We have found a bug on Brasil4Win.

At the time of writing, when you backup a subversion project, it will be corrupted.

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Is it possible to use Python to write small ASP-like scripts. In this post we will see how to use it, and the common mistakes you can enconter in your road to the snake…
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Python 3.0

We are pleased to announce the release of Python 3.0 (final), a new production-ready release, on December 3rd, 2008.

Python 3.0 (a.k.a. “Python 3000″ or “Py3k”) is a new version of the language that is incompatible with the 2.x line of releases. The language is mostly the same, but many details, especially how built-in objects like dictionaries and strings work, have changed considerably, and a lot of deprecated features have finally been removed. Also, the standard library has been reorganized in a few prominent places.

Python 3.0 Release

We are happy for Python 3.0 roll out, although we are not confortable with it, because it is incompatible with the previous python version.

It is too early to be sure, but we hope Python 3.0 will help the growth of the python community.
Try it!

We read and report:

Tonight, to clear up some problems with the packaging of the Django
1.0.1 release from Friday, we’ve released Django 1.0.2; once again,
this is a bugfix-only release, and is a recommended upgrade for anyone
targeting or using Django 1.0 or Django 1.0.1.

Weblog entry announcing the release is here:
http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2008/nov/18/102/
Release notes are here: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.0.2/

We are happy to release filecounter_0.1

File counter is a small python script to scan files and get userful information.

For instance:
fileCounter.py java  -wc

scan all java files and get the total lines.

You can add estension on command line, and invoke internal commands via the proper option. This is a beta release.

Because of the forthcoming release of Jython 2.5 (after an year of silence), we at Gioorgi.com are checking Brasil compatibility, right now.  What is Jython?… we read from the Jython website:

Jython is an implementation of the high-level, dynamic, object-oriented language Python written in 100% Pure Java, and seamlessly integrated with the Java platform. It thus allows you to run Python on any Java platform.

Jython 2.5 looks very promising, and we are planning Jython support for future Brasil releases.

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I am happy Django Team has released version 1.0 of its python web framework. It was planned for 21th of September, but they speed up things :)
We can read on Django web site:

Developed and used over two years by a fast-moving online-news operation, Django was designed to handle two challenges: the intensive deadlines of a newsroom and the stringent requirements of the experienced Web developers who wrote it. It lets you build high-performing, elegant Web applications quickly.

Django focuses on automating as much as possible and adhering to the DRY principle.

In my own opinion django is too much “DRY”, and sometimes simpler solutions was avoided by them because considered “dirty”. Anyway, I have followed Django from 2006, and I suggest you to give it a try.

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This bug fix release of brasil4windows give supports to very big zips (over 2Gb).
The fix is very trivial, but it is crucial if you plan to store big zips.
You can download brasilwin_1_1 clicking on this link.
Upgrade is higly recommended.
Zip64 extensions was disabled  because the default zip and unzip commands on Unix (the InfoZIP utilities) don’t support these extensions, as stated in the Python documentation.

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We are happy to announce the first version of brasil for window, a small python backup script.

Brasil4Windows is a small python script you can use to zip and backup your files on a regular basis.
Brasil4Win offers:

• LowLoad Backup. The script will try to pause under heavy load computer.
• Fine-grained ETA using stored bytes AND passed time. It can print you a good extimation on when it will finish.
• Skip-and-retry schema for locked files. Sometimes  under windows files are locked.
  Brasil4Win retry to open them from time to time.
• Optimized for using Psyco: http://psyco.sf.net
  We suggest you to set it up psyco for on-the-fly compilation of the script. It rocks.
• The script is released under GNU Public License License v2.0, so feel free to use it.

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