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PyPy Berlin Sprint (17-22nd May 2008)
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The next PyPy sprint will be in the crashed `c-base space station`_,
Berlin, Germany, Earth, Solar System. This is a fully public sprint:
newcomers (from all planets) and topics other than those proposed below
are welcome.

.. _`c-base space station`: http://www.c-base.org/

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Goals and topics of the sprint
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- work on PyPy's JIT generator: we are refactoring parts of the
compiling logic, in ways that may also allow generating better
machine code for loops (people or aliens with knowledge on
compilers and SSA, welcome)

- work on the SPy VM, PyPy's Squeak implementation, particularly the
graphics capabilities

- work on PyPy's GameBoy emulator, which also needs graphics support

Hello!

I'm pleased to announce version 0.10.1, a bugfix release of 0.10 branch
of SQLObject.

What is SQLObject
=================

SQLObject is an object-relational mapper. Your database tables are described
as classes, and rows are instances of those classes. SQLObject is meant to be
easy to use and quick to get started with.

SQLObject supports a number of backends: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite,
Firebird, Sybase, MSSQL and MaxDB (also known as SAPDB).

Where is SQLObject
==================

Site:
http://sqlobject.org

Development:
http://sqlobject.org/devel/

Mailing list:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/sqlobject-discuss

Hello!

I'm pleased to announce version 0.9.6, a minor bug fix release of SQLObject.

What is SQLObject
=================

SQLObject is an object-relational mapper. Your database tables are described
as classes, and rows are instances of those classes. SQLObject is meant to be
easy to use and quick to get started with.

SQLObject supports a number of backends: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite,
Firebird, Sybase, MSSQL and MaxDB (also known as SAPDB).

Where is SQLObject
==================

Site:
http://sqlobject.org

Development:
http://sqlobject.org/devel/

Mailing list:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/sqlobject-discuss

Archives:
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.sqlobject

Hi,

I'd like to inform everybody about the immediate availability of eric
v4.1.3. This is a bug fix release.

It is available via http://www.die-offenbachs.de/eric/index.html.

What is eric?
-------------
eric is a Python IDE written using PyQt4 and QScintilla2. It comes with
all batteries included. For details please see the above link.

Regards,
Detlev

Porcupine Web Application Server is a Python based framework that
provides front-to-back revolutionary technologies for building modern
Web2.0 applications.

This release is a major breakthrough for Porcupine. The two main new
concepts introduced on the server side are the services and the web
methods. Porcupine's architecture is now based on configurable
services running over a common object database. Currently, the
supported service types include an asynchronous network server and a
scheduler used for executing Python code at predefined fixed
intervals. In the upcoming releases there are plans for new service
types to be added including persistent queues, loggers etc.

Hi,

My forthcoming book:

"Programming in Python 3: A Complete Introduction to the Python
Language"

is now available from Safari Books Online. The online version contains
about half the book so far and is about six weeks behind my working
copy. It is accurate for Python 3.0 alpha 4. More text will be added
and updates made as the book and Python progress.

The book began life last year once it was clear that Python 3 was
going to come out this year. The printed version should be available
in October in the U.S.---but it will only go to press once all the
examples and snippets have been tested against Python 3.0 final, so
the date will slip if Python's release date slips.

On behalf of the developers of the Bazaar version control system I'd
like to announce our 1.4 release, available now from
<http://bazaar-vcs.org/Download/>

Thanks very much to all the people who contributed patches, bug reports,
suggestions and feedback for this release.

Martin

bzr 1.4 2008-04-28
------------------

This release of Bazaar includes handy improvements to the speed of log and
status, new options for several commands, improved documentation, and better
hooks, including initial code for server-side hooks. A number of bugs have
been fixed, particularly in interoperability between different formats or
different releases of Bazaar over there network. There's been substantial
internal work in both the repository and network code to enable new features
and faster performance.

BUG FIXES:

The Linux Journal readers apparently suffer the same ambiguity as the
rest of us when it comes to defining what the difference between a
scripting language and a programming language.

They do, however, clearly like Python, which they voted their scripting
language of 2008. PHP, Bash and Perl came in reasonably close on
Python's heels, but 28.9%% of those voting voted for Python.

See all the awards at

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10065

regards
Steve

Hi all,

For those interested in helping affect the outcome of Plone Conference 2008
in Washington, DC, USA please take the planning survey located at:
http://tinyurl.com/4hxr8o
The Zope/Python Users Group of DC would appreciate your help!

Thanks,

Greetings,

Just a reminder: the abstracts for the EuroSciPy Conference in Leipzig
are due by midnight tonight (CST, US [UTC -6]) April, 30. If you'd
like to present, please submit your abstract as a PDF, MS Word or
plain text file to euroabstracts@scipy.org.

For more information on the EuroSciPy Conference, please see:

http://www.scipy.org/EuroSciPy2008