Category Archives: programming

On Python vs Ruby

Taken from a Python up, Ruby down discussion in programming.reddit:

Ruby takes all the elegance and simplicity of Perl, and mixes it with the library support of Lisp…
- foonly

Previously…

Release: Feedjack 0.9.9 - Django powered Feed aggregator

A new version of Feedjack has been released: Feedjack 0.9.9.
Changes:

Fixed i18n related bugs in the templates
Fixed a bug related to the –settings option in feedjack_update.py
The feeds per user, tag and user/tag are working again
You can choose between rss2 and atom in the feeds for user, tag and
user/tag
The default /feed/ url now redirects to /feed/atom/ instead [...]

Release: Feedjack 0.9.8 - Feed aggregator

A new version of Feedjack has been released: Feedjack 0.9.8
Changes:

Internationalization (petar)
Fixed and infinite loop in feedjack_update.py (do’h!) (petar)
Added Serbian (Latin) translation (petar)
Updated the feedparser calls in feedjack_update.py (petar)
Added Spanish translation (predius)

Thanks to Petar Marić for all his hard work! This release is 90% his work :-)

Guido van Rossum and Django Redux

Some moths ago I wrote about the BDFL considering the use of the Django web framework.
Cronologically it went like this:
Please Teach me Web Frameworks for Python! (2006-01-27)
Literally a cry for help. He didn’t quite like the magic in Django, considering he used a pre magic-removal version.
Web Framework Redux (2006-01-30)
Perhaps WSGI represents the “blank slate” approach; [...]

Feedjack got a new home

Things have been moving in the Feedjack front. There are new planets using it, like Debian Perú, Planet SCM and Planet Python@TW, but also apps that use use feedjack on the background like Ian Holman’s Economy Chat and VC Chat.
Also in the news: Feedjack just went into the FreeBSD ports, and I hope to see [...]