http://ASPN.ActiveState.com/ASPN/Mail/Browse/Threaded/announce Receive-only list for announcements on products, promotions, and general updates. en-us Copyright 2005, ActiveState aspn-feedback@activestate.com aspn-feedback@activestate.com ASPN Mail Archive hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://ASPN.ActiveState.com/ASPN/img/logo_78x25.gif http://ASPN.ActiveState.com/ASPN/Mail/Browse/Threaded/announce G. Raphics (graphics @ ActiveState) http://ASPN.ActiveState.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/announce/3140679 <PRE>Get a free ActiveCD or ActiveDVD with each purchase of Komodo Professional Edition. For a limited time, buy Komodo Professional Edition, the killer IDE for dynamic languages, and get the ActiveCD or ActiveDVD--a $39.95 value--absolutely free! 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To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs </PRE> Shezmeen Hudani (shezmeenh@...) announce http://ASPN.ActiveState.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/announce/3106582 <PRE>I'm happy to announce that ActivePython 2.4.3.12 builds for Windows are now available for free download from: http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/ActivePython/ This is a bug fix release to for one Windows issue: - Fix a bug that results in ".pyo" and ".pyc" being placed on the PATHEXT environment variable before ".py" for clean installs. Bug 33311. This can cause surprises for command-line usage for Python scripts when not specifying the ".py" extension. The new installer will fix PATHEXT on machines that hit this bug. See this thread for more details: http://tinyurl.com/poyhp If you use ActivePython on any other platform, 2.4.3.11 is still the latest build. What is ActivePython? --------------------- ActivePython is ActiveState's quality-assured binary distribution of Python. Builds for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Windows are made freely available. ActivePython includes the Python core and core extensions (zlib 1.2.3, bzip2 1.0.3, bsddb 4.2.52.NC, Tk 8.4.12, and Tix 8.1.4) and is fully compatible with other Python distributions of the same version. ActivePython also includes a wealth of Python documentation, including: - the core Python docs; - Andrew Kuchling's "What's New in Python" series; - the Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python; - Mark Pilgrim's excellent "Dive into Python"; and - a snapshot of the Python FAQs, HOWTOs, and PEPs. An online version of the docs can be found here: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/welcome.html We would welcome any and all feedback to: ActivePython-feedback@... Please file bugs against ActivePython at: http://bugs.ActiveState.com/ActivePython On what platforms does ActivePython run? ---------------------------------------- ActivePython now includes installers for the following ten platforms: - AIX/PowerPC - HP-UX/PA-RISC - Linux/x86 - Linux/x86_64: "x86_64" is also known as "AMD64" - Solaris/SPARC - Solaris/x86 - Mac OS X/PowerPC - Mac OS X/x86 - Windows/x64: "x64" is also known as "AMD64" - Windows/x86 Extra Bits ---------- ActivePython releases also include the following packages: - Windows "debug" package: Debug-built binaries for ActivePython users building debug versions of their binary Python extensions. - ActivePython24.chm: An MS compiled help collection of the full ActivePython documentation set. Linux users of applications such as xCHM might find this useful. This package is installed by default on Windows. These packages are available from: ftp://ftp.activestate.com/ActivePython/etc/ Thanks, and enjoy! Trent, Python Tech Lead -- Trent Mick TrentM@... _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@... To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs </PRE> Trent Mick (trentm@...) announce http://ASPN.ActiveState.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/announce/3097730 <PRE>I'm happy to announce that ActivePython 2.4.3.11 is now available for free download from: http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/ActivePython/ This release is a maintenance/update release for existing platforms. Changes in this release include: - [Windows] Update to recent PyWin32 (build 208.1+) - Update to bzip2 1.0.3 (from 1.0.2) [bug 45239] - Update to Python 2.4.3 - [Windows] Fix a bug where the PyWin32 docs Table of Contents did not appear in the ActivePython CHM. - [Mac OS X] Fix errors in the build number in the Python.framework Info.plist and version.plist. ActivePython on Mac OS X ------------------------ Currently ActivePython provides separate Intel and PowerPC builds for Mac OS X rather than one universal build. Note that in the relatively near future ActivePython will switch to a universal build. What is ActivePython? --------------------- ActivePython is ActiveState's quality-assured binary distribution of Python. Builds for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Windows are made freely available. ActivePython includes the Python core and core extensions (zlib 1.2.3, bzip2 1.0.3, bsddb 4.2.52.NC, Tk 8.4.12, and Tix 8.1.4) and is fully compatible with other Python distributions of the same version. ActivePython also includes a wealth of Python documentation, including: - the core Python docs; - Andrew Kuchling's "What's New in Python" series; - the Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python; - Mark Pilgrim's excellent "Dive into Python"; and - a snapshot of the Python FAQs, HOWTOs, and PEPs. An online version of the docs can be found here: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/welcome.html We would welcome any and all feedback to: ActivePython-feedback@... Please file bugs against ActivePython at: http://bugs.ActiveState.com/ActivePython On what platforms does ActivePython run? ---------------------------------------- ActivePython now includes installers for the following ten platforms: - AIX/PowerPC - HP-UX/PA-RISC - Linux/x86 - Linux/x86_64: "x86_64" is also known as "AMD64" - Solaris/SPARC - Solaris/x86 - Mac OS X/PowerPC - Mac OS X/x86 - Windows/x64: "x64" is also known as "AMD64" - Windows/x86 Extra Bits ---------- ActivePython releases also include the following packages: - Windows "debug" package: Debug-built binaries for ActivePython users building debug versions of their binary Python extensions. - ActivePython24.chm: An MS compiled help collection of the full ActivePython documentation set. Linux users of applications such as xCHM might find this useful. This package is installed by default on Windows. These packages are available from: ftp://ftp.activestate.com/ActivePython/etc/ Thanks, and enjoy! Trent, Python Tech Lead -- Trent Mick TrentM at ActiveState.com _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@... To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs </PRE> Trent Mick (trentm@...) announce http://ASPN.ActiveState.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/announce/3086221 <PRE>ActiveState has released ActivePerl 5.8.8.817 today. It fixes a number of serious issues that have been found in the 816 release: * Restored binary compatibility to previous releases. * Fixed several bugs on Windows related to GUI applications and signal handling. These bugs were introduced in build 816. * Updated threads and threads::shared modules to fix resource leaks Cheers, -Jan _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@... To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs </PRE> Jan Dubois (jand@...) announce http://ASPN.ActiveState.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/announce/3062338 <PRE>I'm happy to announce that we released ActivePerl 5.8.8.816 today. The main highlights over 5.8.7.815 are: * Based on Perl 5.8.8, plus bug fixes and module updates * OS X version runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs * 64 Bit beta versions available for Windows, Linux and Solaris As usual, you can download it via the main ActivePerl page: http://www.ActiveState.com/ActivePerl Note that there is a separate link for downloading the 64 bit Beta versions. Cheers, -Jan _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@... To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs </PRE> Jan Dubois (jand@...) announce http://ASPN.ActiveState.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/announce/3034158 <PRE>ActiveState Acquired by Employees and Pender Financial Group Company renews focus on tools and solutions for dynamic languages Vancouver, BC � Feb. 22, 2006 � ActiveState, the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic languages, announced yesterday that it has been acquired by ActiveState Software Inc., a new company jointly owned by the employees of ActiveState and Pender Financial Group Corporation, an investment company focused on technology and healthcare. All of ActiveState's business, assets, and liabilities were acquired from Sophos, Inc., a subsidiary of Sophos Plc., for the purchase price of US$2,250,000. As an independent entity, ActiveState will continue to develop and support its award-winning programming tools, language distributions, and enterprise support services for dynamic languages, with major releases of all tools scheduled to ship later this year. ActiveState will be led by Bart Copeland as President and CEO, and Dr. David Ascher as CTO and VP, Engineering. Copeland brings 20 years of leadership, management, finance, and business experience to his role. Most recently, he was Interim CEO of iMessaging Systems, Inc., a New Hampshire-based interactive voice response software company, President & CEO of Recombo, Inc., a content integration technology company, and President and CEO of PhotoChannel Networks Inc., an online image and printing/picture messaging services for retailers and wireless carriers. "I'm excited to be joining ActiveState at this stage in the company's evolution," said Copeland. "They are an established leader who have achieved many successes to date, and are well-positioned to be a major force in the industry. I look forward to leading the company to further success." As CTO and VP, Engineering, Ascher will focus on product and technology strategies. He has spent the past six years providing business and technical leadership for ActiveState, most recently in the position of Chief Technologist, and has over 17 years of experience as a developer, consultant, and advocate of open source software. "This investment allows ActiveState to once again be independent," said Ascher. "This is great news for us, and, more importantly, for our customers, who will benefit not only from our renewed focus on current product lines, but also from the wealth of expertise and resources that Bart and our new investors will contribute toward future growth." In addition, Kelly Edmison, President and CEO of Pender Financial Group, will become Chairman of ActiveState's Board, and David Roberts, President of PenderFund Capital Management Ltd., will join Edmison and Copeland as a Director. About Pender Financial Group Corporation Pender Financial Group Corporation (TSX-V: PDF) is a publicly traded investment company that owns or manages approximately $35 million of assets focused on technology, life sciences and healthcare companies based in British Columbia. Pender's strategy is to build long-term value by investing its capital into a relatively few undervalued companies and to actively participate in their development so as to enhance their value and the liquidity of Pender's investments. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, PenderFund Capital Management Ltd., Pender is the manager of Pender Growth Fund (VCC) Inc. and Pender NDI Life Sciences Fund (VCC) Inc. About ActiveState ActiveState is the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic languages such as Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl. Over two million developers rely on ActiveState's cross-platform professional development tools, high-quality language distributions, and enterprise services. © 2006 ActiveState All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@... To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs </PRE> Shezmeen Hudani (shezmeenh@...) announce http://ASPN.ActiveState.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/announce/2993145 <PRE>I'm happy to announce that ActivePython 2.4.2.10 is now available for free download from: http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/ActivePython/ This release is a maintenance/update release for existing platforms and adds support for three new ones: Mac OS X/x86, Windows/x64 and Linux/x86_64. See below for a full list of supported platforms. Changes in this release include: - Add early support for Mac OS X for Intel platform (macosx-x86). Please see the "Mac OS X for Intel" section below for details. - Upgrade to PyWin32 build 207 on Windows/x86 - Upgrade Tkinter to Tcl/Tk 8.4.12 - Support for Windows/x64 (win64-x64). Note that PyWin32 has not been ported to 64-bit Windows so this build does not include PyWin32. - Support for Linux/x86_64 (linux-x86_64) - Fixed a problem on Mac OS X/PowerPC that unintentionally created a dependency on Fink (fink.sourceforge.net) for the "bz2" and "curses" extensions. (Thanks, Bob!) - The Windows "debug libraries" package now allows installation into non-ActivePython Python installations of the same version. This was requested by Dave Abrahams for the Boost folks (http://tinyurl.com/898zw). - Changed Intel 32-bit architecture platform name from "ix86" to "x86", changing package names for some ActivePython builds. Mac OS X for Intel ------------------ This is the first release of ActivePython for Mac OS X/Intel. It should be considered an early release. This build is not a universal build and there are a number of known issues: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/relnotes.html#KI_macosx I suspect that ultimately a universal Python build is the right answer, but details and issues around that should be discussed on the Python Mac mailing list: pythonmac-sig@... What is ActivePython? --------------------- ActivePython is ActiveState's quality-assured binary distribution of Python. Builds for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Windows are made freely available. ActivePython includes the Python core and core extensions (zlib 1.2.3, bzip2 1.0.2, bsddb 4.2.52, Tk 8.4.12, and Tix 8.1.4) and is fully compatible with other Python distributions of the same version. ActivePython also includes a wealth of Python documentation, including: - the core Python docs; - Andrew Kuchling's "What's New in Python" series; - the Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python; - Mark Pilgrim's excellent "Dive into Python"; and - a snapshot of the Python FAQs, HOWTOs, and PEPs. An online version of the docs can be found here: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/welcome.html We would welcome any and all feedback to: ActivePython-feedback@... Please file bugs against ActivePython at: http://bugs.ActiveState.com/ActivePython On what platforms does ActivePython run? ---------------------------------------- ActivePython now includes installers for the following ten platforms: - AIX/PowerPC - HP-UX/PA-RISC - Linux/x86 - (new) Linux/x86_64: "x86_64" is also known as "AMD64" - Solaris/SPARC - Solaris/x86 - Mac OS X/PowerPC - (new) Mac OS X/x86: - (new) Windows/x64: "x64" is also known as "AMD64" - Windows/x86 Extra Bits ---------- ActivePython releases also include the following packages: - Windows "debug" package: Debug-built binaries for ActivePython users building debug versions of their binary Python extensions. - ActivePython24.chm: An MS compiled help collection of the full ActivePython documentation set. Linux users of applications such as xCHM might find this useful. This package is installed by default on Windows. These packages are available from: ftp://ftp.activestate.com/ActivePython/etc/ Thanks, and enjoy! Trent, Python Tech Lead -- Trent Mick TrentM at ActiveState.com _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@... To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs </PRE> Trent Mick (trentm@...) announce http://ASPN.ActiveState.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/announce/2942522 <PRE>ActiveState has announced the end of engineering support for Visual Perl, Visual Python, and Visual XSLT, effective immediately. The plug-ins will not be updated for Visual Studio 2005, and there will be no further maintenance on the Visual Studio 2003- and 2002-compatible versions. Due to the necessary inclusion of Visual Studio integration code in Visual Perl, Visual Python, and Visual XSLT, the plug-ins can not be open-sourced. Our decision to discontinue these products was driven by the disproportionately large development effort required to keep them in sync with Visual Studio. Despite an avid user base, customer demand did not reach levels required to fund ongoing development. We are committed to working with our customers to miminize any inconvenience that may result from this decision. To that end, ActiveState will: a) at customer's request, replace each commercial plug-in license with a license for Komodo Professional Edition, and each educational plug-in license with a license for Komodo Personal Edition; b) provide unlimited licenses for the current 2003/2002 plug-ins; c) continue to host the installable software for Visual Studio 2003 and 2002, via FTP; d) offer installation and configuration support through June 15, 2006; and e) continue to host the visualperl-discuss, visualpython-discuss, and visual-xslt-discuss mailing lists on ASPN. Existing customers are encouraged to contact Sales@... for further details. _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@... To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs </PRE> Shantel Shave (shantels@...) announce http://ASPN.ActiveState.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/announce/2920239 <PRE>ActiveState Releases First Professional Ruby IDE for Linux and Windows; ActiveState Komodo 3.5 for Perl, Python, PHP, Tcl, and Ruby now available on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. Vancouver, BC, - November 30, 2005 - ActiveState, a leading provider of developer tools for dynamic languages, today released Komodo 3.5 for Linux and Windows. Komodo is the first professional integrated development environment (IDE) with full support for the Ruby programming language. ActiveState Komodo 3.5 is an advanced workspace for programming in multiple languages, including Perl, Python, PHP, Tcl, and now Ruby. Komodo 3.5 delivers Ruby features such as Ruby on Rails debugging and multilingual input method editor (IME) support for non-Western languages. ActiveState launched Komodo 3.5, with full Ruby support, for the Mac OS X platform earlier this month. Komodo 3.5 for Solaris will be available in the New Year. New in Komodo 3.5 * Fully integrated Ruby support. Start coding, testing, and debugging with Komodo's newest killer dynamic language. * Ruby on Rails debugging. In an industry first, ActiveState Komodo 3.5 makes it possible to debug Ruby on Rails (RoR) applications in a professional IDE. * Multilingual Input Method Editor (IME) support. Use your standard keyboard to enter complex multibyte characters and symbols, such as French. * Mac OS X support for version 10.4 "Tiger" and 10.3 "Panther". Pricing & Availability Free trials of Komodo 3.5 for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows are available online. Komodo Professional costs $295, and Komodo Personal is $29.95. Existing Komodo 3.x customers qualify for free Komodo licenses for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. Upgrade pricing for prior releases is $99.95 and $19.95, respectively. Komodo is offered at zero cost for classrooms and teachers through the ActiveState Education License Program. Komodo 3.5 is shipping now on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. About ActiveState ActiveState is the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic languages such as Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl. Over two million developers rely on ActiveState's cross-platform professional development tools, high-quality language distributions, and enterprise services. ActiveState Komodo, the professional IDE for dynamic languages, gives developers a powerful workspace for editing, debugging, and testing programs. Komodo supports Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl. Media & Analyst Inquiries Kerry Taylor PR Manager ActiveState, a division of Sophos 1.604.484.6837 KerryT@... C 2005 ActiveState, a division of Sophos. All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@... To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs </PRE> Kerry Taylor (KerryT@...) announce http://ASPN.ActiveState.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/announce/2904207 <PRE>ActiveState is pleased to announce the release of ActivePerl 5.8.7.815. ActivePerl 5.8.7.815 is available from: http://www.ActiveState.com/ActivePerl We welcome any and all feedback to: ActivePerl-feedback@... Please file bugs against ActivePerl at: http://bugs.ActiveState.com/ActivePerl Changes and Bug Fixes ---------------------- * Windows version includes PerlEx for IIS. * HTML help and TOC are always updated when a module is installed, by PPM, by CPAN shell, or even when installed manually. * On Windows and Mac OS X sample code in the HTML docs has syntax highlighting. * On Windows ActivePerl will automatically use MinGW to compile modules if Microsoft VC++ is not installed, but MinGW and dmake are. * Security vulnerability CAN-2005-0448 has been addressed by replacing the rmtree() function in File::Path. * The following modules have been updated: Archive-Tar-1.26 Archive-Zip-1.16 Compress-Zlib-1.41 HTML-Parser-3.46 IO-String-1.07 libwin32-0.26 Mac-Apps-Launch-1.92 Mac-OSA-Simple-1.09 Time-HiRes-1.76 Unicode-String-1.09 There are several fixes and new features for Windows in the updated libwin32 module. For a complete list of changes, see: http://aspn.ActiveState.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePerl/5.8/changes-58.html Cheers, -Jan PS: Build 814 was identical to build 813 except for the addition of a beta version of PerlEx. _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@... To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs </PRE> Shantel Shave (shantels@...) announce