Re: [python-uk] Fwd: [PSF-Community] Python Software Foundation Survey

On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 10:20:43PM +0100, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > Hi Folks, > > The PSF would like to know what you know about the PSF. > > If I say any more, I'll defeat the object of the questionnaire > linked to in the forwarded email below. Sorry, couldn't do it - in common with most s

Re: [python-uk] PSF Python Developer Survey 2018

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 01:55:12PM +0100, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > Last time I forwarded something from the PSF (the *volunteer led* > organisation responsible for supporting and developing the Python > programming language), all of the responses on this list and even some > to my personal ema

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

Simon Brunning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hadn't heard a peep on the list since the last comments. Is > > Monday still on? > > Oh yes. Details here - > . I'd come for a bit if it was at the Lamb & Flag like before, since I now l

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

Simon Brunning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can't make it to Smithfields unfortunately due > > to time constraints. > > Sorry - far too late to move it now. Oh, sorry, I certainly wasn't suggesting it be moved! ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@pyt

Re: [python-uk] Turbogears

Simon Faulkner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://adju.st/entry/sucky-web-frameworks-redux > > I feel like the guy on the Fast Show picking his football team! > > Everytime I decide to go with a certain framework someone else makes a > good case for a different one and after I faff around for

Re: [python-uk] Turbogears

Mamading Ceesay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IIRC, jonpy supports fastcgi amongst other things. I read a good > piece about fastcgi not too long ago: Yes, it lets you write your code once and run it without change using CGI, mod_python or FastCGI. I (or anyone) could make it do SCGI too but I've

Re: [python-uk] Turbogears

Simon Faulkner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You sound like the sort of person who should be using the one I wrote, > > http://jonpy.sf.net/ ;-) It's designed to be lightweight and easy to > > use as well as powerful (it's very simple, nothing like the complexity > > of Zope etc). > > > > Just a

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Re: [python-uk] Favourite ways of scrubbing HTML/whitelisting specific HTML tags?

On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 05:50:37PM +, Michael Sparks wrote: > > The code at > > http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2005_04_23.shtml#e35 > > is wrong, for example. > > That's because it whitelists a collection of tags but doesn't whitelist > specific attributes, I presume. That

Re: [python-uk] Favourite ways of scrubbing HTML/whitelisting specific HTML tags?

On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 02:35:29PM +, Michael Sparks wrote: > Just a quick Q for people: what's your favourite way (preferably a library :) > of allowing a subset of HTML tags through? I can think of 1/2 dozen different > ways of doing this, but I'm sure there's a preferred approach for some.

Re: [python-uk] Favourite ways of scrubbing HTML/whitelisting specific HTML tags?

On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 09:01:06AM +, Andy Robinson wrote: > FWIW, we parse tens of thousands of pages every week to build let > people republish content into nice PDFs. Beautiful Soup was the only > thing that made this sane, as many pages are not structured to be easy > to parse. Like you w

Re: [python-uk] September London Pyssup (was Reminder: London Code Dojo this Thursday...)

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:50:45PM +0100, Andy Kilner wrote: > Just a note to say that there won't be the regular London Python > Meetup this month on the 16th (this Wednesday) due to the Dojo taking > place instead (on Thursday). There's a regular monthly London Python Meetup? ___

Re: [python-uk] 2nd London Python Dojo - 18:30 15 October 2009 at Fry-IT

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:29:33PM +0100, Paul Nasrat wrote: > I've looked through the skeletal code on github and that looks like a > good start. The lines in the test code which look like this: assert state == [ '_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_', ] are somewhat making the assumpt

Re: [python-uk] 2nd London Python Dojo - 18:30 15 October 2009 at Fry-IT

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:55:37PM +0100, Nicholas Tollervey wrote: > It's fantastic to see people engaged already but I think it best we keep > hold of our thoughts until Dojo - that way all participants start the > Dojo without having to read email exchanges here and elsewhere. Yes, I am tryin

Re: [python-uk] ANN: Next London Pyssup: Wednesday 18th Nov

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:32:59PM +, Bruce Durling wrote: > 2009/11/12 Andy Kilner : > > As usual, Python veterans, Py-curious, Perl rejects and Clojure > > wannabes all welcome. > > I think I'm a python wannabe and clojure curious. I'm curious about Py-curious. _

Re: [python-uk] Announcing the 4th London Code Dojo: Thursday 3rd December

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 05:02:31PM +, Paul Nasrat wrote: > This conflicts with djugl, whilst I know that co-ordinating with all > the groups in London is non-trivial, we could at least try and make > sure the python events don't clash. Never heard of it. When googling for it I find something

Re: [python-uk] Code Dojo - yesterday and next year...

On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 10:16:09PM +, dave.x.ki...@gmail.com wrote: >If anyone is interested I would like to throw doing CRC design into the >mix - I think it would work well with splitting the dojo into small >groups. > >CRC design is a simple way of doing software design as a

Re: [python-uk] easy_install pip won't work, am concerned Ministry of Packaging may chase after me.

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:14:50PM +0100, Ed Stafford wrote: >Mike, > >Glad it worked for you. Although the Ubuntu team does a fine job of >package management I'm still a bit hesitant to use their python packages. >It's easy enough using vanilla python to get everything you need go

Re: [python-uk] easy_install pip won't work, am concerned Ministry of Packaging may chase after me.

On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 10:51:31AM +0100, John Pinner wrote: > I strongly advise not using easy_install, it's awful. > >Yes, because it's trying to solve the problems of package management on >systems without a'proper'  package manager, it compromises those systems >with one. Wel

Re: [python-uk] easy_install pip won't work, am concerned Ministry of Packaging may chase after me.

On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 10:59:20AM +0100, Jonathan Hartley wrote: > On 01/04/2010 02:39, Jon Ribbens wrote: >> I strongly advise not using easy_install, it's awful. > > Living up to your domain name, I see. Someone else has equivocal.co.uk I'm afraid :-p > I might hav

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Re: [python-uk] London Pyssup (was Re: London Python? Brighton is active)

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 01:50:13PM +0100, John Chandler wrote: > On 05/08/2010 12:17, Bruce Durling wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 11:35, Andy Kilner wrote: >>> heh, actually I was more after a suggestion. We haven't been to the >>> porter house in a while, how about there? >> >> I'll give that

Re: [python-uk] Fantastic Open Source Positrons Available

If you know of an open source of positrons, I think you should let (a) NEST and (b) the Nobel Prize Committee know immediately! ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

Re: [python-uk] urllib latency

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 04:26:09PM +, Doug Winter wrote: > 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 O

Re: [python-uk] urllib latency

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:39:23AM +, Matt Hamilton wrote: > And then re-running the tests from the same python prompt that was > open just before I wrote that email and I now have the 100ms delay > back again... yet not still in ab. Quitting and starting a new > python process and I still have

Re: [python-uk] Python jobs at Rangespan

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:53:26PM -0300, Luis Visintini wrote: >It may not be much but perhaps you would like to take a look at my CV at You gotta love reply-to lists... ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/

Re: [python-uk] Screensaver information / source code

On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 01:16:43AM +, Carles Pina i Estany wrote: > On Thursday, in the Python Code Dojo, There was a dojo this week? That was kept a bit secret. ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [python-uk] Python-UK Google Plus Community

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 05:49:10PM +, Jonathan Hartley wrote: > Can I suggest we move this discussion to python-uk, so it will be seen > by those who will actually be affected? I have accordingly cross-posted, > my apologies. Perhaps subsequent replies could remove 'pyconuk' from the > di

Re: [python-uk] Python-UK Google Plus Community

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 08:02:30PM +, Tony Ibbs wrote: > Hmm. Don't forget that some of us *can't* use google plus, because > it won't let us use our normal online names (I've been TIbs online > since before there was such a thing, but that's not good enough for > google plus). In theory that'

Re: [python-uk] Python Developers - ReportLab, Wimbledon, London

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:38:42AM +, Andy Robinson wrote: > For all employers out there my HR guru goes to all the seminars > on employment law, and is very current on what we can and cannot do. > She has told me that our latest round of ads are wrong because > explicitly asking for SMART

Re: [python-uk] The perils of reply-to

On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 11:40:51AM +, Andy Robinson wrote: > In the light of this morning's, er, entertainment, are the Python > developers on this list (well, all but one of them...) happy with the > way it currently works? No. Reply-to-list is almost never correct. There is even less excuse

Re: [python-uk] The perils of reply-to

On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 03:21:00PM +, Daniele Procida wrote: > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013, Jon Ribbens wrote: > >On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 11:40:51AM +, Andy Robinson wrote: > >> In the light of this morning's, er, entertainment, are the Python > >> developers on

Re: [python-uk] The perils of reply-to

On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 03:47:31PM +, Stestagg wrote: >I'm for keeping it, reply-to-list is easier for me, How can it be easier? Does your mail software really not have 'reply to list' or 'reply to all' buttons? ___ python-uk mailing list python-

Re: [python-uk] The perils of reply-to

On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 04:25:00PM +, Daniele Procida wrote: > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013, David Walker wrote: > >You could click the "UK Python Users" address to delete that, then copy and > >paste the email address from the original email. > >Reply should do what it always does, which is reply to t

Re: [python-uk] The perils of reply-to

On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 04:41:27PM +, Antonio Cavallo wrote: > like this? > > http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=50e5b456e4b04de5024a I don't want either of those options, I want the proper, standard list behaviour, which is "Reply-To unchanged from the sender's email". _

Re: [python-uk] The perils of reply-to

On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 05:13:57PM +, Michael Foord wrote: > On 3 Jan 2013, at 17:07, Jon Ribbens wrote: > > I don't want either of those options, I want the proper, standard > > list behaviour, which is "Reply-To unchanged from the sender's email". >

Re: [python-uk] The perils of reply-to

On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 07:41:31PM +, Michael wrote: > On 3 January 2013 17:29, Jon Ribbens wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 05:13:57PM +, Michael Foord wrote: > > > On 3 Jan 2013, at 17:07, Jon Ribbens > > > wrote: > > > > I don't wan

Re: [python-uk] The perils of reply-to

On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 11:40:54PM +, Michael wrote: > On 3 January 2013 23:24, Daniele Procida wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013, Michael wrote: > > > >>Or is he wrong about your apparent obstinate belief in your desires ? > >>(I personally would have said petulant) > > > > That's uncalled-for.

Re: [python-uk] Londoners - interested by a pyramid meetup?

On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 11:23:17AM +0100, Rachid Belaid wrote: >In the last year, I have been doing more and more [1]pyramid project and >adding this framework to my Flask, Django toolbelt. >I have no idea if there is any others pyramid fan or people doing some >[2]pyramid in London

Re: [python-uk] copyright info in source

On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 07:53:26PM +0100, 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. Do you have a reference for this? As far as I am aware

Re: [python-uk] copyright info in source

On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 08:03:06PM +0100, Russel Winder wrote: > Whilst you are correct that this has been agreed by case law for books > and magazines (the so called moral rights), as far as I am aware there > has been no case in the UK that has provided case law for this. Legal > advice is always

Re: [python-uk] copyright info in source

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:55:39PM +0100, Russel Winder wrote: > Not always. As I understand it, if there is a copyright violation that > the copyright owner fails to act against, it can lead to the material > being deemed to be in the public domain. But IANAL. I'm pretty sure that is not true. As

Re: [python-uk] copyright info in source

On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 10:45:20PM +0100, Harry Percival wrote: >apologies for resurrecting a dead thread, but i came across this license >and was impressed: > >http://unlicense.org/ It seems to me that it's similar to the MIT License except without the benefit of having been written

Re: [python-uk] January Python Code Dojo

On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 10:01:35AM +, Gautier HAYOUN wrote: > Happy New Year! > > The Dojo is back in 2014! It's happening on the 9th of January in a > new venue : Hogarth in Soho (25 Great Pulteney Street, London, W1F > 9LT). > > Usual pizza and beer will be provided, but grab a ticket befor

Re: [python-uk] London Python Dojo March

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:52:42AM +, Daniel Pope wrote: >The next London Python Dojo will be on Thursday 6th March at Mind Candy in >Shoreditch. > >We will have the usual mix of beer, pizza, socialising and coding silly >things in Python. > >Full details and ticket sign u

Re: [python-uk] London Python Dojo March

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 06:12:22PM +, Daniel Pope wrote: >> On 27/02/14 12:34, Jon Ribbens wrote: >> > Will you be posting further messages when more tickets are added? > >No! Persistence and patience will be rewarded, instead of speed out of the >ga

Re: [python-uk] Travelling to EuroPython 2015 by boat?

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 02:18:30PM +, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > On 23/03/15 14:11, Jonathan Hartley wrote: > > I, for one, am curious how long it takes, how much it costs, where they > > leave from. Others must also be curious. Are you motivated by cost, > > adventure, or something else? >

Re: [python-uk] Travelling to EuroPython 2015 by boat?

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 04:54:08PM +, Daniele Procida wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2015, Jon Ribbens wrote: > I've done the return journey once or twice a year since 2008 and > always enjoyed it. > > In July last year I saw a whale the size of a whale. That'

Re: [python-uk] London Django Meetup: 16th Feb 2016

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 11:50:10AM +, Anand Kumria wrote: >Further details are on meetup: > >http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Django-Meetup-Group/events/228363107/ You might like to be aware that the meetup page says: Please note: in order to attend, you also need to register on

Re: [python-uk] London Django Meetup: 16th Feb 2016

On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 06:33:23AM +, Harry Percival wrote: >Is this the actual link for the signup then? >https://skillsmatter.com/meetups/7749-django-february-meetup# I hope so, as it's the link I used ;-) It's got a similar description, the same location, and the time is roughly th

Re: [python-uk] Pyweek runs Feb-Mar: London team?

On Fri, Feb 05, 2016 at 01:07:18AM +, Daniel Pope wrote: >Londonites: London Python Dojo regulars have entered a team in the >competition a couple of times before, but to my knowledge the last time >was several years ago. Since then I've won the individual competition a >couple

[python-uk] Python sandboxing (last week's dojo challenge)

Further to the success of dojo participants in breaking out of my sandbox experiment due to a stupid bug I'd created, I've both tightened up the sandbox and extended it by adding back in 'with' and 'import' (of white-listed modules). If anyone would like to have another go at breaking out of it, I

Re: [python-uk] [d...@hmmz.org: Re: Python sandboxing (last week's dojo challenge)]

On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 10:19:06PM +, David Wilson wrote: > On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 06:17:29PM +0100, Jon Ribbens wrote: > > Further to the success of dojo participants in breaking out of my > > sandbox experiment due to a stupid bug I'd created, I've both > &g

Re: [python-uk] job postings to this list

On Fri, Sep 02, 2016 at 05:26:18PM +0200, Richard Barran wrote: >This thread does sound like a meeting of the People's Front of Judea. >(PS: and that’s my convoluted attempt at slipping a Monty Python reference >into this mailing list) Could we talk about top-posting instead please? __

Re: [python-uk] Announcing the Yorkshire Inquisition

On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 02:15:27PM +, Daniel Pope wrote: >Idle thought: can the code of conduct be violated by accurately quoting >Time Person-of-the-Year Donald Trump?  I don't see why not; "Time Person of the Year" doesn't mean that the recipient is a "good person", it just means the

Re: [python-uk] Do you use Python..? (Of course you do...)

On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 09:54:59AM +0100, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > * If you're someone who works at a company who makes heavy use of Python > and its related infrastructure then please consider making a donation as > an individual (after all, your job relies on this community and its > efforts