Re: Python in a nutshell - new edition ?

2006-07-11 Thread Anthony Baxter
End of July is our aggressive but still-achievable target: everythingwas scheduled from the start to hit OSCON '06 (and the release of Python 2.5 -- whether 2.5 final will be out at OSCON is still uncertain,though).Currently the schedule has Python 2.5 final due August 8th, and RC1 August 1st.

Re: Python in a nutshell - new edition ?

2006-06-29 Thread John Salerno
Alex Martelli wrote: BartlebyScrivener [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, we're still aiming for OSCON '06 (Portland, end of July). Amazon says July 1st. Let me assure you that it _won't_ be on paper this coming Saturday (two days from now). Alex Doh! I had just noticed this yesterday on

Re: Python in a nutshell - new edition ?

2006-06-29 Thread Alex Martelli
John Salerno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alex Martelli wrote: BartlebyScrivener [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, we're still aiming for OSCON '06 (Portland, end of July). Amazon says July 1st. Let me assure you that it _won't_ be on paper this coming Saturday (two days from now).

Re: Python in a nutshell - new edition ?

2006-06-29 Thread John Salerno
Alex Martelli wrote: End of July is our aggressive but still-achievable target: everything was scheduled from the start to hit OSCON '06 (and the release of Python 2.5 -- whether 2.5 final will be out at OSCON is still uncertain, though). I guess we can be patient a little longer. :) I had

Python in a nutshell - new edition ?

2006-06-28 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, is there a new edition of Python in a Nutshell covering Python 2.5 coming soon? Many thanks, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python in a nutshell - new edition ?

2006-06-28 Thread Alex Martelli
Helmut Jarausch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: is there a new edition of Python in a Nutshell covering Python 2.5 coming soon? Yep, we're still aiming for OSCON '06 (Portland, end of July). The coverage centers on 2.4, with mentions of what was changed in that version (to make the book usable

Re: Python in a nutshell - new edition ?

2006-06-28 Thread BartlebyScrivener
Yep, we're still aiming for OSCON '06 (Portland, end of July). Amazon says July 1st. http://tinyurl.com/js5ky I have some experience in these matters, which makes me think that you're right, and Amazon is wrong. ;) I'll post when my preordered copy arrives. rd www.dooling.com --

Re: Python in a nutshell - new edition ?

2006-06-28 Thread Alex Martelli
BartlebyScrivener [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, we're still aiming for OSCON '06 (Portland, end of July). Amazon says July 1st. Let me assure you that it _won't_ be on paper this coming Saturday (two days from now). Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python in a nutshell - new edition ?

2006-06-28 Thread vbgunz
Let me assure you that it _won't_ be on paper this coming Saturday (two days from now). I am absolutely certain it will be worth the wait. The Python in a Nutshell book that covers 2.2 is so well written, it's practically amazing the author was able to cram so much in so little space. Although