From: "Emile van Sebille" <emile@fcfw.fenx.com> To: Dr.Dobb's.Python-URL.distribution@starbase.neosoft.com Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Jun 18) Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 09:08:35 -0500 (CDT) Andrew Kuchling's been busy this week, announcing version 0.3 of the Quixote Web development toolkit... http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&q=msgid:mailman.992279041.25730.clpa-moderators@python.org ... a fresh package of ZODB and ZEO available... http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&q=msgid:mailman.992380331.21323.clpa-moderators@python.org ... and launches a quest for warts... http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&q=msgid:mailman.992543370.22014.python-list@python.org ... the cure for which is generally accepted to be hypnosis. For when time travel simply won't do. http://www.uniontrib.com/news/diversions/strange/20000329-1210strange9.html Cyril Slobin releases a dos version of python. http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&q=msgid:dc44b395.0106121341.26de828a@posting.google.com Jon Saenz announces PyClimate 1.1, for the analysis of atmospheric and oceanic data sets. http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&q=msgid:mailman.992510340.9024.clpa-moderators@python.org David Hart revives the calls for a python CPAN, but with a twist. http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&q=msgid:oFRV6.2073$PA4.763051146@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com The nagging license concerns introduced with 1.6b1, in particular with regard to GPL compatibility, have been worked out for new and bug-fix releases. See Guido's post for more. http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&q=msgid:mailman.992706505.26148. python-list@python.org Tim Peters points out a new tutorial reference on floating point. http://python.sourceforge.net/devel-docs/tut/node14.html PEPs: Tim Peters releases PEP 255, adding a new keyword that enables Simple Generators... http://python.sf.net/peps/pep-0255.txt ... even while pointing out that keywords rarely actually make it into the language. http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&q=msgid:mailman.992695645.13636.python-list@python.org David Goodgear introduces PEPs 256,257 & 258, a trio of docstring related standards to support DPS (Docstring Processing System) Framework http://python.sf.net/peps/pep-0256.txt Docstring Conventions http://python.sf.net/peps/pep-0257.txt DPS Generic Implementation Details http://python.sf.net/peps/pep-0258.txt Guido confirms we're paying attention by introducing PEP 259 ... http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&q=msgid:mailman.992290220.14360.python-list@python.org ... and withdrawing it a few days later. http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&q=msgid:mailman.992449110.8527.python-list@python.org ======================================================================== Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Notice especially the master FAQ http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the daily python url http://www.pythonware.com/daily comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newly-revitalized newsgroup at least weekly. http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python.announce Michael Hudson continues Andrew Kuchling's marvelous tradition of summarizing action on the python-dev mailing list once every other week. http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/summaries/ http://www.amk.ca/python/dev The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collect Python resources http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/ Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ The Python Software Foundation has replaced the Python Consortium as an independent nexus of activity http://www.python.org/psf/ Cetus does much of the same http://www.cetus-links.de/oo_python.html Python FAQTS http://python.faqts.com/ Python To-Do List anticipates some of Python's future direction http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/todo.py Python Journal is at work on its second issue http://www.pythonjournal.com Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it's impressive what AI can generate http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python Archive probing tricks of the trade: http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python&num=100 http://groups.google.com/groups?meta=site%3Dgroups%26group%3Dcomp.lang.python.* Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html or http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Python-URL!&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. 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