ANN: Wing IDE 4.1.12 released
Hi, Wingware has released version 4.1.12 of Wing IDE, our integrated development environment designed specifically for the Python programming language. Wing IDE provides a professional quality code editor with vi, emacs, and other key bindings, auto-completion, call tips, refactoring, context-aware auto-editing, a powerful graphical debugger, version control, unit testing, search, and many other features. For details see http://wingware.com/ This minor release includes: * Support for Python 2.6 and 2.7 running on cygwin * List SHA1 hashes on the downloads page * Show perspectives key bindings in Load Perspective sub-menu * Fix several color-related regressions * Fix extract refactoring when toplevel source is indented * Return focus to editor after refactoring operations * 6 other bug fixes and minor improvements For a complete change log see http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/4.1.12/CHANGELOG.txt Free trial: http://wingware.com/wingide/trial Downloads: http://wingware.com/downloads Feature matrix: http://wingware.com/wingide/features More information: http://wingware.com/ Sales: http://wingware.com/store/purchase Upgrades: https://wingware.com/store/upgrade Questions? Don't hesitate to email us at sa...@wingware.com. Thanks, -- Stephan Deibel Wingware | Python IDE Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Wingware Python IDE version 3.2.4 released
Hi, Wingware has released version 3.2.4 of Wing IDE, our integrated development environment for the Python programming language. Wing IDE can be used on Windows, Linux, and OS X to develop Python code for web, GUI, and embedded scripting applications. Wing IDE provides auto-completion, call tips, a powerful debugger, unit testing, version control, search, and many other features. This release includes the following minor features and improvements: * Corrected support for non-ascii I/O when debugging under Python 3.x * Support debugging of wide unicode builds of Python 3.x * Improve GUI responsiveness in very large projects (optimized external file change checking) * Auto-enter last failed or canceled version control commit message * Added context menu for copy/paste to commit message area in version control tools * Version control annotate commands like 'svn blame' show results in scratch buffer * Many other minor features and bug fixes; See the change log at http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/3.2.4/CHANGELOG.txt for details *Wing 3.2 Highlights* Version 3.2 of Wing IDE includes the following new features not present in Wing IDE 3.1: * Support for Python 3.0 and 3.1 * Rewritten version control integration with support for Subversion, CVS, Bazaar, git, Mercurial, and Perforce (*) * Added 64-bit Debian, RPM, and tar file installers for Linux * File management in Project view (**) * Auto-completion in the editor obtains completion data from live runtime when the debugger is active (**) * Perspectives: Create and save named GUI layouts and optionally automatically transition when debugging is started (*) * Improved support for Cython and Pyrex (*.pyx files) * Added key binding documentation to the manual * Added Restart Debugging item in Debug menu and tool bar (**) * Improved OS Commands and Bookmarks tools (*) (*)'d items are available in Wing IDE Professional only. (**)'d items are available in Wing IDE Personal and Professional only. The release also contains many other minor features and bug fixes; see the change log for details: http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/3.2.4/CHANGELOG.txt *Downloads* Wing IDE Professional and Wing IDE Personal are commercial software and require a license to run. A free trial license can be obtained directly from the product when launched. Wing IDE 101 can be used free of charge. Wing IDE Pro 3.2.4http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide/3.2 Wing IDE Personal 3.2.4 http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide-personal/3.2 Wing IDE 101 3.2.4http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide-101/3.2 *About Wing IDE* Wing IDE is an integrated development environment for the Python programming language. It provides powerful debugging, editing, code intelligence, testing, version control, and search capabilities that reduce development and debugging time, cut down on coding errors, and make it easier to understand and navigate Python code. Wing IDE is available in three product levels: Wing IDE Professional is the full-featured Python IDE, Wing IDE Personal offers a reduced feature set at a low price, and Wing IDE 101 is a free simplified version designed for teaching entry level programming courses with Python. System requirements are Windows 2000 or later, OS X 10.3.9 or later for PPC or Intel (requires X11 Server), or a recent Linux system (either 32 or 64 bit). Wing IDE 3.2 supports Python versions 2.0.x through 3.1.x. *Purchasing and Upgrading* Wing 3.2 is a free upgrade for all Wing IDE 3.0 and 3.1 users. Any 2.x license sold after May 2nd 2006 is free to upgrade; others cost 1/2 the normal price to upgrade. Upgrade a 2.x license: https://wingware.com/store/upgrade Purchase a 3.x license:https://wingware.com/store/purchase -- The Wingware Team Wingware | Python IDE Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/
ANN: Wing IDE 3.2.4 released
Hi, Wingware has released version 3.2.4 of Wing IDE, our integrated development environment for the Python programming language. Wing IDE can be used on Windows, Linux, and OS X to develop Python code for web, GUI, and embedded scripting applications. Wing IDE provides auto-completion, call tips, a powerful debugger, unit testing, version control, search, and many other features. This release includes the following minor features and improvements: * Corrected support for non-ascii I/O when debugging under Python 3.x * Support debugging of wide unicode builds of Python 3.x * Improve GUI responsiveness in very large projects (optimized external file change checking) * Auto-enter last failed or canceled version control commit message * Added context menu for copy/paste to commit message area in version control tools * Version control annotate commands like 'svn blame' show results in scratch buffer * Many other minor features and bug fixes; See the change log at http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/3.2.4/CHANGELOG.txt for details *Wing 3.2 Highlights* Version 3.2 of Wing IDE includes the following new features not present in Wing IDE 3.1: * Support for Python 3.0 and 3.1 * Rewritten version control integration with support for Subversion, CVS, Bazaar, git, Mercurial, and Perforce (*) * Added 64-bit Debian, RPM, and tar file installers for Linux * File management in Project view (**) * Auto-completion in the editor obtains completion data from live runtime when the debugger is active (**) * Perspectives: Create and save named GUI layouts and optionally automatically transition when debugging is started (*) * Improved support for Cython and Pyrex (*.pyx files) * Added key binding documentation to the manual * Added Restart Debugging item in Debug menu and tool bar (**) * Improved OS Commands and Bookmarks tools (*) (*)'d items are available in Wing IDE Professional only. (**)'d items are available in Wing IDE Personal and Professional only. The release also contains many other minor features and bug fixes; see the change log for details: http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/3.2.4/CHANGELOG.txt *Downloads* Wing IDE Professional and Wing IDE Personal are commercial software and require a license to run. A free trial license can be obtained directly from the product when launched. Wing IDE 101 can be used free of charge. Wing IDE Pro 3.2.4http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide/3.2 Wing IDE Personal 3.2.4 http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide-personal/3.2 Wing IDE 101 3.2.4http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide-101/3.2 *About Wing IDE* Wing IDE is an integrated development environment for the Python programming language. It provides powerful debugging, editing, code intelligence, testing, version control, and search capabilities that reduce development and debugging time, cut down on coding errors, and make it easier to understand and navigate Python code. Wing IDE is available in three product levels: Wing IDE Professional is the full-featured Python IDE, Wing IDE Personal offers a reduced feature set at a low price, and Wing IDE 101 is a free simplified version designed for teaching entry level programming courses with Python. System requirements are Windows 2000 or later, OS X 10.3.9 or later for PPC or Intel (requires X11 Server), or a recent Linux system (either 32 or 64 bit). Wing IDE 3.2 supports Python versions 2.0.x through 3.1.x. *Purchasing and Upgrading* Wing 3.2 is a free upgrade for all Wing IDE 3.0 and 3.1 users. Any 2.x license sold after May 2nd 2006 is free to upgrade; others cost 1/2 the normal price to upgrade. Upgrade a 2.x license: https://wingware.com/store/upgrade Purchase a 3.x license:https://wingware.com/store/purchase -- The Wingware Team Wingware | Python IDE Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
ANN: Wing IDE 3.2.1 released
Hi, Wingware has released version 3.2.1 of Wing IDE, our integrated development environment for the Python programming language. This is a bug fix release that includes the following changes: * Improved support for Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) * Support for x86_64 Python 2.4+ on OS X * Support for Stackless Python 3.0 and 3.1 * Fixed Stackless Python support on 64-bit Linux * Several other bug fixes; See the change log for details: http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/3.2.1/CHANGELOG.txt *Wing 3.2 Highlights* Version 3.2 of Wing IDE includes the following new features not present in Wing IDE 3.1: * Support for Python 3.0 and 3.1 * Rewritten version control integration with support for Subversion, CVS, Bazaar, git, Mercurial, and Perforce (*) * Added 64-bit Debian, RPM, and tar file installers for Linux * File management in Project view (**) * Auto-completion in the editor obtains completion data from live runtime when the debugger is active (**) * Perspectives: Create and save named GUI layouts and optionally automatically transition when debugging is started (*) * Improved support for Cython and Pyrex (*.pyx files) * Added key binding documentation to the manual * Added Restart Debugging item in Debug menu and tool bar (**) (*)'d items are available in Wing IDE Professional only. (**)'d items are available in Wing IDE Personal and Professional only. The release also contains many other minor features and bug fixes; see the change log for details: http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/3.2.1/CHANGELOG.txt *Downloads* Wing IDE Professional and Wing IDE Personal are commercial software and require a license to run. A free trial license can be obtained directly from the product when launched. Wing IDE 101 can be used free of charge. Wing IDE Pro 3.2.1http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide/3.2 Wing IDE Personal 3.2.1 http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide-personal/3.2 Wing IDE 101 3.2.1http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide-101/3.2 *About Wing IDE* Wing IDE is an integrated development environment for the Python programming language. It provides powerful debugging, editing, code intelligence, testing, version control, and search capabilities that reduce development and debugging time, cut down on coding errors, and make it easier to understand and navigate Python code. Wing IDE is available in three product levels: Wing IDE Professional is the full-featured Python IDE, Wing IDE Personal offers a reduced feature set at a low price, and Wing IDE 101 is a free simplified version designed for teaching entry level programming courses with Python. System requirements are Windows 2000 or later, OS X 10.3.9 or later for PPC or Intel (requires X11 Server), or a recent Linux system (either 32 or 64 bit). Wing IDE 3.2 supports Python versions 2.0.x through 3.1.x. *Purchasing and Upgrading* Wing 3.2 is a free upgrade for all Wing IDE 3.0 and 3.1 users. Any 2.x license sold after May 2nd 2006 is free to upgrade; others cost 1/2 the normal price to upgrade. Upgrade a 2.x license: https://wingware.com/store/upgrade Purchase a 3.x license:https://wingware.com/store/purchase -- The Wingware Team Wingware | Python IDE Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Pycon disappointment
On Mar 16, 6:10 am, Bruce Eckel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But it gets worse. The lightning talks, traditionally the best, newest and edgiest part of the conference, were also sold like commercial air time. Vendors were guaranteed first pick on lightning talk slots, and we in the audience, expectantly looking forward to interesting and entertaining content, again started to feel like things were awfully commercial. And what seemed like a good idea, moving lightning talks into plenary sessions with no competition, began to look like another way to deliver a captive audience to vendors. Yes, this sucked, and I say that as one of the guys that gave a boring vendor lightning talk. I felt obligated to take the slot but probably shouldn't have, or should have talked about something else. The problem was definition of the sponsorships without carefully limiting the benefits that would get out of hand when 3X as many sponsorships were sold as expected (which is what happened). To be fair, I'm not sure I would have foreseen this either. I know what the argument for the results of Pycon 2008 will be: we needed the money. My answer: it's not worth it. If this is what you have to do to grow the conference, then don't. If the choice is between selling my experience to vendors and reducing the size of the conference, then cut the size of the conference. Keep the quality of my experience as the primary decision criteria, or I'll stop coming. I have to admit, I'll keep coming to PyCon even if all the talks suck abysmally as long as there's good hallway time, open space, BoFs, and sprints. ;-) But, yes, lightning talks are also a critical part of the conf, and would be a terrible loss. - Stephan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
ANN: Wing IDE 3.0.4 released
Hi, We're happy to announce version 3.0.4 of Wing IDE, an advanced development environment for the Python programming language. It is available from: http://wingware.com/downloads Version 3.0.4 is a bug fix release that reduces debugger overhead by about 50% per Python instruction executed, improves breakpoints tracking during edits, expands support for PyGTK auto-completion, and makes 14 other minor improvements. See the change log for details: http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/3.0.4/CHANGELOG.txt It is a free upgrade for all Wing 3.0 users. *About Wing IDE* Wing IDE is an integrated development environment for the Python programming language. It provides powerful debugging, editing, code intelligence, testing, and search capabilities that reduce development and debugging time, cut down on coding errors, and make it easier to understand and navigate Python code. New features added in Wing 3.0 include: * Multi-threaded debugger * Debug value tooltips in editor, debug probe, and interactive shell * Autocompletion and call tips in debug probe and interactive shell * Automatically updating project directories * Testing tool, currently supporting unittest derived tests (*) * OS Commands tool for executing and interacting with external commands (*) * Rewritten indentation analysis and conversion (*) * Introduction of Wing IDE 101, a free edition for beginning programmers * Available as a .deb package for Debian and Ubuntu * Support for Stackless Python * Support for 64 bit Python on Windows and Linux (*)'d items are available in Wing IDE Professional only. System requirements are Windows 2000 or later, OS X 10.3.9 or later for PPC or Intel (requires X11 Server), or a recent Linux system (either 32 or 64 bit). *Purchasing Upgrading* Wing IDE Professional Wing IDE Personal are commercial software and require a license to run. To upgrade a 2.x license or purchase a new 3.x license: Upgrade:https://wingware.com/store/upgrade Purchase: https://wingware.com/store/purchase Any 2.x license sold after May 2nd 2006 is free to upgrade; others cost 1/2 the normal price to upgrade. -- The Wingware Team Wingware | Python IDE Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Donate to the Python Software Foundation!
Hi, Please consider donating to the Python Software Foundation (PSF) this year in your year-end charitable giving. The PSF is the non-profit that holds and protects the intellectual property rights behind Python, keeping it free and open for all to use. We also provide the financial backing that makes PyCon possible, donate to other Python conferences around the world, and fund grants and special projects in the Python community. For general information about the PSF, please see our pages on the Python website: http://www.python.org/psf/ Donations from individuals are tax deductible in the US and may be tax deductible in other countries, or as a business expense. We take credit cards, checks, wire transfers, and PayPal: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/ Businesses invested in Python can also consider becoming a sponsor member of the PSF: http://www.python.org/psf/sponsorship/ Or become a sponsor of PyCon 2008, a great way to gain exposure for your business or find talented Python programmers to hire: http://us.pycon.org/2008/sponsors/ If you have any questions, please email me directly. Thanks, and Happy Holidays! -- Stephan Deibel Chairman of the Board Python Software Foundation http://python.org/psf -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations.html
Donate to the Python Software Foundation!
Hi, Please consider donating to the Python Software Foundation (PSF) this year in your year-end charitable giving. The PSF is the non-profit that holds and protects the intellectual property rights behind Python, keeping it free and open for all to use. We also provide the financial backing that makes PyCon possible, donate to other Python conferences around the world, and fund grants and special projects in the Python community. For general information about the PSF, please see our pages on the Python website: http://www.python.org/psf/ Donations from individuals are tax deductible in the US and may be tax deductible in other countries, or as a business expense. We take credit cards, checks, wire transfers, and PayPal: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/ Businesses invested in Python can also consider becoming a sponsor member of the PSF: http://www.python.org/psf/sponsorship/ Or become a sponsor of PyCon 2008, a great way to gain exposure for your business or find talented Python programmers to hire: http://us.pycon.org/2008/sponsors/ If you have any questions, please email me directly. Thanks, and Happy Holidays! -- Stephan Deibel Chairman of the Board Python Software Foundation http://python.org/psf -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
ANN: Wing IDE 3.0.2 released
Hi, I'm happy to announce version 3.0.2 of Wing IDE, an advanced development environment for the Python programming language. It is available from: http://wingware.com/downloads This release focuses on fixing usability issues found in Wing 3.0.1, including missed Search in Project matches, failure to offer auto-completion for code in extension modules, and about 25 other bugs. See the change log for details: http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/3.0.2/CHANGELOG.txt It is a free upgrade for all Wing 3.x users. *About Wing IDE* Wing IDE is an integrated development environment for the Python programming language. It provides powerful debugging, editing, code intelligence, testing, and search capabilities that reduce development and debugging time, cut down on coding errors, and make it easier to understand and navigate Python code. New features added in Wing 3.0 include: * Multi-threaded debugger * Debug value tooltips in editor, debug probe, and interactive shell * Autocompletion and call tips in debug probe and interactive shell * Automatically updating project directories * Testing tool, currently supporting unittest derived tests (*) * OS Commands tool for executing and interacting with external commands (*) * Rewritten indentation analysis and conversion (*) * Introduction of Wing IDE 101, a free edition for beginning programmers * Available as a .deb package for Debian and Ubuntu * Support for Stackless Python * Support for 64 bit Python on Windows and Linux (*)'d items are available in Wing IDE Professional only. System requirements are Windows 2000 or later, OS X 10.3.9 or later for PPC or Intel (requires X11 Server), or a recent Linux system (either 32 or 64 bit). *Purchasing Upgrading* Wing IDE Professional Wing IDE Personal are commercial software and require a license to run. To upgrade a 2.x license or purchase a new 3.x license: Upgradehttps://wingware.com/store/upgrade Purchase https://wingware.com/store/purchase Any 2.x license sold after May 2nd 2006 is free to upgrade; others cost 1/2 the normal price to upgrade. -- Stephan Deibel Wingware | Python IDE Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python 3.0 migration plans?
Ian Dickinson wrote: Never would look like a good time scale to me given that a lot of the stuff I use is being ripped out Has any one actually converted any real code or significant bits of code using the 3.0 converter (in the sandbox somewhere), and if so what kinds of things actually failed? Nothing I've read about 3.0 has alarmed me that much yet, but I've not yet actually tried converting code for it (except a few extension modules, which at least _compiled_ just fine against 3.0). - Stephan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Wing IDE 3.0 beta2 released
Hi, I'm happy to announce the release of Wing IDE 3.0 beta 2. It is available from http://wingware.com/wingide/beta Changes since the previous beta release include: * Stackless Python 2.4 and 2.5 are now supported * Python 2.5 for 64-bit Windows is now supported * Fixed Zope WingDBG so it will connect back to IDE * Improved auto-completion coverage for imports and end cases * Up to 10% speed-up when running in debugger * Fixed many other bugs, particularly source browser, OS commands, testing tool, and source assistant (*) In addition, we have introduced Wing IDE 101, a free scaled back version of Wing IDE designed for teaching introductory programming courses. The CHANGELOG.txt file in the installation provides additional details. The major new features introduced in Wing 3.0 are: * Multi-threaded debugger * Debug value tooltips in editor, debug probe, and interactive shell * Autocompletion in debug probe and interactive shell * Automatically updating project directories * Testing tool, currently supporting unittest derived tests (*) * OS Commands tool for executing and interacting with external commands (*) * Rewritten indentation analysis and conversion (*) * Introduction of Wing IDE 101, a free edition for beginning programmers * Available as a .deb package for Debian and Ubuntu * Support for Stackless Python * Support for 64 bit Python on Windows and Linux (*)'d items are available in Wing IDE Professional only. System requirements are Windows 2000 or later, OS X 10.3.9 or later for PPC or Intel (requires X11 Server), or a recent Linux system (either 32 or 64 bit). Compatibility Notes --- The file pattern in the Testing tab of Project Properties will need to be re-entered if the project was saved with one of the 3.0 alpha releases. Reporting Bugs -- Please report bugs using the Submit Bug Report item in the Help menu or by emailing support at wingware dot com. This is beta quality software that installs side-by-side with Wing 2.x or 1.x. We advise you to make frequent backups of your work when using any pre-release version of Wing IDE. Upgrading - To upgrade a 2.x license or purchase a new 3.x license: Upgradehttps://wingware.com/store/upgrade Purchase https://wingware.com/store/purchase Any 2.x license sold after May 2nd 2006 is free to upgrade; others cost 1/2 the normal price to upgrade. If you are not ready to upgrade, feel free to keep using a series of trial licenses. There will be no limit on the number of trials until 3.0 final is out. Thanks! The Wingware Team Wingware | Python IDE Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Wanted: New Python Success Stories
Hi, O'Reilly Associates is going to be printing volume III of the Python Success Stories series in June and I'm looking for submissions of new stories. The stories have been quite valuable for people introducing Python to new users and companies. The deadline for me to receive stories for editing is May 1st and the deadline for the final edited, approved story going to O'Reilly is June 1st. The existing stories are online here: http://pythonology.org/success There's more info about writing one here: http://pythonology.org/successguide The biggest hurdle is usually getting approval from the company to write about Python. It may require some educating about open source to get past rules against endorsing commercial products (which Python obviously isn't). If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks, Stephan Deibel Pythonology.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations.html
Wanted: New Python Success Stories
Hi, O'Reilly Associates is going to be printing volume III of the Python Success Stories series in June and I'm looking for submissions of new stories. The stories have been quite valuable for people introducing Python to new users and companies. The deadline for me to receive stories for editing is May 1st and the deadline for the final edited, approved story going to O'Reilly is June 1st. The existing stories are online here: http://pythonology.org/success There's more info about writing one here: http://pythonology.org/successguide The biggest hurdle is usually getting approval from the company to write about Python. It may require some educating about open source to get past rules against endorsing commercial products (which Python obviously isn't). If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks, Stephan Deibel Pythonology.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Wing IDE 2.0.2 Released
Hi, I'm happy to announce the release of Wing IDE 2.0.2. This is a free upgrade for Wing IDE 2.0 users. The release can be downloaded from: http://wingware.com/downloads Wing IDE provides powerful debugging, editing, code intelligence, and search capabilities that reduce development and debugging time, cut down on coding errors, and make it easier to understand and navigate Python code. Highlights of this release include: * Easier to use Zope and Plone integration http://wingware.com/doc/howtos/zope * Extension of the IDE with Python scripts (Wing Pro only) http://wingware.com/doc/scripting * CVS revision control system integration (Wing Pro only) http://localhost/doc/edit/revision-control * Reorganized and expanded Project and File properties * Ability to view and change text file encodings * Per-project line ending and indentation policies * Option to auto-add new files to projects * Text input methods for non-european languages * Wing IDE Personal now includes the Indentation tool * Over 70 other improvements and bug fixes New features in Wing IDE 2.0 since the last 1.1 release include a redesigned customizable user interface, call tips, syntax error indicators, editor tabs and splits, multi-file wildcard and regular expression searching, integrated documentation and tutorial, German localization, and Unicode support. This release is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, and can be compiled from sources on *BSD, Solaris, and other Posix operating systems. A complete list of changes is available here: http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/2.0.2/CHANGELOG.txt For more information see: Product Info: http://wingware.com/products Sales: http://wingware.com/store/purchase Upgrades: http://wingware.com/store/upgrade Sincerely, Stephan Deibel -- Wingware Wing IDE for Python Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
PSF donations update
Hi, Just wanted to follow up on my earlier message requesting donations to the Python Software Foundation. The PSF has now announced the projects we are funding in our first round of grants: http://www.python.org/psf/grants/ We received many other quality grant proposals that could not be funded due to the relatively small size of our budget ($40K this year). I hope we'll be able to raise substantially more money in the coming year to allow us to fund more projects in the next cycle. There are something like 750,000 Python users in the world -- imagine what we could do with just $10 from each! Also new since my previous email: Credit card donations are now (finally) working properly. We can also still accept PayPal and mailed checks. The PSF is a registered non-profit and donations are tax-deductible in the USA. To donate, please go to: http://www.python.org/psf/donations.html I hope you will consider including the PSF in your year-end giving. In addition to funding grants, your donation will help the PSF to run PyCon annually (http://www.python.org/pycon) and to protect the intellectual property rights behind Python. Thanks very much, and Happy New Year! Stephan Deibel Chairman of the Board Python Software Foundation http://python.org/psf -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Please Donate to the PSF
Hi, As the holiday season ends and a new year approaches, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that donated to the Python Software Foundation (PSF) in the past. Everyone's support is greatly appreciated. We now have well over 400 donors, many of whom donate regularly: http://www.python.org/psf/donations.html We also have 15 sponsor members that contribute annually to the PSF: http://www.python.org/psf/ Because of our donors and sponsors, the PSF was able to issue its first grants solicitation in 2004. This was very successful, with many more quality submissions than we could fund. Several grants have been approved for completion in 2005. With these and future grants, we intend to continue improving Python. The PSF also manages the intellectual property rights behind Python and runs the PyCon developers conference annually: http://www.python.org/pycon/ Please consider donating in order to support Python and the PSF. We are currently accepting donations via check or PayPal, and will soon begin accepting credit cards directly. Donations can be made starting here: http://www.python.org/psf/donations.html The PSF is a registered 501(c)(3) charity so donations are tax-deductible for US tax payers. There is still time to make a donation that can be deducted in the 2004 tax year. If you would like to learn more about the PSF, please visit: http://www.python.org/psf/ Happy New Year! Sincerely, Stephan Deibel Chairman of the Board Python Software Foundation http://python.org/psf -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
ANN: Wing IDE 2.0.1 released
Hi, I'm happy to announce version 2.0.1 Wing IDE, an advanced integrated development environment for Python. This is a free upgrade for Wing IDE 2.0 users. It can be downloaded from: http://wingware.com/downloads Highlights of this release include: * Support for Python 2.4 * Optimized debugger * Searchable documentation * Expanded auto-completion preferences * Easier to customize key bindings * Remembers window layout even when no project is open * Zope instance directory support * Various bug fixes New features in Wing IDE 2.0 since the last 1.1 release include a redesigned customizable user interface, call tips, syntax error indicators, editor tabs and splits, multi-file wildcard and regular expression searching, integrated documentation and tutorial, German localization, and Unicode support. This release is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, and can be compiled from sources on FreeBSD, Solaris, and other Posix operating systems. A complete list of changes is available here: http://wingware.com/pub/wingide/2.0.1/CHANGELOG.txt For more information see: Product Info: http://wingware.com/products Sales: http://wingware.com/store/purchase Upgrades: http://wingware.com/store/upgrade Sincerely, Stephan Deibel -- Wingware Wing IDE for Python Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
