Paul Ganssle @pganssle@qoto.org
Programmer working at Google. Python core developer and general FOSS contributor. I also post some parenting content.
Joined Nov 2019
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New version of DateType today, now supporting #Python 3.7+, thanks to a contribution from Maciek Olko: https://pypi.org/project/datetype/2024.2.8/
(It's also the first release with the "5 - Production/Stable" Trove classifier, upgraded from "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha", if you care about such things.)
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New post: https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2024/trust-new-maintainer/ Whether And How To Trust A New Maintainer
What kind of trust does a project #maintainer need to have in a new co-maintainer? To get better at #opensource #sustainability, we need to improve at recruiting, training, & promoting new leaders.
I cover attributes to check for.
I mine 4 comparable situations for assessment ideas, & explain how to reduce how much trust you NEED to give by promoting someone.
&: 3 options if you're low on time
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Cool project, it's working very well. (BoM is only 10€)
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@nedbat 💯
Just yesterday, because of including tests in coverage, I spotted an assert which wasn't being run...
And it masked not one but two bugs in the assert!
https://github.com/jazzband/prettytable/commit/2f8240527ad6966bb22088c51b575edcd7400aa0 #Python #test #coverage
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Fediverse, I need help locating something!
I remember seeing a website where I could split a map area into a grid, and track that I'm visiting each grid cell on it. I can't find it in my browser history and can't remember relevant keywords to locate it with search engines either.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
Another good bit of grammar from Esperanto, the preposition [je](https://blogs.transparent.com/esperanto/je-the-esperanto-wildcard-preposition/).
These are just two of the affixes, by the way. I really liked the whole system of them, it makes it pretty easy to quickly build a big vocabulary, and it's very expressive: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Esperanto/Appendix/Table_of_affixes
-ul = person characterized by (juna = young, junulo = a youth)
-ej = place characterized by (lerni = to learn, lernejo = school)
-ilo = instrument (skribi = write, skribilo = writing implement)
They can also be used by themselves, like:
iĝi = to become
ulo = dude, chap
ilo = tool
One thing I really like about #Esperanto is the infix -iĝ- which refers to becoming, it basically makes words intransitive, like:
So ruĝa = red, ruĝiĝi = to blush
naski = to give birth, naskiĝi = to be born
edzi = to marry, edziĝi = to get married
There is a similar (maybe annoyingly so) infix for "to make/cause", -ig-, which makes them transitive:
morti = to die, mortigi = to kill
riĉa = rich, riĉigi = to become rich, riĉigi = to enrich
Those and the question marker "ĉu" are features I often wish I had in other languages.
We are far too informal these days, which is why I'm taking a bold stand against the rampant use of Nicholasnames.
Thank you for coming to my THEODORE Talk.
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The virus that has been going around finally got to me.
Not COVID, layoffs: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202401/i_am_at_liberty.html
The other thought I had was that I'd set up a local e-mail provider. Normally I'd be afraid of getting on an e-mail blackhole list or something, but presumably deliverability is less of an issue if you never send anything?
There's a website I use all the time where the log-in mechanism involves sending a code to my e-mail address.
Anyone know of a simple way to write a script that retrieves that code? I can set up a custom e-mail address on any free provider and have all these "log-in" e-mails automatically forwarded to that. Is the best way to use something like `imaplib`?
"Hey look, they have video games for the Switch here; maybe we can try something other than Minecraft?"
My 6 y/o: "Cool! Is everything square in this one, too?"
(I think it was a deal-breaker if the answer was "no")
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Anyone on Windows have (or can install) PyPy 3.10 (7.3.15, the latest) and can try to reproduce this coverage.py test suite problem?
https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/1737
TIA!
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Congratulations to the new @ThePSF Fellows! 🎈🐍🎉
Dustin Ingram @di has done lots for packaging, the PSF board and @pytexas.
@Marlene Mhangami has made huge contributions for Python communities in Africa.
Nikita Sobolev is a very helpful CPython triager.
Raquel Dou was twice the @europython chair.
https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2024/01/announcing-python-software-foundation.html
Do you know someone who has done great things for the Python community? Nominate them! All it takes is an email. Deadline for Q1 is 20th February.
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#PyConUS Hatchery is back! This program offers you the opportunity to be more involved at PyCon US by leading new tracks and events.
Check out our blog post to learn more: https://bit.ly/420HwUA. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until April 17, 2024
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NumPy 2 is coming out in couple months! And it's a little backwards incompatible, which means any applications that depend on it (directly or indirectly) might break.
I wrote an article showing how to prevent breakage in the short term, and how to automatically upgrade in the long term.
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Coverage․py 7.4.0 can use Python 3.12's lightweight sys.monitoring module. Coverage measurement with much lower overhead! Try it, and let me know.
https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202312/coveragepy_with_sysmonitoring.html
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Out of curiosity, what are these? I found them in the bottom of a small wall mount network cabinet, that was fitted in a house, by an electrician. The snipped wires look like CAT-5 solid core.
I think it was Ctrl + ., but it only works in certain places...
Programmer working at Google. Python core developer and general FOSS contributor. I also post some parenting content.
Joined Nov 2019
