PyCon DE 2012 - New Deadline for Proposals is June 15

2012-06-07 Thread Mike Müller
Dear Pythonistas, You haven't missed it yet. The new deadline to submit a talk or tutorial proposal for PyCon DE 2012 is June 15, 2012. Don't miss this chance to speak at the largest gathering of the German-speaking Python community. Talks and tutorials in English are welcome if you are not

[ANN] Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.5 Beta

2012-06-07 Thread Dino Viehland
We're pleased to announce the release of Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.5 Beta [http://pytools.codeplex.com/releases/view/88766]. Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS) is an open-source plug-in for Visual Studio which supports programming with the Python language. PTVS supports a broad range

Vulnerability in zdaemon 2.0.5 and earlier

2012-06-07 Thread Jim Fulton
zdaemon is a Unix (Unix, Linux, Mac OS X) Python program that wraps commands to make them behave as proper daemons. See http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zdaemon. zdaemon can be configured to start as root and then switch to a less privileged user. In version 2.0.5 and earlier, zdaemon didn't update