[EuroPython] little BOFs again

2010-06-18 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
just to ask if there's going to be "little bofs", because i'd like to invite people to submit mini patches to bring grailbrowser up-to-date with its regexes. i've managed to get grailbrowser running under python2.4, but there are 90 regexs that need converting, either with python 2.4's reconvert.p

Re: [EuroPython] little BOFs again

2010-06-18 Thread Michael Foord
On 18/06/2010 17:19, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: just to ask if there's going to be "little bofs", because i'd like to invite people to submit mini patches to bring grailbrowser up-to-date with its regexes. i've managed to get grailbrowser running under python2.4, but there are 90 regexs

Re: [EuroPython] little BOFs again

2010-06-18 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Michael Foord wrote: > On 18/06/2010 17:19, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> it'll happily run under python2.4-2.7 >> http://github.com/lkcl/grailbrowser >> > > One possibility would be to use PyPy, with its new C extension support, to > get sandboxing. in

Re: [EuroPython] little BOFs again

2010-06-18 Thread Michael Foord
On 18/06/2010 18:17, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Michael Foord wrote: On 18/06/2010 17:19, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: it'll happily run under python2.4-2.7 http://github.com/lkcl/grailbrowser One possibility would be to

Re: [EuroPython] little BOFs again

2010-06-18 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Michael Foord wrote: >>> One possibility would be to use PyPy, with its new C extension support, >>> to >>> get sandboxing. >>> >> >>  intriguing idea.  what's the purpose - make it possible to run >> python2.4 code on a modern system? >> > > Python 2.4 still runs

Re: [EuroPython] little BOFs again

2010-06-18 Thread Floris Bruynooghe
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 05:56:07PM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > rexec, regardless of the "breakage", actually had other benefits, > most notably demonstrated by overloading import to allow scripts to be > loaded out of sql databases rather than off the filesystem, on-demand. > whe

Re: [EuroPython] little BOFs again

2010-06-18 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Floris Bruynooghe wrote: > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 05:56:07PM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >>  rexec, regardless of the "breakage", actually had other benefits, >> most notably demonstrated by overloading import to allow scripts to be >> loaded out of

[EuroPython] EuroPython 2010 - Call for Volunteers

2010-06-18 Thread David Boddie
With only a month to go before EuroPython 2010, we need to start getting prepared for the task of running a conference! Right now, the Wiki page is looking a little bare, with only a few names: http://wiki.europython.eu/VolunteersByActivity In particular, we're looking for people to be session