Plone, since those are more than adequately addressed by
the ZPUG-DC group.  Of course, attendance at both groups' meetings is
encouraged!

A new mailing list, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, has been created for
announcements and discussion by participants in the BACON-PIG, so
please join that list if you are interested!

The kick-off meeting may be as early as Thursday, March 6 and will
be announced on the bacon-pig list.  There will definitely be a
BACON-PIG meeting after PyCon, at which some who were privileged to
attend PyCon (such as myself and Barry Warsaw) will report on all
the fantastically cool stuff that we will have seen there.

Cheers,
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Re: New Python User Group forming in Maryland: BACON-PIG

[Stephen Waterbury]

Oops, forgot to include the subscription url for the bacon-pig list:

 

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