Re: [python-uk] Job Ad: Senior Python Engineers -Skimlinks - London

2015-02-04 Thread Doug Winter
On 04/02/15 14:16, Andy Robinson wrote: > I'm one of the list admins. There are a couple of others. Happy to > make a change if a significant majority feel that way. > > However, sometimes accidental replies are the only thing keeping the > list alive ;-) If everyone has a client that supports

Re: [python-uk] copyright info in source

2013-10-08 Thread Doug Winter
You can't just put stuff in the public domain unfortunately, it's all a very grey area.  Also this is very poorly drafted. If you put this statement in a file called UNLICENSE alongside your code then it would be pretty much meaningless in mo

Re: [python-uk] copyright info in source

2013-09-10 Thread Doug Winter
On 10/09/13 22:55, Russel Winder wrote: You mean, was this computer program code written over 70 years ago or by somebody who died over 70 years ago? It doesn't seem very likely. Not always. As I understand it, if there is a copyright violation that the copyright owner fails to act against, it ca

Re: [python-uk] copyright info in source

2013-09-10 Thread Doug Winter
On 10/09/13 13:33, Jonathan Hartley wrote: Thanks Doug. I'd be interested if you wanted to expand on why you like that license. Is it anything other than what I could glean from a layman's reading of the text? It's basically the 3-clause MIT license, but legally much more watertight and (im

Re: [python-uk] copyright info in source

2013-09-10 Thread Doug Winter
On 09/09/13 19:53, Russel Winder wrote: Sadly, although it would be nice to have a file that says it applies to all files and so be very DRY, this will not work in UK and USA law, possibly also other jurisdictions. The licence statement has to be in each and every individual file since in UK an

Re: [python-uk] copyright info in source

2013-09-09 Thread Doug Winter
It is normal practice to include a brief license statement in every source file, to make it clear what precisely is under the terms of that license. Cheers, Doug. On 09/09/13 14:18, Jonathan Hartley wrote: A small Python project of mine is apparently being included in Chromium, because I'v

Re: [python-uk] Tangent Labs is hiring too

2013-08-08 Thread Doug Winter
Well we must be the biggest in York at least with 25 :D https://www.isotoma.com/jobs/ Cheers, Doug. On 07/08/13 14:59, Jason Cartwright wrote: That's funny, I thought we were the biggest with 30 ;-) http://p.ota.to/jobs/ On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 2:32 PM, David Winterbottom wrote: Another r

Re: [python-uk] Tell us what you did with Python this year....

2010-12-22 Thread Doug Winter
Reza Lotun wrote: > # async friendly version of the above > def get_foo_nicer(arg1, arg2): > args = prepare_request() > result = make_maybe_blocking_call() > def post_process(result): > do_stuff(result) > do_more_stuff(result) > post_process(result) > > The second v

[python-uk] More (nearly OT) Jobs

2010-12-21 Thread Doug Winter
These aren't really off topic since we do everything in Python, so a lot of Python is involved. They aren't coder jobs though ;) We're looking for SysAdmins: http://www.isotoma.com/vacancies/system-administrators And we're looking for a Head of QA: http://www.isotoma.com/vacancies/head-of-qual

Re: [python-uk] urllib latency

2010-12-20 Thread Doug Winter
On 20/12/10 17:19, Jon Ribbens wrote: Could it be SO_REUSEADDR? Um... no ;-) It did seem unlikely ;) -- Telephone: +44 1904 567330, Mobile: +44 7879 423002 Switchboard: +44 1904 567349, Fax: +44 20 79006980 Post: Tower House, Fishergate, York, YO10 4UA, UK Registered in England. Company No

Re: [python-uk] Tell us what you did with Python this year....

2010-12-20 Thread Doug Winter
We've been building all sorts of stuff, much of which I can't talk about annoyingly. We're about 50% Plone, 50% other stuff - primarily Django, Twisted and plain old Python. Most of my time has been taken up with our largest client who is in the Pharmaceutical industry. We've done lots of

Re: [python-uk] Tell us what you did with Python this year....

2010-12-20 Thread Doug Winter
On 20/12/10 17:00, Matt Hamilton wrote: * I organised the Plone Conference 2010 which was held in the UK this year. We had nearly 300 attendees from 33 different countries. This was a fantastic event, a great community of people and demonstrating the power of python in larger systems And ver

Re: [python-uk] Tell us what you did with Python this year....

2010-12-20 Thread Doug Winter
On 20/12/10 17:53, Alec Battles wrote: I seem to remember that 'file' in Linux detects encodings, but it's also a matter of calling it by the exact same name... There is no foolproof way of detecting encoding unfortunately - you just need to know what it is before you read the file. That's in

Re: [python-uk] Tell us what you did with Python this year....

2010-12-20 Thread Doug Winter
Alec Battles wrote: > I seem to remember that 'file' in Linux detects encodings, but it's > also a matter of calling it by the exact same name... There is no foolproof way of detecting encoding unfortunately - you just need to know what it is before you read the file. Cheers, Doug. -- Telephon

Re: [python-uk] urllib latency

2010-12-20 Thread Doug Winter
Matt Hamilton wrote: > I'm off to go dig in the urllib code and see if I can see anything > there. I'm wondering if urllib is taking some time to process the > data after it receives it before doing anything. > > This is on OSX, but I'm going to go try it on a FreeBSD box as I can > then use ktrac

Re: [python-uk]

2009-03-03 Thread Doug Winter
Malte Beckmann wrote: > Hello! > > Just wrote my first 30 odd python scripts and loving this language. > > But do, however, have a burning question on my mind. > > Why can I not just do in my webpages like I can do with > PHP? I believe mod_python does support this style of programming: http:

[python-uk] Looking for developers oop north

2008-09-18 Thread Doug Winter
Hi everyone, We're looking for some more Python developers to join our team. We're an Agile Python web applications shop, using Plone, Django and Twisted to build applications and content managed sites for all sorts of people. Our website is woefully out of date unfortunately (we've been too

[python-uk] PyCamp UK

2007-03-20 Thread Doug Winter
There was a lot of talk of this in early Feb, but then it's all gone quiet. Are things "happening" or has it died a death? Is there anything we can do to help it happen? Cheers, doug. -- Isotoma, Open Source Software Consulting - http://www.isotoma.com Tel: 01904 567349, Mobile: 07879 42300

[python-uk] York-based Python developer required

2006-09-22 Thread Doug Winter
Hi everyone, We are a small, successful Python shop looking for a developer. We use Plone, Zope, Turbogears and Twisted to deliver interesting and innovative web applications. We are now looking to recruit a permanent full time developer, to work out of our York office. This job would suit a

Re: [python-uk] Turbogears

2006-01-26 Thread Doug Winter
Peter Bengtsson wrote: > I've read your blog and your replies here with great interest. > The points you make about understanding and progress are very interesting. > No wonder [some] people think Zope sucks because Acquisition is so > difficult to grok; but now after having understood its power I

Re: [python-uk] Turbogears

2006-01-25 Thread Doug Winter
Simon Faulkner wrote: >>RoR and TG share the explict MVC model as a one-size-fits-all approach >>to web development, which may or may not be a bad thing depending on >>your application I guess. TG does seem to provide everything you need >>to write a complex web application, and it does provide

Re: [python-uk] Turbogears

2006-01-24 Thread Doug Winter
Simon Faulkner wrote: >>Yep, and it's pretty good too. Why do you ask? > > > I often need to write small, simple databases and have friends 'foaming' > about RoR. > > If TurboGears can give me pretty much what RoR would but will also allow > me to use my (pathetic) Python skills then I will i

Re: [python-uk] Turbogears

2006-01-24 Thread Doug Winter
Simon Faulkner wrote: > Anyone in the UK using Turbogears? Yep, and it's pretty good too. Why do you ask? doug. -- "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted i

Re: [python-uk] Web Development with Python

2005-12-14 Thread Doug Winter
Michael Foord wrote: > A *great* option - that doesn't seem to be getting much mileage at the > moment - is a Twisted based solution. In conjunction with Axiom > (database) and Nevow (templating) and possibly even Mantissa (ready > built application server under heavy development) it is an asynchro

Re: [python-uk] Python Meetup Monday 10th?

2005-10-08 Thread Doug Winter
John J Lee wrote: > On Sat, 8 Oct 2005, Michael Sparks wrote: >>I hadn't heard a peep on the list since the last comments. Is Monday still on? > > I'll be there, if this is in London and anybody else is going. Here's the details: http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/001921.html I'l