Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Sep 17)

2009-09-17 Thread Gabriel Genellina
QOTW: "Python the language doesn't try to satisfy all tastes in language design equally." - Guido van Rossum Is it really necesary to explicitely close open files? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/d794d426a5bef2c1/ Tips for using Unicode text (specia

[ANN] python-daemon 1.4.8

2009-09-17 Thread Ben Finney
Howdy all, I'm pleased to announce the release of version 1.4.8 of ‘python-daemon’. What is ‘python-daemon’ === The ‘python-daemon’ library is the reference implementation of PEP 3143 http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3143/>, “Standard daemon process library”. The source di

[ANN] Game Microwar 2.0 beta 2

2009-09-17 Thread Pierre-Alain Dorange
MicroWar 2.0 beta 2 --- MicroWar is "Space Invaders" style arcade game, in the cruel world of micro-compter industry. You're a Macintosh faced to invading Wintel hordes year after year, kill more PC. Bonuses let you improve your Mac performances or restore life... PC Hunt is now

ANN: StarCluster 0.90beta Released - HPC Clusters on Amazon's EC2

2009-09-17 Thread Justin Riley
I'd like to announce the first beta release of StarCluster, a utility for creating and managing general purpose computing clusters hosted on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). >From the PyPI Page: StarCluster minimizes the administrative overhead associated with obtaining, configuring, and man

[ANN] BleachBit 0.6.4

2009-09-17 Thread Andrew Ziem
BleachBit deletes junk files to free up disk space and keep your privacy. Highlights of changes in 0.6.4: * Add command line interface for use in scripts * Clean Opera 10.0 final * Add Malay translation * Update 17 other translations * Better support non-Linux POSIX systems such as NetBSD * Shrink

ANN: StarCluster 0.90beta Released - HPC Clusters on Amazon's EC2

2009-09-17 Thread Justin Riley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'd like to announce the first beta release of StarCluster, a utility for creating and managing general purpose computing clusters hosted on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). - From the PyPI Page: StarCluster minimizes the administrative overhead