ANN: python-blosc 1.2.0 released

2014-01-28 Thread Francesc Alted
= Announcing python-blosc 1.2.0 = What is new? This release adds support for the multiple compressors added in Blosc 1.3 series. The new compressors are: * lz4 (http://code.google.com/p/lz4/): A very fast compressor/decompr

[ANN] Python Dinner at FOSDEM 2014

2014-01-28 Thread Stéphane Wirtel
Dear Pythonista friends, write down in your agenda the date of the next AFPyro! The next Aperos Python Belgium will take place on saturday, February 1st in Brussels, during the FOSDEM conference that takes place at ULB from 1st to 2nd February. In addition to the regulars of AFPyro, we are a

ANN: numexpr 2.3 released

2014-01-28 Thread Francesc Alted
== Announcing Numexpr 2.3 == Numexpr is a fast numerical expression evaluator for NumPy. With it, expressions that operate on arrays (like "3*a+4*b") are accelerated and use less memory than doing the same calculation in Python. It wears multi-th

ANN: BLZ 0.6.1 has been released

2014-01-28 Thread Francesc Alted
Announcing BLZ 0.6 series = What it is -- BLZ is a chunked container for numerical data. Chunking allows for efficient enlarging/shrinking of data container. In addition, it can also be compressed for reducing memory/disk needs. The compression process is carri

[RELEASED] Python 3.3.4 release candidate 1

2014-01-28 Thread Georg Brandl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On behalf of the Python development team, I'm reasonably happy to announce the Python 3.3.4 release candidate 1. Python 3.3.4 includes several security fixes and over 120 bug fixes compared to the Python 3.3.3 release. This release fully supports OS

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.0b3

2014-01-28 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development team, I'm quite pleased to announce the third beta release of Python 3.4. This is a preview release, and its use is not recommended for production settings. Python 3.4 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, including hundreds of small improvemen

ANN: EmPy 3.3.2 released (Python 3.x compatibility)

2014-01-28 Thread Erik Max Francis
Summary A powerful and robust templating system for Python. Overview EmPy is a system for embedding Python expressions and statements in template text; it takes an EmPy source file, processes it, and produces output. This is accomplished via expansions, which are special s