Python-URL! - 1999/12/28

by Gordon McMillan - DejaNews: [1]

• Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer announces that Version 3.10 of PySol is here (128 solitaire card games in one!): http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pysol.html
• Kevin Dahlhausen announces pyhints - a script that scans Python source and builds a hint script for VIM (prompts you with function signatures): (see DN563701938)
• Paul Sheer announces KOALA 0.9.0, a database / GUI forms package for postgres and Gnome (uses Python 1.5.1): (see DN565059802)
• Bernard Herzog uncovers the reason why maintaining two Python installations on Linux is difficult: (see DN563559697)
• Ng Pheng Siong provides a nice overview what must be done to use urllib with differnt sorts of firewalls: (see DN563817592)

In the Windows / COM world, we got two nice overviews:

• Eugene Goodrich provides hints for those doing ASP coding: (see DN564839534) John Nielsen (via Mark Hammond) offers help to those stuck with administering Exchange on NT (or using Python/COM with ADSI): http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=563607231
• Andrew M. Kuchling updates his "Python warts" page to reflect the most recent rounds of discussion on Python's shortcomings: http://starship.python.net/crew/amk/python/warts.html