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hugovk, 9 months ago to python

I wrote a thing!

For some reason, EOL Python 3.7 accounts for 23% of downloads from PyPI.

Why so high?

Let's find out which distro is responsible!

https://dev.to/hugovk/why-are-there-still-so-many-downloads-for-eol-python-37-30cp

#Python #Python37 #EOL

hugovk, 29 days ago to python

I just kicked off PyCon 2024 with the first talk of the Language Summit (and my first talk at PyCon!): "Should Python adopt CalVer?" It was an interesting discussion, let's see!
#PyConUS #PyCon #Python #CalVer #CalendarVersioning #LanguageSummit

The view of the language summit from the lectern.

hugovk, 4 months ago to python

Happy 30th to #Python 1.0.0, announced by Guido van Rossum on 27 Jan 1994 in comp.lang.misc! 🎂 🎈 3️⃣0️⃣ 🍾 🎉

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Python 1.0.0 is out!

Guido van Rossum
27 Jan 1994

--> Tired of decyphering the Perl code you wrote last week?

--> Frustrated with Bourne shell syntax?

--> Spent too much time staring at core dumps lately?

Maybe you should try Python, the next generation object-oriented
scripting and prototyping language, with a readable syntax.

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Read in full:
https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.misc/c/_QUzdEGFwCo/m/KIFdu0-Dv7sJ

hugovk, 1 year ago to programming

Python 2.7 went EOL on 2020-01-01. 🪦

https://devguide.python.org/versions/

Github Actions and Azure DevOps will be dropping Python 2.7 starting 2023-05-15, taking 3-4 days for rollout. ⏳

"Possible impact

"If your builds depend on python2.7 they will be broken."

https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/7401

#GitHub #GitHubActions #Azure #AzureDevOps #Python #Python27 #CI #EOL

Breaking changes Python 2.7 will be removed from the images' tool cache. Target date The image rollout will start on May 15, 2023 and take 3-4 days. The motivation for the changes Python2.7 is not supported since January 1, 2020. Possible impact If your builds depend on python2.7 they will be broken. Platforms affected Azure DevOps GitHub Actions

hugovk, 9 months ago to python

Do you ever visit the Python datetime docs specifically to look up those percent formatting codes?

Good news!

I've added a handy shortcut at the top to take you directly there!

⤵️🎉

https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html

#Python #docs #datetime

A screenshot of the section further down the page, titled "strftime() and strptime() Format Codes". With the table of format codes like: %a Weekday as locale’s abbreviated name. Sun, Mon, …, Sat (en_US); So, Mo, …, Sa (de_DE) %A Weekday as locale’s full name. Sunday, Monday, …, Saturday (en_US); Sonntag, Montag, …, Samstag (de_DE) %w Weekday as a decimal number, where 0 is Sunday and 6 is Saturday. 0, 1, …, 6

hugovk, 2 months ago to python

Two recent changes I've made to the Python docs I'm happy about:

📘 Links are underlined, which is important for accessibility.
https://adrianroselli.com/2016/06/on-link-underlines.html

📗 The dated Lucida Grande was the Mac system font a decade ago and used for the docs on Mac (and only Mac). We now use the system font stack, to get a similar result to Linux, Windows, Android and iOS.
https://systemfontstack.com

Before: https://docs.python.org/3.10/tutorial/index.html

After: https://docs.python.org/3.12/tutorial/index.html

#Python #docs #documentation #a11y #accessibility #font

The Python tutorial, shown on macOS with Arial and prose, non-navigational links are underlined.

hugovk, 6 months ago to python

Coding challenges this December:

#AdventOfCode by @ericwastl: https://adventofcode.com

#24PullRequests by @24pullrequests https://24pullrequests.com

It's from last year (5783), but the #HanukkahOfData by @saulpw is fun:
https://hanukkah.bluebird.sh/5783/

And #AdventOfPython313 by Karolina Surma:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/XLB6DXTB4JHFHMBB2LG3JQF3KASSN7IQ/ #Python #Python313

hugovk, 1 year ago to programming

Calling all #Python library maintainers! 🐍

Python 3.12 is in beta! 🎉

This means no new features are allowed in and it's now time to start testing your code. You might find things in your code to fix, or even better, you might find things to fix in Python itself!

Here's how to do it:

https://dev.to/hugovk/help-test-python-312-beta-1508 #python312 #beta #test #CI #GitHubActions

hugovk, 8 months ago to python

It's the annual Python core developer sprint, this year kindly hosted by @encukou and Red Hat in Brno, Czechia -- thank you!

The first of (at least!) three PEPs being authored this week is by @freakboy3742 and targeting Python 3.13:

PEP 730 – Adding iOS as a supported platform

https://peps.python.org/pep-0730/

Discussions:

https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-730-adding-ios-as-a-supported-platform/35854?u=hugovk

#Python #CPython #CoreDevSprint #PEP #Apple #iOS

hugovk, 30 days ago to python

🐍🧪 Python 3.13.0 is due out in October 2024 and work is underway to implement experimental support for PEP 703 "Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython".

As the Steering Council noted in their acceptance of the PEP, to succeed it's important to have community support.

I wrote a little guide on how you can help test out the beta in your project, and help us find bugs in CPython:

https://dev.to/hugovk/help-us-test-free-threaded-python-without-the-gil-1hgf
#python #CPython #python313 #PEP703 #FreeThreaded
#JustDontCallItNoGIL

hugovk, 11 months ago to python

Python library developers! Python 3.8 is out today! 🚀

aka Python 3.7 is EOL so we can now use Python 3.8 features! 🎈

https://devguide.python.org/versions/
https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.8.html
https://pyreadiness.org/3.7/
https://github.com/hugovk/norwegianblue

#Python #Python37 #Python38 #EOL

Chart showing release dates and EOL for Python versions. 3.7 was released on 2018-06-26 and EOL on 2023-06-05.

hugovk, 1 month ago to python

Hey! I will (I state numerally) to Python, enact the three fullstop four-teen release managerrr, yes.

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-14-3-15-release-manager/51812?u=hugovk #python #Python314

hugovk, 1 month ago to python

🎲 Do you like Python's little CLIs? For example:

$ python -m http.server
$ python -m webbrowser example_url
$ python -m uuid
$ python -m calendar

What about adding one to random?

$ python -m random curry "fish n chips" tacos
curry

$ python -m random 6
6

$ python -m random 2.5
1.6423361547011504

Give your feedback on my proposal at
https://discuss.python.org/t/command-line-interface-for-the-random-module/51304

If there's support we might be able to get it into 3.13 before May's beta cutoff! 🤞

#Python #Python313 #CLI #random

hugovk, 8 months ago to python

🆕 New on the #Python #PEPs website:

I've added a column to also show the target Python versions.

https://peps.python.org

hugovk, 1 year ago to python

The #Python docs will hopefully soon have a dark theme! 🌒

Demo build at:
https://septatrix.github.io/cpython-dark-docs/

Please try it out and let us know if you find any big problems!
https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme/pull/44

#documentation #docs #DarkTheme #DarkMode

"Methods of RawTurtle/Turtle and corresponding functions" https://septatrix.github.io/cpython-dark-docs/library/turtle.html#methods-of-rawturtle-turtle-and-corresponding-functions
"Sorting HOW TO" https://septatrix.github.io/cpython-dark-docs/howto/sorting.html
"What’s New In Python 3.11 > Removed" https://septatrix.github.io/cpython-dark-docs/whatsnew/3.11.html#removed

hugovk, 10 months ago to random

1/2 #TCRNo9:

Bjørn Gjevik #TCRNo9Cap172 had a time on the parcours...

https://www.instagram.com/bgjevik/

hugovk, 2 months ago to python

🥚🐰🛞🐍 Exciting!

I'm doing the first @pillow release using cibuildwheel + PyPI publish GitHub Action + Trusted Publishers!

It'll take just under three hours to build 68 wheels and an sdist, and then upload them automatically to @pypi 🤞

The matrix covers CPython 3.8-3.12, PyPy 3.9-3.10, manylinux, musllinux, macOS Intel + Apple Silicon, Windows 32-bit + 64-bit + ARM...

Follow along the Easter fun at https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/actions/runs/8506382482 !

#Python #Pillow #PythonPillow #PyPI #TrustedPublishers #cibuildwheel

hugovk, 23 days ago (edited 22 days ago) to random

Helsinki homeward bound after a fun and full week and a half at #PyConUS! Thanks to everyone at @Thepsf for all their work putting it on, and see you all next time!

hugovk, 8 months ago to python

Python 3.12 is out! 🚀

Find out more and get it here:

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-12-0-final-is-here/35186?u=hugovk

And according to https://pyreadiness.org/3.12/ nearly twice as many of the top 360 packages are ready for 3.12 than were on release day for 3.11 or 3.10.

It's likely most will work for 3.12, thanks to everyone who tested early.

2023-10-02:
68 packages (18.9%) support Python 3.12

2022-10-24:
39 packages (10.8%) support Python 3.11

2021-10-04:
38 packages (10.6%) support Python 3.10

#python #python312 #PythonReadiness

hugovk, 8 months ago to random

@Alby Good luck today! Hope I don't jinx it!!!! 🤞

hugovk, 9 days ago to python

📣🐍📚 Calling all Python library maintainers!

Python 3.13 is now in beta, with the second of four beta releases out later today!

It's now time to start testing your libraries with 3.13 and report any problems back to CPython so they can be fixed before the big October release. And make any updates you need to upgrade your library; keep an eye out for removals and deprecations.

Here's how to test 3.13 on GitHub Actions:

https://dev.to/hugovk/help-test-python-313-14j1

#Python #Python313 #beta #GitHubActions

hugovk, 1 year ago to programming

And Sam Gross has submitted PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython) to the steering council for consideration for Python 3.13!

https://github.com/python/steering-council/issues/188

https://peps.python.org/pep-0703/

#Python #GIL #NoGIL #PEP703

hugovk, 10 months ago to random

#TCRNo9:

Thomas Jacquelinet #TCRNo9Cap168, contender for the Mikko Mäkipää (@mkpaa) Cup for Creative Routemaking, made 2-3 attempts to enter North Macedonia from Serbia before looping back and successfully crossing to the east.

Map of the Serbia/North Macedonia border, showing Thomas making several attempts to cross.

hugovk, 1 year ago to python

A little merge session for @pillow gives a nice network graph: https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/network #Python #Git #PythonPillow #Pillow

hugovk, 1 month ago to python

Next month, @the_compiler is organising a pytest sprint in Austria, next to the Swiss border.

There's also a possibility for paid travel/accommodation.

See https://github.com/pytest-dev/sprint for more info and signup.
#Python #pytest #sprint