What Guido does for his day job

2006-11-22 Thread Neal Norwitz
Ever wonder what Guido has been doing at Google? Now is your chance to find out! Guido has worked at Google for nearly a year. He splits his time between working on Python and working on Google projects. He will be giving a presentation and demo on Nov 30, 2006. I won't spoil it, but this talk

Seeking students for the Summer of Code

2006-05-03 Thread Neal Norwitz
There is less than a week left before students must submit a final application. There are a bunch of ideas up on the wiki: http://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode/ The wiki has instructions for how to submit a proposal. There are many different areas including: core language features, lib

Summer of Code mailing list

2006-04-29 Thread Neal Norwitz
There's a new SoC mailing list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can sign up here: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/soc2006 This list is for any SoC discussion: mentors, students, idea, etc. Student can submit applications starting May 1, so now is the time to get students interested in your

Python Software Foundation seeks mentors and students for Google Summer of Code

2006-04-20 Thread Neal Norwitz
ing a student though PSF are encouraged to contact me, Neal Norwitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] People unknown to Guido or myself should find a couple of people known within the Python community who are willing to act as references. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I look forward to meeting

IMPORTANT 2.5 API changes for C Extension Modules and Embedders

2006-04-12 Thread Neal Norwitz
If you don't write or otherwise maintain Python Extension Modules written in C (or C++) or embed Python in your application, you can stop reading. Python 2.5 alpha 1 was released April 5, 2006. The second alpha should be released in a few weeks. There are several changes which can cause C extens

[ANN] PyChecker 0.8.17 released

2006-02-04 Thread Neal Norwitz
A new version of PyChecker is available. There are two notable new features (command line options): --only and -#/--limit. --only will only print warnings from files specified on the command line. --limit will limit the number of warnings printed. By default, only 10 warnings are

PyChecker lives, version 0.8.15 released

2005-09-01 Thread Neal Norwitz
Special thanks to Ken Pronovici. He did a lot of work for this release and helped ensure it occurred. Version 0.8.15 of PyChecker is available. It's been over a year since the last release. Wow, time really does fly. Since it's been so long I'm sure I screwed something up, treat it delicately.