EuroPython 2015: Vote for the talks you want to see

2015-05-04 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
Having received over 300 great proposals for talks, trainings, helpdesks and posters, we now call out to all attendees to vote for what you want to see on the conference schedule. You can search for topics and communicate your personal priorities by casting your vote for each submission on our

Re: Vote tallying...

2013-01-19 Thread Walter Hurry
Oracle. They operate as a closed shop, occasionally >> tossing GPL-licensed releases over the wall, with very little input >> accepted from the community. >> > It has been forked by some of the original developers... > My vote is to put MySQL where it has alway

Re: Vote tallying...

2013-01-19 Thread Lie Ryan
On 20/01/13 08:22, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:58:17 +1100, Lie Ryan Which is the same restriction as when using XML/JSON. What it means by locking the entire database is that an sqlite database can only be read/written by a single program at any moment in time. For batch

Re: Vote tallying...

2013-01-19 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 4:46 AM, Tim Chase wrote: > Reading the MySQL gotchas and comparing it to the PostgreSQL gotchas, the > MySQL ones scare the pants off my inner DBA, while the PostgreSQL ones are > mostly "if you're running at 6+yr old version of the software, there are > some peculiar beha

Re: Vote tallying...

2013-01-19 Thread Tim Chase
On 01/18/13 23:19, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:54:32 -0400, Zero Piraeus On 18 January 2013 16:57, Tim Chase wrote: - there are just some serious what-the-heck's in MySQL's handling of some edge cases regarding NULL values and dates (Feb 31st anybody). There's a good com

Re: Vote tallying...

2013-01-19 Thread Lie Ryan
On 19/01/13 00:43, Andrew Robinson wrote: On 01/18/2013 08:47 AM, Stefan Behnel wrote: Andrew Robinson, 18.01.2013 00:59: I have a problem which may fit in a mysql database Everything fits in a MySQL database - not a reason to use it, though. Py2.5 and later ship with sqlite3 and if you go for

Re: Vote tallying...

2013-01-18 Thread Stefan Behnel
Chris Angelico, 19.01.2013 03:00: > On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Kushal Kumaran wrote: >> Chris Angelico writes: >> >>> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Ben Finney wrote: * MySQL's development has suffered under Sun, and become virtually moribund under Oracle. They operate as a clo

Re: Vote tallying...

2013-01-18 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Kushal Kumaran wrote: > Chris Angelico writes: > >> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Ben Finney >> wrote: >>> * MySQL's development has suffered under Sun, and become virtually >>> moribund under Oracle. They operate as a closed shop, occasionally >>> tossi

Re: Vote tallying...

2013-01-18 Thread Kushal Kumaran
Chris Angelico writes: > On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Ben Finney > wrote: >> * MySQL's development has suffered under Sun, and become virtually >> moribund under Oracle. They operate as a closed shop, occasionally >> tossing GPL-licensed releases over the wall, with very little input >>

Re: Vote tallying...

2013-01-18 Thread Zero Piraeus
: On 18 January 2013 16:57, Tim Chase wrote: > > - there are just some serious what-the-heck's in MySQL's handling of some > edge cases regarding NULL values and dates (Feb 31st anybody). There's a > good compilation of them at [1]. > > [1] > http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html I'm getting th

Re: Vote tallying...

2013-01-18 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > * MySQL's development has suffered under Sun, and become virtually > moribund under Oracle. They operate as a closed shop, occasionally > tossing GPL-licensed releases over the wall, with very little input > accepted from the community. I

Re: Vote tallying...

2013-01-18 Thread Andrew Robinson
le concurrently, but only one periodically updates it as a batch/chron/or triggered process; eg: the number/frequency of update is actually controllable. eg: MySQL accumulates a list of new votes and vote changes and python occasionally flushes the database into the archive file. That way, MyS

Re: Vote tallying...

2013-01-18 Thread Tim Chase
On 01/18/13 13:26, Kwpolska wrote: On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Nick Cash wrote: MySQL would certainly be fine, although I always recommend PostgreSQL over it. Bonus question, why? I write only from my personal experience, but the following might be reasons that Nick recommends PostgreS

Re: Vote tallying...

2013-01-18 Thread Ben Finney
Kwpolska writes: > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Nick Cash > wrote: > > MySQL would certainly be fine, although I always recommend > > PostgreSQL over it. > Bonus question, why? The PostgreSQL community gets asked this question so often that they have a page with resources answering in vario

Re: Vote tallying...

2013-01-18 Thread Kwpolska
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Nick Cash wrote: > MySQL would certainly be fine, although I always recommend PostgreSQL over it. Bonus question, why? -- Kwpolska | GPG KEY: 5EAAEA16 stop html mail| always bottom-post http://asciiribbon.org| http://ca

RE: Vote tallying...

2013-01-18 Thread Nick Cash
> I have a problem which may fit in a mysql database, but which I only > have python as an alternate tool to solve... so I'd like to hear some > opinions... Is there a reason you can't use an RDBMS for this? MySQL would certainly be fine, although I always recommend PostgreSQL over it. Based on t

Re: Vote tallying...

2013-01-18 Thread Stefan Behnel
> I think you're on drugs, > man.! > It would have been > better if they didn't wake up in the morning. > > > > 10 > 1 > 3 > > > > The questions I have are, is using XML for vote recording going to be slow > c

Re: Vote tallying...

2013-01-18 Thread Lie Ryan
On 18/01/13 10:59, Andrew Robinson wrote: Hi, I have a problem which may fit in a mysql database, but which I only have python as an alternate tool to solve... so I'd like to hear some opinions... Since you have a large dataset, you might want to use sqlite3 (http://docs.python.org/2.5/lib/mo

Vote tallying...

2013-01-18 Thread Andrew Robinson
they didn't wake up in the morning. 10 1 3 The questions I have are, is using XML for vote recording going to be slow compared to other stock solutions that Python may have to offer? The voter ID's are unique, 32 bits long, and the votes are only from 1 to 10

Re: Procedure to request adding a module to the standard library - or initiating a vote on it

2012-08-07 Thread Terry Reedy
So, is there a (formal) procedure for such a request or for initiating some sort of vote on it? 'voting' is fuzzy. Community support. Some support from developers. Best no strong opposition from a senior core developer, or at least more that one. Final decision is always by GvR, b

Re: Procedure to request adding a module to the standard library - or initiating a vote on it

2012-08-07 Thread Peter Otten
Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:15:29 +0200, Peter Otten wrote: > >> I don't think that will help. From PEP 408: >> >> """ >> As part of the same announcement, Guido explicitly accepted Matthew >> Barnett's 'regex' module [4] as a provisional addition to the standard >> library f

Re: Procedure to request adding a module to the standard library - or initiating a vote on it

2012-08-07 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 07/08/2012 15:47, Helmut Jarausch wrote: On Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:15:29 +0200, Peter Otten wrote: I don't think that will help. From PEP 408: """ As part of the same announcement, Guido explicitly accepted Matthew Barnett's 'regex' module [4] as a provisional addition to the standard library

Re: Procedure to request adding a module to the standard library - or initiating a vote on it

2012-08-07 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:15:29 +0200, Peter Otten wrote: > I don't think that will help. From PEP 408: > > """ > As part of the same announcement, Guido explicitly accepted Matthew > Barnett's 'regex' module [4] as a provisional addition to the standard > library for Python 3.3 (using the 'regex' n

Re: Procedure to request adding a module to the standard library - or initiating a vote on it

2012-08-07 Thread Mark Lawrence
sions and I don't see how to do this easily and efficiently without this module. For a long term project I also need some "guarantee" that this functionality will exist in future. So, is there a (formal) procedure for such a request or for initiating some sort of vote on it? I k

Re: Procedure to request adding a module to the standard library - or initiating a vote on it

2012-08-07 Thread Peter Otten
have gone into 3.3 if it were not for the low "bus count" (only the author having working knowledge of the code). > So, is there a (formal) procedure for such a request or for initiating > some sort of vote on it? > > I know there is a "Benevolent Dictator" for

Procedure to request adding a module to the standard library - or initiating a vote on it

2012-08-07 Thread Helmut Jarausch
easily and efficiently without this module. For a long term project I also need some "guarantee" that this functionality will exist in future. So, is there a (formal) procedure for such a request or for initiating some sort of vote on it? I know there is a "Benevolent Dict

Re: Vote to Add Python Package "pubsub" to the Python Standard Library

2010-06-03 Thread Vinay Sajip
On Jun 4, 1:03 am, Carl Banks wrote: > Which is an implementation of publish-subscribe pattern.  I didn't say > or imply it was general purpose.  And it doesn't have to be to make a > case for inclusion of a general-purpose implementation in the standard > library. It's analogous, but it's not m

Re: Vote to Add Python Package "pubsub" to the Python Standard Library

2010-06-03 Thread Carl Banks
On Jun 3, 8:46 am, Vinay Sajip wrote: > On Jun 2, 4:09 am, Carl Banks wrote: > > > I think it has a pretty good chance of being accepted, too.  The > > publish-subscribe pattern, if you will, seems to have been implemented > > separately in many places.  The logging module in the standard library

Re: Vote to Add Python Package "pubsub" to the Python Standard Library

2010-06-03 Thread Vinay Sajip
On Jun 2, 4:09 am, Carl Banks wrote: > I think it has a pretty good chance of being accepted, too.  The > publish-subscribe pattern, if you will, seems to have been implemented > separately in many places.  The logging module in the standard library > uses something like this. Only in a very gen

Re: Vote to Add Python Package "pubsub" to the Python Standard Library

2010-06-02 Thread Gabriele Lanaro
I definitvely vote for adding such a package to the stdlib (or at least a symilar publish/subscrive and observer implementation). It's useful in a wide range of programs. 2010/6/2 Carl Banks > On May 26, 4:26 am, Tom wrote: > > I vote for adding the Python package "pu

Re: Vote to Add Python Package "pubsub" to the Python Standard Library

2010-06-02 Thread Ben Finney
Daniel Fetchinson writes: > A good example for the first couple of stages of this process is PEP > 3143 concerning adding a daemon package to the stdlib: > http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3143/ Thanks for the shout-out for PEP 3143. I can certainly say that the process Daniel describes was a

Re: Vote to Add Python Package "pubsub" to the Python Standard Library

2010-06-01 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
> I vote for adding the Python package "pubsub" to the Python standard > library. It has recently been added to wxpython (replacing the old > wx.lib.pubsub package), but it has application to non-gui programs as > well. > > For more information see: <http://pubsub

Re: Vote to Add Python Package "pubsub" to the Python Standard Library

2010-06-01 Thread Carl Banks
On May 26, 4:26 am, Tom wrote: > I vote for adding the Python package "pubsub" to the Python standard > library.  It has recently been added to wxpython (replacing the old > wx.lib.pubsub package), but it has application to non-gui programs as > well. Well, I can def

Re: Vote to Add Python Package "pubsub" to the Python Standard Library

2010-05-31 Thread Terry Reedy
On 5/31/2010 5:37 PM, Aahz wrote: In article<6b9d2898-4166-40b4-9016-dc55dee77...@q33g2000vbt.googlegroups.com>, Tom wrote: I vote for adding the Python package "pubsub" to the Python standard library. It has recently been added to wxpython (replacing the old wx.lib.pubsub

Re: Vote to Add Python Package "pubsub" to the Python Standard Library

2010-05-31 Thread Aahz
In article <6b9d2898-4166-40b4-9016-dc55dee77...@q33g2000vbt.googlegroups.com>, Tom wrote: > >I vote for adding the Python package "pubsub" to the Python standard >library. It has recently been added to wxpython (replacing the old >wx.lib.pubsub package), but i

Vote to Add Python Package "pubsub" to the Python Standard Library

2010-05-26 Thread Tom
I vote for adding the Python package "pubsub" to the Python standard library. It has recently been added to wxpython (replacing the old wx.lib.pubsub package), but it has application to non-gui programs as well. For more information see: <http://pubsub.sourceforge.net

Re: Vote on PyPI comments

2009-11-15 Thread Jonathan Hartley
ple here are never > >> incompetent, misinformed, dishonest, confused, trolling or just wrong. > > >> But sometimes sarcastic. > > > All right, but the newsgroup has interactivity and the presence of > > true Python experts too. > > A blind vote given by an a

Re: Vote on PyPI comments

2009-11-15 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
, confused, trolling or just wrong. >> >> But sometimes sarcastic. >> > > All right, but the newsgroup has interactivity and the presence of > true Python experts too. > A blind vote given by an anonymous person does not look more > informative to me. You are right

Re: Vote on PyPI comments

2009-11-15 Thread Michele Simionato
e unlike people writing comments, people here are never > incompetent, misinformed, dishonest, confused, trolling or just wrong. > > But sometimes sarcastic. > > -- > Steven All right, but the newsgroup has interactivity and the presence of true Python experts too. A blind vo

Re: Vote on PyPI comments

2009-11-14 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:53:05 -0800, Michele Simionato wrote: > I am skeptical about the utility of both rating and comments. If > somebody wants to know > if a package is good, she should ask here. Because unlike people writing comments, people here are never incompetent, misinformed, dishonest,

Re: Vote on PyPI comments

2009-11-13 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Michele Simionato schrieb: On Nov 13, 4:39 pm, Chris Withers wrote: PyPI grew a commenting and rating system a while back, apparently in response to requests from users. However, since it's been rolled out, there's been a backlash from package maintainers who already have mailing lists, bug tra

Re: Vote on PyPI comments

2009-11-13 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
>> PyPI grew a commenting and rating system a while back, apparently in >> response to requests from users. However, since it's been rolled out, >> there's been a backlash from package maintainers who already have >> mailing lists, bug trackers, etc for their packages and don't want to >> have to t

Re: Vote on PyPI comments

2009-11-13 Thread Michele Simionato
On Nov 13, 4:39 pm, Chris Withers wrote: > > PyPI grew a commenting and rating system a while back, apparently in > response to requests from users. However, since it's been rolled out, > there's been a backlash from package maintainers who already have > mailing lists, bug trackers, etc for their

Vote on PyPI comments

2009-11-13 Thread Chris Withers
and rating system, a vote has been set up so everyone can have their say. To vote, please log in to: http://pypi.python.org/pypi ...and follow the instructions you'll be presented with. I would like to remain neutral on this, and for me that means giving package authors the ability to ch

Vote for a New EuroPython Logo!

2008-03-30 Thread Paul Boddie
Earlier this year, the organisers of EuroPython (the annual European Python community conference) decided it was time to update the conference logo: the current logo has been in use since EuroPython began back in 2002. We asked for and received many great submissions for a new logo, and we've made

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-20 Thread Bjoern Schliessmann
Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > Bjoern Schliessmann schrieb: >> Also, why would there be telephone votings in TV if they were >> meaningless to the default watcher? :) > > Because it costs 50cent to call, which makes a useless and most of > the time heavily biased poll a nice source of income. Or why d

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-20 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Bjoern Schliessmann schrieb: > Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> It's an Internet poll. By definition, the results are meaningless. > > Regrettably, there are many people that don't share your definition. > > Also, why would there be telephone votings in TV if they were > meaningless to the default watch

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-20 Thread Robin Becker
Monty Taylor wrote: > Hey everybody, > > MySQL has put up a poll on http://dev.mysql.com asking what your primary > programming language is. Even if you don't use MySQL - please go stick > in a vote for Python. I'm constantly telling folks that Python needs > mor

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-20 Thread Amit Khemka
t; But it doesn't ask that, it asks what your > primary programming language is FOR DEVELOPING > MYSQL APPLICATIONS. > > In my case, there is no such language (even though > I primarily use Python) BECAUSE I DON'T USE MYSQL. > > > > Even if you don't use MyS

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-20 Thread Bjoern Schliessmann
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > It's an Internet poll. By definition, the results are meaningless. Regrettably, there are many people that don't share your definition. Also, why would there be telephone votings in TV if they were meaningless to the default watcher? :) Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-19 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:45:42 +, Grant Edwards wrote: > Even though Python is way ahead, you've probably ruined it for us. I > suspect the folks at MySQL will ignore or discount the results when they > find out you've solicited fradulent votes from the Python community. It's an Internet poll.

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-19 Thread Steven Bethard
Monty Taylor wrote: > MySQL has put up a poll on http://dev.mysql.com asking what your primary > programming language is. Even if you don't use MySQL - please go stick > in a vote for Python. I agree with others that voting here if you don't use MySQL is *not* a good idea.

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-19 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-10-18, Monty Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MySQL has put up a poll on http://dev.mysql.com asking what your primary > programming language is. Even if you don't use MySQL - please go stick > in a vote for Python. I'm constantly telling folks that Python ne

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-19 Thread Bjoern Schliessmann
Monty Taylor wrote: > MySQL has put up a poll on http://dev.mysql.com asking what your > primary programming language is. Even if you don't use MySQL - > please go stick in a vote for Python. I'm constantly telling folks > that Python needs more love, but PHP and Java a

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-19 Thread Luis Zarrabeitia
nable way, but still in good faith (I believe). I wouldn't treat him so harshly, even though I didn't like being asked to lie. Anyway, I went to vote. I do use python with mysql. Python seems to be winning by a 16% margin, more or less. Impressive... but now I have to wonder how many p

Re: vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
QL APPLICATIONS. In my case, there is no such language (even though I primarily use Python) BECAUSE I DON'T USE MYSQL. > Even if you don't use MySQL - please go stick > in a vote for Python. I'm constantly telling folks that Python needs > more love, but PHP and Java are k

vote for Python - PLEASE

2007-10-18 Thread Monty Taylor
Hey everybody, MySQL has put up a poll on http://dev.mysql.com asking what your primary programming language is. Even if you don't use MySQL - please go stick in a vote for Python. I'm constantly telling folks that Python needs more love, but PHP and Java are kicking our butts... (

vote

2006-04-16 Thread memlük
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my vote for handy python system admin tool

2006-04-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
denyhosts denyhosts.sourceforge.net I used it at a recent contract sys. admin job, and found it so handy I installed it on my home gateway FreeBSD box. It ROCKS!!! I watch the system logs just to snicker when it stops a sshd attack dead in its tracks ;-0 Curtis -- http://mail.python.org/mailma