[ANN] PyWeek 18 will run in May (11th to 18th)

2014-03-17 Thread Richard Jones
Hi all, The Python Game Programming Challenge http://pyweek.org/ will run its 18th challenge from the 11th to the 18th of May. The PyWeek challenge: 1. Invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team, 2. Is intended to be challenging and fun, 3.

[ANN] PyWeek 18 will run in May (11th to 18th)

2014-03-13 Thread Richard Jones
Hi all, The Python Game Programming Challenge http://pyweek.org/ will run its 18th challenge from the 11th to the 18th of May. The PyWeek challenge: 1. Invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team, 2. Is intended to be challenging and fun, 3.

[ANN] PyWeek 17 will run in the first week of September (1st to 8th) - write a game in Python in a week

2013-07-29 Thread Richard Jones
Hi all, The Python Game Programming Challenge http://pyweek.org/ will run its 17th challenge during the first week of September, from the 1st to the 8th. The PyWeek challenge: 1. Invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team, 2. Is intended to be

[ANN] PyWeek 17 will run in the first week of September (1st to 8th) - write a game in Python in a week

2013-07-24 Thread Richard Jones
Hi all, The Python Game Programming Challenge http://pyweek.org/ will run its 17th challenge during the first week of September, from the 1st to the 8th. The PyWeek challenge: 1. Invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team, 2. Is intended to be

[issue16244] TimedRotatingFileHandler forces write mode, should use append

2012-10-15 Thread Richard Jones
New submission from Richard Jones: The RotatingFileHandler classes force the open() mode of the new log file to be w even though it is initially defaulted to a in doRollover() methods: self.mode = 'w' self.stream = self._open() This can cause problems in systems that have

[issue16107] distutils2.version doesn't str() 1.0.post1 correctly

2012-10-01 Thread Richard Jones
New submission from Richard Jones: The attached simple patch demonstrates the problem: str(NormalizedVersion('1.0.post1')) '1.0.post1.z' and includes a fix. -- assignee: eric.araujo components: Distutils2 files: post-fix.patch keywords: patch messages: 171765 nosy: alexis

[issue16108] Include maintainer information in register/upload

2012-10-01 Thread Richard Jones
New submission from Richard Jones: The attached patch includes the maintainer information in the data sent to PyPI in a register or upload submission. -- assignee: eric.araujo components: Distutils2 files: maintainer.patch keywords: patch messages: 171774 nosy: alexis, eric.araujo

Python Game Programming Challenge (PyWeek) #15 is coming!

2012-08-13 Thread Richard Jones
The 15th Python Game Programming Challenge (PyWeek) is coming. It'll run from the 9th to the 16th of September: http://pyweek.org/ The PyWeek challenge: 1. Invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team, 2. Is intended to be challenging and fun,

Python Game Programming Challenge (PyWeek) #15 is coming!

2012-08-12 Thread Richard Jones
The 15th Python Game Programming Challenge (PyWeek) is coming. It'll run from the 9th to the 16th of September: http://pyweek.org/ The PyWeek challenge: 1. Invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team, 2. Is intended to be challenging and fun,

Python Game Programming Challenge (PyWeek) #14 is coming! [corrected dates]

2012-02-22 Thread Richard Jones
Note: this email corrects the dates given in the previous announcement. The 14th Python Game Programming Challenge (PyWeek) is coming. It'll run from the 6th to the 13th of May. Not April as previously announced. http://pyweek.org/14/ New user registration is NOT YET OPEN. It will open one

Python Game Programming Challenge (PyWeek) #14 is coming!

2012-02-20 Thread Richard Jones
The 14th Python Game Programming Challenge (PyWeek) is coming. It'll run from the 22nd to the 29th of April. http://pyweek.org/14/ New user registration is NOT YET OPEN. It will open one month before the challenge starts. The PyWeek challenge: - Invites entrants to write a game in one week

Python Game Programming Challenge 13 (September 2011) is coming!

2011-07-22 Thread Richard Jones
The 13th Python Game Programming Challenge (PyWeek) is coming. It'll run from the 11th to the 18th of September. The PyWeek challenge: - Invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team, - Is intended to be challenging and fun, - Will hopefully

Python Game Programming Challenge 13 (September 2011) is coming!

2011-07-21 Thread Richard Jones
The 13th Python Game Programming Challenge (PyWeek) is coming. It'll run from the 11th to the 18th of September. The PyWeek challenge: - Invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team, - Is intended to be challenging and fun, - Will hopefully

PyCon Australia 2011 CFP still open

2011-05-04 Thread Richard Jones
be starting the review process in the next couple of days. Richard Jones PyCon Au 2011 Program Chair http://pycon-au.org/cfp -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Next Melbourne PUG meeting 6pm Monday 4th of April @ RMIT

2011-03-30 Thread Richard Jones
Hi all, Sorry for the late post this week. The next meeting is next Monday, the 4th of April at RMIT. The room has changed! After the double-booking last week we've been moved to 12.07.02 (building 12, level 7, room 2). Tennessee's going to talk to us about an approach to benchmarking that he's

PyWeek 12 (April 2011) is registration is open!

2011-03-07 Thread Richard Jones
/ Richard Jones http://pyweek.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/

PyWeek 12 (April 2011) is registration is open!

2011-03-06 Thread Richard Jones
/ Richard Jones http://pyweek.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

PyCon Australia 2011 - Call for Participation

2011-02-21 Thread Richard Jones
more go to the official Call for Proposals page here: http://pycon-au.org/2011/conference/proposals/ The deadline for proposal submission is the 2nd of May. See you in Sydney in August! Richard Jones PyCon AU Program Chair -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

PyCon Australia 2011 - Call for Participation

2011-02-20 Thread Richard Jones
more go to the official Call for Proposals page here: http://pycon-au.org/2011/conference/proposals/ The deadline for proposal submission is the 2nd of May. See you in Sydney in August! Richard Jones PyCon AU Program Chair -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce

Python Game Programming Challenge 12 (April 2011) is coming!

2011-02-08 Thread Richard Jones
The 12th Python Game Programming Challenge (PyWeek) is coming. It'll run from the 3rd to the 10th of April. The PyWeek challenge: - Invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team, - Is intended to be challenging and fun, - Will hopefully increase

PyCon Australia 2011: 20th 21st August, Sydney Masonic Center

2011-02-08 Thread Richard Jones
following the conference proper. International guests should note that Kiwi PyCon is to run on the following weekend, making it a great opportunity to attend a couple of awesome Down Under conferences and hopefully do some sprinting with the locals. Richard Jones http://pycon-au.org

Python Game Programming Challenge 12 (April 2011) is coming!

2011-02-08 Thread Richard Jones
The 12th Python Game Programming Challenge (PyWeek) is coming. It'll run from the 3rd to the 10th of April. The PyWeek challenge: - Invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team, - Is intended to be challenging and fun, - Will hopefully increase

PyCon Australia 2011: 20th 21st August, Sydney Masonic Center

2011-02-08 Thread Richard Jones
following the conference proper. International guests should note that Kiwi PyCon is to run on the following weekend, making it a great opportunity to attend a couple of awesome Down Under conferences and hopefully do some sprinting with the locals. Richard Jones http://pycon-au.org

Next Melbourne PUG meeting Monday 6th of December

2010-11-28 Thread Richard Jones
Hi all, The Melbourne Python Users Group will be meeting 6PM next Monday, the 6th of December at RMIT University. For details see http://bit.ly/mpug. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

ANN: Roundup Issue Tracker 1.4.16 released

2010-10-08 Thread Richard Jones
I'm proud to release version 1.4.16 of Roundup which introduces some minor features and, as usual, fixes some bugs: Features: - allow trackers to override the classes used to render properties in templating per issue2550659 (thanks Ezio Melotti) - new mailgw configuration item

ANN: Roundup Issue Tracker 1.4.16 released

2010-10-07 Thread Richard Jones
I'm proud to release version 1.4.16 of Roundup which introduces some minor features and, as usual, fixes some bugs: Features: - allow trackers to override the classes used to render properties in templating per issue2550659 (thanks Ezio Melotti) - new mailgw configuration item

[issue9619] test_ssl freezes

2010-08-15 Thread Richard Jones
Richard Jones richardjo...@optushome.com.au added the comment: Thanks for the investigation Antoine. In r84088 I've added a call to asyncore.close_all in the smtpd test tearDown methods. -- resolution: - fixed status: open - closed ___ Python

[issue2423] test_smtplib.py no longer butt slow

2010-08-03 Thread Richard Jones
Richard Jones richardjo...@optushome.com.au added the comment: Merged mock socket from test_smtpd.py and committed. -- resolution: - accepted status: open - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue2423

[issue8739] Update to smtpd.py to RFC 5321

2010-08-03 Thread Richard Jones
Richard Jones richardjo...@optushome.com.au added the comment: The smtpd module now has a test suite. Please add your unit tests to test_smtpd.py -- nosy: +richard ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue8739

[issue2423] test_smtplib.py no longer butt slow

2010-08-02 Thread Richard Jones
Richard Jones richardjo...@optushome.com.au added the comment: The patch to test_smtplib.py no longer applies since trunk is now py3k. I'm looking into it - and seeing whether the mock socket work I implemented for test_smtpd.py will have any common code. I'm hitting some fun areas of py3k

[issue9412] test_smtpd leaks references

2010-07-29 Thread Richard Jones
Richard Jones richardjo...@optushome.com.au added the comment: That's odd. I didn't run the refcount tests because I was only adding Python code. I'll look into compiling a debug build and running the tests locally with a view to tracking down the problem

[issue4184] Remove use of private attributes in smtpd

2010-07-24 Thread Richard Jones
Richard Jones richardjo...@optushome.com.au added the comment: Committed in revision 83125. -- assignee: - richard resolution: - fixed stage: - committed/rejected status: open - closed type: - feature request ___ Python tracker rep

[issue4184] Remove use of private attributes in smtpd

2010-07-23 Thread Richard Jones
Richard Jones richardjo...@optushome.com.au added the comment: After discussing with core devs at the EuroPython sprint I will implement a different approach: new attributes with the old, private attributes implemented as properties over the new attributes. The properties responsible

[issue4184] Remove use of private attributes in smtpd

2010-07-08 Thread Richard Jones
Richard Jones richardjo...@optushome.com.au added the comment: Giampaolo, I think I can see where you're coming from: assuming that someone else must have also had to resort to the name-mangling hack to extend the class? In that case yes, my patch would break their code. I'll look at re

Roundup Issue Tracker 1.4.14 released

2010-07-01 Thread Richard Jones
I'm proud to release version 1.4.14 of Roundup which includes a security fix and some other fixes: Features: - Preparations for getting 2to3 work, not completed yet. (Richard Jones) Fixed: - User input not escaped when a bad template name is supplied (thanks Benjamin Pollack) - The email

PyCon Australia 2010 Registration Closes Tomorrow

2010-06-20 Thread Richard Jones
registrations at the door. We will NOT be accepting money at the door. If you're registered and haven't paid by tomorrow you will not have a seat at the conference dinner. Richard Jones PyCon Australia 2010 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support

PyCon Australia 2010 Registration Closes Tomorrow

2010-06-20 Thread Richard Jones
registrations at the door. We will NOT be accepting money at the door. If you're registered and haven't paid by tomorrow you will not have a seat at the conference dinner. Richard Jones PyCon Australia 2010 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

PyCon Australia 2010 registration deadline reminder

2010-06-08 Thread Richard Jones
registrations do not include a seat at the conference dinner. Additional seats at the conference dinner may be purchased for $77 each. All prices include GST. Information about the registration process is on the PyCon Australia website. Richard Jones PyCon Australia 2010 -- http

PyCon Australia 2010 registration deadline reminder

2010-06-07 Thread Richard Jones
registrations do not include a seat at the conference dinner. Additional seats at the conference dinner may be purchased for $77 each. All prices include GST. Information about the registration process is on the PyCon Australia website. Richard Jones PyCon Australia 2010 -- http

PyCon Australia 2010 program announced

2010-05-17 Thread Richard Jones
Hi all, The program for PyCon Australia 2010, to be held at the Sydney Masonic Center over the weekend of June 26 and 27, has been posted. View the full list of presentations and the schedule at: http://pycon-au.org/2010/conference/ Register here: http://pycon-au.org/reg Richard

PyCon Australia Early-Bird running out!

2010-05-05 Thread Richard Jones
Registration is open and the Early Bird tickets are running out. Register here: http://pycon-au.org/reg We offer two levels of registration for PyCon Australia 2010: Full (Early Bird) - $165 This is the registration rate for regular attendees. We're offering a limited Early Bird rate for

Next Melbourne PUG meeting 6:30pm Monday 10th of May @ Horse Bazaar

2010-05-04 Thread Richard Jones
Meeting details, location and talks list are at: http://wiki.python.org/moin/MelbournePUG It looks like we've got a few cool talks lined up: 15 minute talks - None yet... suggest one! 5 minute talks - Load-balancing xmlrpclib/jsonrpclib for robust distributed applications (Andreux Fort) ...

Next Melbourne PUG meeting 6:30pm Monday 10th of May @ Horse Bazaar

2010-05-04 Thread Richard Jones
Meeting details, location and talks list are at: http://wiki.python.org/moin/MelbournePUG It looks like we've got a few cool talks lined up: 15 minute talks - None yet... suggest one! 5 minute talks - Load-balancing xmlrpclib/jsonrpclib for robust distributed applications (Andreux Fort) ...

PyCon Australia CFP: One Day Left!

2010-04-27 Thread Richard Jones
/cfp As always, please pass this message on to people you feel will find it interesting. Richard Jones PyCon Australia 2010 http://pycon-au.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org

PyCon Australia CFP: One Day Left!

2010-04-27 Thread Richard Jones
/cfp As always, please pass this message on to people you feel will find it interesting. Richard Jones PyCon Australia 2010 http://pycon-au.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

PyCon Australia 2010 update

2010-04-22 Thread Richard Jones
sponsors for helping make the event a reality. Richard Jones PyCon Australia 2010 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/

PyCon Australia 2010 update

2010-04-21 Thread Richard Jones
sponsors for helping make the event a reality. Richard Jones PyCon Australia 2010 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

PyCon Australia Call For Proposals

2010-04-07 Thread Richard Jones
. See you in Sydney in June! Richard Jones PyCon AU Program Chair -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/

PyCon Australia Call For Proposals

2010-04-07 Thread Richard Jones
. See you in Sydney in June! Richard Jones PyCon AU Program Chair -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

10th Python Game Programming Challenge in three weeks

2010-03-05 Thread Richard Jones
The 10th Python Game Programming Challenge (http://pyweek.org/) will run from the 28th of March to the 4th of April. The PyWeek challenge: - Invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team, - Is intended to be challenging and fun, - Will hopefully

Roundup Issue Tracker 1.4.12 released

2010-02-09 Thread Richard Jones
I'm proud to release version 1.4.12 of Roundup which fixes a number bugs. This release includes fixes for some potential security holes. Please see the upgrading documentation for details of what you might need to do in your tracker. If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you

[issue7184] build failures on Snow Leopard

2009-10-21 Thread Richard Jones
New submission from Richard Jones richardjo...@optushome.com.au: I'm using python 2.6 maint SVN r75588 and get the attached build log when I run: configure --enable-framework make Failed to build these modules: _curses_curses_panel _tkinter readline

Next week: the 9th PyWeek game programming challenge!

2009-08-24 Thread Richard Jones
The ninth PyWeek challenge starts this weekend, running between Sunday 30th August to Sunday 6th September (00:00UTC to 00:00UTC) The PyWeek challenge invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team. Entries must be developed in Python, during the

Roundup Issue Tracker 1.4.9 released

2009-08-10 Thread Richard Jones
I'm proud to release version 1.4.9 of Roundup which fixes some bugs: - fixed action taken in response to invalid GET request - fixed classic tracker template to submit POST requests when appropriate - fix problems with french and german locale files (issue 2550546) - Run each message of the

Registation is open for the 9th PyWeek game programming challenge!

2009-08-02 Thread Richard Jones
The ninth PyWeek challenge will run between: Sunday 30th August to Sunday 6th September (00:00UTC to 00:00UTC) The PyWeek challenge invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team. Entries must be developed in Python, during the challenge, and

Next meeting: Tuesday 11th August

2009-07-28 Thread Richard Jones
The next meeting of the Melbourne Python Users Group will be on Tuesday the 11th of August starting at 6:30pm. We'll be meeting at Horse Bazaar again but this time we'll have use of their projector. We'll have time for several short presentations or lightning talks. Meeting details,

Next meeting: Tuesday 11th August

2009-07-27 Thread Richard Jones
The next meeting of the Melbourne Python Users Group will be on Tuesday the 11th of August starting at 6:30pm. We'll be meeting at Horse Bazaar again but this time we'll have use of their projector. We'll have time for several short presentations or lightning talks. Meeting details,

Announcing the 9th Pyweek game programming challenge!

2009-07-11 Thread Richard Jones
The date for the ninth PyWeek challenge has been set: Sunday 30th August to Sunday 6th September (00:00UTC to 00:00UTC) The PyWeek challenge invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team. Entries must be developed in Python, during the

Announcing the 9th Pyweek game programming challenge!

2009-07-10 Thread Richard Jones
The date for the ninth PyWeek challenge has been set: Sunday 30th August to Sunday 6th September (00:00UTC to 00:00UTC) The PyWeek challenge invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team. Entries must be developed in Python, during the

Roundup Issue Tracker release 1.4.8

2009-03-18 Thread Richard Jones
I'm proud to release version 1.4.8 of Roundup. This release fixes some regressions: - bug introduced into hyperdb filter (issue 2550505) - bug introduced into CVS export and view (issue 2550529) - bugs introduced in the migration to the email package (issue 2550531) And adds a couple of other

Roundup Issue Tracker release 1.4.8

2009-03-17 Thread Richard Jones
I'm proud to release version 1.4.8 of Roundup. This release fixes some regressions: - bug introduced into hyperdb filter (issue 2550505) - bug introduced into CVS export and view (issue 2550529) - bugs introduced in the migration to the email package (issue 2550531) And adds a couple of other

Roundup Issue Tracker release 1.4.7

2009-03-13 Thread Richard Jones
I'm proud to release version 1.4.7 of Roundup. 1.4.7 is primarily a bugfix release which contains important security fixes: - a number of security issues were discovered by Daniel Diniz - EditCSV and ExportCSV altered to include permission checks - HTTP POST required on actions which alter data

Roundup Issue Tracker release 1.4.7

2009-03-13 Thread Richard Jones
I'm proud to release version 1.4.7 of Roundup. 1.4.7 is primarily a bugfix release which contains important security fixes: - a number of security issues were discovered by Daniel Diniz - EditCSV and ExportCSV altered to include permission checks - HTTP POST required on actions which alter data

Re: [Roundup-users] Roundup Issue Tracker release 1.4.7

2009-03-13 Thread Richard Jones
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Richard Jones richardjo...@optushome.com.au wrote: I'm proud to release version 1.4.7 of Roundup. I would like to also specially thank Stefan Seefeld who is responsible for the new features and a lot of the bugfixes in this release. Richard -- http

[issue4184] Remove use of private attributes in smtpd

2008-10-22 Thread Richard Jones
New submission from Richard Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Executive summary of the patch: The attached patch removes the use of __private attributes in the smtpd module allowing it to be extensible without needing to use the _classname__attributename hack. Summary of the patch's changes: 1

Roundup Issue Tracker version 1.4.6 released

2008-09-01 Thread Richard Jones
I'm proud to release version 1.4.6 of Roundup. 1.4.6 is a bugfix release: - Fix bug introduced in 1.4.5 in RDBMS full-text indexing - Make URL matching code less matchy If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow the Software Upgrade guidelines given in the

Roundup Issue Tracker version 1.4.6 released

2008-08-31 Thread Richard Jones
I'm proud to release version 1.4.6 of Roundup. 1.4.6 is a bugfix release: - Fix bug introduced in 1.4.5 in RDBMS full-text indexing - Make URL matching code less matchy If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow the Software Upgrade guidelines given in the

Roundup Issue Tracker version 1.4.5.1 released

2008-08-19 Thread Richard Jones
I'm proud to release version 1.4.5 of Roundup. 1.4.5.1 has one new feature: - Add use of username/password stored in ~/.netrc in mailgw (sf patch #1912105) It is otherwise mostly a bugfix release: - 'Make a Copy' failed with more than one person in nosy list (sf #1906147) - xml-rpc security

Roundup Issue Tracker version 1.4.5.1 released

2008-08-18 Thread Richard Jones
I'm proud to release version 1.4.5 of Roundup. 1.4.5.1 has one new feature: - Add use of username/password stored in ~/.netrc in mailgw (sf patch #1912105) It is otherwise mostly a bugfix release: - 'Make a Copy' failed with more than one person in nosy list (sf #1906147) - xml-rpc security

[issue3441] Regression in module as a script command-line option

2008-07-26 Thread Richard Jones
Richard Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] added the comment: I'm afraid it's all a bit opaque to an outsider like me. I've no idea what subtle breakage the feature was causing. I just saw it working quite nicely for me in 2.5 :) ___ Python tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED

[issue3441] Regression in module as a script command-line option

2008-07-24 Thread Richard Jones
New submission from Richard Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The Python 2.5 -m command-line option allowed execution of a package directly, by invoking the __init__.py module. Python 2.6 no longer allows this. This is a quite unfortunate regression, and I would urge the decision to hobble

[issue3441] Regression in module as a script command-line option

2008-07-24 Thread Richard Jones
Changes by Richard Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -- type: - behavior ___ Python tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue3441 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing

Re: Building a safe python?

2008-03-28 Thread Richard Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm making a game where you'll be able to make your own mods and I want to be able to write these mods in python. Check out tinypy: http://www.philhassey.com/blog/category/tinypy/ Richard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Bruce the Presentation Tool version 2.0beta1

2008-03-02 Thread Richard Jones
I'm proud to release version 2.0beta1 of Bruce the Presentation Tool. Bruce is for programmers who are tired of fighting with presentation tools. In its basic form it allows text, code or image pages and even interactive Python sessions. It uses pyglet and is easily extensible to add new page

Roundup Issue Tracker release 1.4.4 (SECURITY FIX)

2008-03-01 Thread 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

Re: Question about PyPI and 'easy_install'

2008-02-28 Thread Richard Jones
makoto kuwata wrote: Your patch shows that both project name (Tenjin) and package name (pyTenjin) should be the same name. And, I'm afraid that your patch seems to require user to install setuptools. I want Tenjin to be install not only with easy_install but also without setuptools. You

Re: Question about PyPI and 'easy_install'

2008-02-25 Thread Richard Jones
makoto kuwata wrote: Is it required to set registered name (Tenjin) and package name (pyTenjin) into same name? Yes. How did you upload those files with a different name to that pypi package? Richard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Roundup Issue Tracker release 1.4.2

2008-02-10 Thread Richard Jones
I'm proud to release version 1.4.2 of Roundup. If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow the Software Upgrade guidelines given in the maintenance documentation. New Features in 1.4.2: - New config option in mail section: ignore_alternatives allows to ignore

Re: python for game programming

2008-02-03 Thread Richard Jones
t3chn0n3rd wrote: Is Python program language popular for game programming? http://www.pyweek.org/ Richard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: TIOBE declares Python as programming language of 2007!

2008-01-07 Thread Richard Jones
Berco Beute wrote: What I would like to know is what it was that boosted Python's popularity in 2004 (see http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/Python.html). Equally interesting is the question why it dropped shortly after. They explain the discontinuity on the index page in the FAQ. Richard

Re: a Python person's experience with Ruby

2007-12-08 Thread Richard Jones
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: class A(object): @apply def a(): def fget(self): return self._a def fset(self, val): self._a = val return property(**locals()) def __init__(self): self.a = foo That property setup seems overly complicated. As far as I

Re: Why did no one tell me about import antigravity?

2007-12-05 Thread Richard Jones
Ant wrote: http://xkcd.com/353/ I laughed :) Richard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Roundup Issue Tracker release 1.4.0

2007-11-04 Thread Richard Jones
I'm proud to release version 1.4.0 of Roundup. The metakit backend has been removed due to lack of maintenance and presence of good alternatives (in particular sqlite built into Python 2.5) New Features in 1.4.0: - Roundup has a new xmlrpc frontend that gives access to a tracker using XMLRPC.

OSDC 2007 earlybird registration now open!

2007-09-30 Thread Richard Jones
[and now with more information] The Open Source Developers' Conference is designed by open source developers, for developers and business people. It covers numerous programming languages across a range of operating systems, and related topics such as business processes, licensing, and

Re: Python 3.0 migration plans?

2007-09-28 Thread Richard Jones
John Nagle wrote: Insofar as Python has an organization, it's not adequately managing extension modules. Each extension module has its own infrastructure, with its own build procedures, its own bug list, and its own maintainers. There's not even an archive. Unlike CPAN, Cheese Shop is

Re: Python 3.0 migration plans?

2007-09-27 Thread Richard Jones
Steve Holden wrote: I wondered if a straw poll could get some idea of readers' thoughts about when they will be migrating to 3.0 on, so I used the new widget on Blogger to add a poll for that. I'd appreciate if if you would go to http://holdenweb.blogspot.com/ and register your vote

Registration for OSDC 2007 is open

2007-09-24 Thread Richard Jones
OSDC 2007 is in Brisbane this year on 27-29 November (with a tutorial day on the 26th). $275 early bid registration closes October 14th. Just follow the instructions at the top of http://osdc.com.au/registration/ to 1. register and 2. pay. (If you are going to pay by credit card/PayPal you

Re: include myVar

2007-09-08 Thread Richard Jones
Ricardo Aráoz wrote: Is there a way to import a module whose name is in a variable (read from a configuration file for example)? pydoc __import__ Richard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: New UI Toolkit

2007-08-26 Thread Richard Jones
Gerdus van Zyl wrote: I am halfway to a first release of a new GUI library for python. It will be cross platform and follows the Swing philosophy of user experience and interface fidelity above but it doesn't look like windows! (aside: neither does office 2007 or windowsmediaplayer). The

Re: Call for advice on how to start PyOpenGL!

2007-08-20 Thread Richard Jones
Diez B. Roggisch wrote: math2life wrote: I work with python for two years, are familiar with image processing, but beginner on PyOpenGL and OpenGL. Any advice appreciated! You should check out the pyweek (http://www.pyweek.org/). There you find pygame OpenGL-based games, of a

Re: How to setup pyOpenGL3.0.a6 for window xp?

2007-08-19 Thread Richard Jones
Gary Herron wrote: Jason wrote: On Aug 17, 6:42 pm, Carl Banks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Windows comes with OpenGL libraries. However, before you can use OpenGL you'll need a package that can provide an OpenGL context, which PyOpenGL doesn't do (easily). PyGame is the typical choice for

Re: Adventure-Engines in Python

2007-08-13 Thread Richard Jones
Wildemar Wildenburger wrote: Are there any? An adventure game was written for one of the PyWeek challenges: http://www.pyweek.org/e/aerunthar/ You might be able to use that as a starting point. Richard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Querying Graphics Card Name

2007-08-09 Thread Richard Jones
Benjamin Goldenberg wrote: I would like to find out the name of the graphics card of the machine my program is running on. I have looked into the pyopengl module, and using them to query the card, but it seems like there ought to be a simpler way to find this out without setting up a

Registration is open for the 5th Python game challenge!

2007-08-04 Thread Richard Jones
The fifth PyWeek is only a month away. Come along and join the fun: write a video game in a week! There's some really interesting new libraries that have popped up recently. Have a gander on the pyweek message board for more info. REGISTRATION IS OPEN Visit the PyWeek website for more

Re: using Mac OS X CoreGraphics via ctypes

2007-06-18 Thread Richard Jones
Daniel wrote: Thanks Diez. I'll try that if I decide to keep going with ctypes. I got a bit further but had some problems with memory management (i.e. retaining and releasing object references). It seemed like Python/ ctypes was accessing referenced objects after I had released them, which

Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 - Brisbane - Call for Papers

2007-06-16 Thread Richard Jones
Call for Papers Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 - Brisbane Australia Success in Development Business OSDC is an Australian grass-roots conference providing Open Source developers with an opportunity to meet, share, learn, and of course show-off. OSDC focuses on Open Source developers

Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 - Brisbane - Call for Papers

2007-06-15 Thread Richard Jones
Call for Papers Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 - Brisbane Australia Success in Development Business OSDC is an Australian grass-roots conference providing Open Source developers with an opportunity to meet, share, learn, and of course show-off. OSDC focuses on Open Source developers

Re: Bragging about Python

2007-06-08 Thread Richard Jones
Steve Howell wrote: --- Szabolcs Nagy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: actually i don't like when a tutorial uses over complicated cute names if the context is obvious (fibonacci) then we don't need to add 'parent_rabbits' and such identifiers I still prefer the use of rabbits, but I don't mind

Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 - Brisbane - Call for Papers

2007-05-29 Thread Richard Jones
Call for Papers --- Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 - Brisbane, Australia Success in Development Business OSDC is a grass-roots conference providing Open Source developers with an opportunity to meet, share, learn, and of course show-off. OSDC focuses on Open Source

Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 - Brisbane - Call for Papers

2007-05-29 Thread Richard Jones
Call for Papers --- Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 - Brisbane, Australia Success in Development Business OSDC is a grass-roots conference providing Open Source developers with an opportunity to meet, share, learn, and of course show-off. OSDC focuses on Open Source

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