ANN: Learning Python 3rd Edition

2007-10-29 Thread lutz
I'm pleased to announce the release of the 3rd Edition of the book Learning Python. This new edition has been updated to cover Python 2.5, and includes numerous pointers for migrating to Python 3.0 in the future. Among other things, this edition has been augmented with material on function decora

lxml 1.3.6 released

2007-10-29 Thread Stefan Behnel
Hi all, lxml 1.3.6 is up on PyPI. This is a bug fix release for the stable 1.3 series. It features two important fixes for crash bugs. Updating is recommended. http://codespeak.net/lxml/ http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml/ ** Install it with $ easy_install lxml==1.3.6 ** What is lxml? "

Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Oct 29)

2007-10-29 Thread Gabriel Genellina
QOTW: "Template engines are amongst the things that seem easy enough to look at the available software and say 'bah, I'll write my own in a day', but are complex enough to keep them growing over years until they become as huge and inaccessible as all the other implementations. Then it's time for s

Elixir 0.4.0 released!

2007-10-29 Thread Gaetan de Menten
I am very pleased to announce that version 0.4.0 of Elixir is now available. As always, feedback is very welcome, preferably on Elixir mailing list. Highlights for this release - - Implemented a new attribute-based syntax to declare fields and relationships,

ANN: Veusz 1.0 - a scientific plotting package

2007-10-29 Thread Jeremy Sanders
I'm pleased to announce Veusz 1.0. Source, windows and linux i386 binaries are available - Jeremy Sanders Veusz 1.0 - Velvet Ember Under Sky Zenith - http://home.gna.org/veusz/ Veusz is Copyright (C) 2003-2007 Jeremy Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Licenced under