2008

Help Migrating to Python 3.0

To assist those wanting to migrate their code to Python 3.0 the developers have just announced the creation of the Python-porting mailing list. Signing up fo...

Organizational Changes

Further to our recent cogitations on better meeting the PSF's goals the Board has taken a number of decisions which I'd like to let you know about. - I am ...

First pyArkansas an Unqualified Success

We are grateful to Greg Lindstrom for the following feedback on a recent successful regional event. Congratulations are due to the organizers. We held our 1-...

PSF Board meeting minutes available (May, June, & July)

Minutes of Regular Meetings of the Board of Directors of the Python Software Foundation: - May 12, 2008 - June 16, 2008 - July 14, 2008

Georg Brandl and Brett Cannon to Receive PSF Community Awards

At the July Board meeting of the PSF Board of Directors, PSF Community Awards were awarded to Georg Brandl and Brett Cannon. Georg has been an enthusiastic c...

PyCon UK Registration Open

PyCon UK takes place in Birmingham UK from 12th to 14th September 2008. A full programme includes a day of tutorials; bookings are being taken at http://www....

Martin von Löwis Receives 2008 Frank Willison Award

Yesterday at OSCON I had the pleasure of announcing the 2008 Frank Willison award. This was instituted by O'Reilly in memory of their editor in chief, whose ...

April PSF Board meeting minutes available

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Python Software Foundation, April 14, 2008

PyCon FR: May 17/18, 2008

PyCon FR is to be held at the Cité des sciences et de la Villette in Paris. This is the second national Python Conference in France. There is an interesting ...

Python Wins "Favorite Scripting Language" Award

May 1, 2008 Linux Journal announced their 2008 Readers' Choice Awards today, and we are happy to say that Python won the Favorite Scripting Language category...

March meeting minutes available

The following minutes were approved at a meeting of the PSF Board of Directors on April 14, 2008: - PSF Board meeting, March 10, 2008 - 2008 PSF Members'...

PSF Community Awards

A little-publicized feature of this year's PyCon was the first ever PSF Community Awards. One of the issues with being a Foundation of part-timers is that so...

Stepping down as Chairman of the Board

Stephan Deibel writes ... For the past four years, I've served as Chairman of the Board of the Python Software Foundation. This year, I stepped down and Stev...

2007 PSF accomplishments

The following summary of the PSF's accomplishments since the last member meeting was also posted to the psf-members mailing list. Improving PSF record-keepin...

Call for bids for PyCon 2010

Over on the PyCon blog Ted Pollari just posted "So you want to host PyCon 2010...". It's an announcement of the opening of a call for bids, and a summary of ...

2007 Google Summer of Code report

Report on the Python Software Foundation's participation in the 2007 Google Summer of Code With the 2008 Google Summer of Code just around the bend, we prese...

PSF News from the Chair

The PSF's Chair, Stephan Deibel, wrote an article for The Python Papers introducing the Foundation and discussing some recent initiatives. This article is no...

January PSF Board Minutes Available

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Python Software Foundation, January 14, 2008.

Two upcoming development events: Jython sprint, and Python bug day

Two upcoming events provide a good opportunity to jump into Jython or Python development. First, there's a Jython sprint being held in San Francisco on Satur...

Help Needed with Python Job Board

One of the more valuable services available through the python.org web site is the Python Job Board. This is normally maintained by the pydotorg webmasters, ...

PyCon 2008 Financial Aid Available

The Python Software Foundation has allocated some funds to help people attend PyCon 2008. If you would like to come to PyCon but can't afford it, the PSF may...

PyCon 2008 Registration Open!

Just announced on the PyCon blog: PyCon 2008 registration is now open! Hotel reservations are also open. See the announcement for full details. See you in Ch...

December PSF Board Minutes Available

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Python Software Foundation, December 10, 2007.