[RELEASE] Python 3.8.0a1 is now available for testing

2019-02-04 Thread Ɓukasz Langa
I packaged my first release. *wipes sweat off of face* Go get it here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-380a1/ Python 3.8.0a1 is the first of four planned alpha releases of Python 3.8, the next feature release of Python. During the alpha phase, Python 3.8 remains under heavy

NumPy 1.16.1 release

2019-02-04 Thread Charles R Harris
Hi All, On behalf of the NumPy team I'm pleased to announce the release of NumPy 1.16.1. This release fixes bugs reported against the 1.16.0 release, and also backports several enhancements from master that seem appropriate for a release series that is the last to support Python 2.7. The

EPS: Announcing the Guido van Rossum Core Developer Grant

2019-02-04 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
At the last General Assembly of the EuroPython Society (EPS) at EuroPython 2018 in Edinburgh, we voted on a new grant program we want to put in place for future EuroPython conferences. We all love Python and this is one of the main reasons we are putting on EuroPython year after year, serving the

[ANN] pvlib-python v0.6.1: predicting power from PV (renweable solar energy)

2019-02-04 Thread Mark Alexander Mikofski
pvlib-0.6.1 is now available PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/pvlib/ Read the Docs: https://pvlib-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ GitHub: https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python -- Mark Mikofski, PhD (2005) *Fiat Lux* -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list

pytest 4.2.0 released

2019-02-04 Thread Bruno Oliveira
The pytest team is proud to announce the 4.2.0 release! pytest is a mature Python testing tool with more than a 2000 tests against itself, passing on many different interpreters and platforms. This release contains a number of bugs fixes and improvements, so users are encouraged to take a look