spyce-announce — Spyce announcements

[Spyce-announce] 2.1 released

[Jonathan E. <jon...@ca...>]

http://spyce.sourceforge.net/docs/whats-new-2-1.html

enjoy!

-Jonathan
-- 
C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce.  --Scott McKay

[Spyce-announce] spyce 2.0-final released

[Jonathan E. <jon...@si...>]

Spyce 2.0-final is available at http://spyce.sourceforge.net/docs/get.html.

Changes since 2.0-beta:
     - mod_python fixes
     - fix sometimes ignoring config.debug option
     - updated concurrency protection for more general case of all spyce_cache 
accesses
     - added indexExtensions option to spyceconf
       - included code by John Reese
     - added contrib/spyce.el (Emacs Spyce mode)
     - added form:date tag

complete changelog:
http://svn-hosting.com/svn/spyce/branches/spyce-2.0/CHANGES

-Jonathan

[Spyce-announce] spyce 2.0 beta available

[Jonathan E. <jon...@si...>]

Spyce 2.0 beta is finally available for download: 
http://spyce.sourceforge.net/docs/get.html.

The main Spyce site has been updated with the new docs, examples, and demos.

Full changelog is here: 
http://svn-hosting.com/svn/spyce/trunk/spyce/CHANGES; highlights include

   new-style active tags
     - http://spyce.sourceforge.net/docs/doc-tag_new2.html
   OpenACS-like (Tiles-ish, for you JSP people) parent/child templating 
system
     - roughly the same speed as include.spyce, so using one parent template
       has about 1/2 the overhead as the old standard
       two-includes-for-header-and-footer.
     - http://spyce.sourceforge.net/docs/doc-tag_core.html#parent
   Active Handlers
     reusable components without the leaky abstraction of ASP.NET et al.
     - http://spyce.sourceforge.net/docs/doc-lang_handlers.html

-Jonathan

[Spyce-announce] spyce v1.3.11 released

[Rimon B. <ba...@cs...>]

Spyce v1.3.11 released on 7 July 2003

SPYCE is a server-side language that supports simple and efficient
Python-based dynamic HTML generation. Those who are familiar with JSP,
PHP, or ASP and like Python, should have a look at Spyce. Its modular
design makes it very flexible and extensible. It can also be used as a
command-line utility for static text pre-processing.

Get it at:
  http://spyce.sourceforge.net

Important changes since v1.3.10:
  - parser rewritten; compile times are now 2-6x times faster!
    (i.e. if you use CGI, the command-line interface, or frequently
    modify files during development, you'll greatly benefit from
    this release)
  - daemon mode for spyce webserver
  - exposed functionality for integration with Coil MVC framework
  - miscellaneous user-requested fixes

Enjoy,
Rimon.


Change log:
v1.3.11
  user request: daemon webserver mode
  fix: mod_python flush problem
  performance: rewrote tokenizer/parser
    - no longer using clusmy parser generator package
    - still pure python, compilation times between 2-6x faster
  user request: expose functionality to define spyceProcess function
    with arbitrary parameters, and pass in parameters... helps
    Coil framework with Spyce integration
  fix: spyce webserver not performing path manipulations correctly
    on Windows
  fix: spyce.mime file not copied for .rpm and Windows installers

v1.3.10
  Default development configuration changed to:
    Apache 2.0.40 and Python 2.2.x
    Release testing will be performed:
      both on Linux and Windows
      under CGI, FastCGI and mod_python
    Other versions of Apache and Python should continue to work, but
    will not be tested. I am depending on user feedback to catch any
    errant bugs under these older configurations.
  fix: spyceWWW properly deals with directory URLs that don't end in '/'
  fix: request.getpost1/postget1() now accept default values
  fix: memory cache checks file permission as well as modification time
  fix: makefile was including .pyc/.pyo files in tarball
  fix: spyce.vim syntax highlighting for spyce lambdas
  fix: error module should be loaded last to avoid stdout module being
    unloaded on error, thereby causing print statements to no longer go
    to the browser during error handling
  fix: error module setHandler used incorrect variable name, causing
    setHandler to fail
  updated spyce.vim syntax file for JSP/ASP like delimeters
    spyce.vim now included in vim distribution
  rpm generates spyceParserTable.py
    (allowing for different versions of python)
  added 'no-store' and 'must-revalidate' to response.uncacheable()
  added pageerror configuration option to modify default page-level handler
  rpm now requires http >2.0 and python >2.2 installed

For prior release information, refer to the CHANGES file.

[Spyce-announce] Spyce v1.3.10 released

[Rimon B. <ba...@cs...>]

Spyce v1.3.10 released on 27 April 2003

SPYCE is a server-side language that supports simple and efficient
Python-based dynamic HTML generation. Those who are familiar with JSP,
PHP, or ASP and like Python, should have a look at Spyce. Its modular
design makes it very flexible and extensible. It can also be used as a
command-line utility for static text pre-processing.

Get it at:
  http://spyce.sourceforge.net

Changes since v1.3.9:
 - default Spyce development environment upgraded:
     Python v2.2.x
     Apache v2.0.x
   existing support for older versions of Python and Apache unchanged.
 - updated RPM dependencies to reflect development environment
 - added pageerror configuration option to allow for default page-level
   error handlers.
 - user-suggested improvements to standard librarier and user-reported bug
   fixes -- refer to change log for details
 - updated vim syntax file

Enjoy,
Rimon.


Change Log

v1.3.10
  Default development configuration changed to:
    Apache 2.0.40 and Python 2.2.x
    Release testing will be performed:
      both on Linux and Windows
      under CGI, FastCGI and mod_python
    Other versions of Apache and Python should continue to work, but
    will not be tested. I am depending on user feedback to catch any
    errant bugs under these older configurations.
  fix: spyceWWW properly deals with directory URLs that don't end in '/'
  fix: request.getpost1/postget1() now accept default values
  fix: memory cache checks file permission as well as modification time
  fix: makefile was including .pyc/.pyo files in tarball
  fix: spyce.vim syntax highlighting for spyce lambdas
  fix: error module should be loaded last to avoid stdout module being
    unloaded on error, thereby causing print statements to no longer go
    to the browser during error handling
  fix: error module setHandler used incorrect variable name, causing
    setHandler to fail
  updated spyce.vim syntax file for JSP/ASP like delimeters
    spyce.vim now included in vim distribution
  rpm generates spyceParserTable.py
    (allowing for different versions of python)
  added 'no-store' and 'must-revalidate' to response.uncacheable()
  added pageerror configuration option to modify default
    page-level handler
  rpm now requires http >2.0 and python >2.2 installed

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[Remi D. <re...@py...>]

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[Spyce-announce] spyce v1.3.9 released

[Rimon B. <ba...@cs...>]

Spyce v1.3.9 released on 1 March 2002

SPYCE is a server-side language that supports simple and efficient
Python-based dynamic HTML generation. Those who are familiar with JSP,
PHP, or ASP and like Python, should have a look at Spyce. Its modular
design makes it very flexible and extensible. It can also be used as a
command-line utility for static text pre-processing.

Get it at:
  http://spyce.sourceforge.net

Changes since the previous release annoucement (v1.3.5):
  - improved built-in webserver
  - added support for ASP/JSP-like syntax
  - minor fixes and documentation updates

Enjoy,
Rimon.


Change log:
v1.3.9
  spyceWWW web server improved
    - configuration options integrated into spyce.conf
    - handler mechanism created
    - defined spyce and dump handlers
    - reads Apache format mime-type definition files
    - .spy files ==> spyce handler; rest ==> dump handler
    - can display directory listings
    - configuration options added accordingly
    - corresponding documentation changed
  documentation restructured to explain common configuration file
    options in the runtime section
  fix: docs/examples/*.gif added to rpm and windows installer
  expanded section on how to get Spyce running under IIS via CGI

v1.3.8
  user request:
    modified request.get/post/get1/post1/env() to accept default values
    (note: will break code that provided caseInsensitive parameter by
      position)
    added request.getpost/getpost1/postget/postget1/default() methods
  bug fixes: python 1.5 backwards compatibility issues in the following
    online examples: gif.spy, myPortal.spy, mysession.spy

v1.3.7
  support for ASP-style delimeters -- <% %>
  use of Bastion eliminated, due to Python deprecation

v1.3.6
  info.spy example updated to deal with implicitly loaded taglib module
  minor documentation fix for doc-mod_include
  quotes for the PythonPath in httpd.conf

[Spyce-announce] spyce v1.3.5 released

[Rimon B. <ba...@cs...>]

Spyce v1.3.5 released on 19 January 2002

SPYCE is a server-side language that supports simple and efficient
Python-based dynamic HTML generation. Those who are familiar with JSP,
PHP, or ASP and like Python, should have a look at Spyce. Its modular
design makes it very flexible and extensible. It can also be used as a
command-line utility for static text pre-processing.

Get it at:
  http://spyce.sourceforge.net

Taglib and Spylambda modules now loaded implicitly, but only when tags and
spyce lambdas are used, respectively, for improved performance. Makefile
install rule made more portable; removed -D switch that is not available
on MacOS X and FreeBSD versions of install. The automaton module was
improved to allow the easy definition of an entire state-machine, and the
EOFError exception is now properly handled when file-based Spyce caching
is turned on.

Change log
v1.3.5
  taglib and spylambda modules loaded implicitly only when needed
    (i.e. when tags or spyce lambdas are actually used in a given file)
  make install made more portable; removed install -D switch
  EOFError now handled for file-based spyce caching (strange Windows bug?)
  improvements to automaton module

Enjoy,
Rimon.

[Spyce-announce] spyce v1.3.4 released

[Rimon B. <ba...@cs...>]

Spyce v1.3.4 released on 12 Dec 2002

SPYCE is a server-side language that supports simple and efficient
Python-based dynamic HTML generation. Those who are familiar with JSP,
PHP, or ASP and like Python, should have a look at Spyce. Its modular
design makes it very flexible and extensible. It can also be used as a
command-line utility for static text pre-processing.

Get it at:
  http://spyce.sourceforge.net

Improved explanations of the autosession functionality in the session
module based. Changed how request filename is computed under mod_pythod to
be slightly more reliable. Fixed Windows installer: it was unable to
determine the Python path under certain conditions and bailed. -- Thanks
for all the user feedback.

Change log
v1.3.4
  doc updates - session module
  minor mod_python bug - filename attribute used over environment
  fix - windows installer unable to find python executable in some cases

Enjoy,
Rimon.

[Spyce-announce] spyce v1.3.3 released

[Rimon B. <barr@CS.Cornell.EDU>]

Spyce v1.3.3 released on 2 Dec 2002

SPYCE is a server-side engine that supports simple and efficient
Python-based dynamic HTML generation. Those who like Python and are
familiar with JSP, or PHP, or ASP, should have a look at this engine. It
allows one to generate dynamic HTML content just as easily, using Python
for the dynamic parts. Its modular design makes it very flexible and
extensible. It can also be used as a command-line utility for HTML
pre-processing.

Get it at:
  http://spyce.sourceforge.net

Fixes, a new examples/info.spy, and the tracking Spyce invocation
mechanism (proxy, cgi, fcgi, modpython).

Enjoy,
Rimon.


v1.3.3
  examples/info.spy added
  keep track of spyce entry point, added to spyce header
  fix - CGI fails (only on Apache2.0!) with GET info due to v1.3.2 changes
  fix - typo in core:if tag

[Spyce-announce] spyce v1.3.2 released

[Rimon B. <ba...@cs...>]

Spyce v1.3.2 released on 1 Dec 2002

SPYCE is a server-side engine that supports simple and efficient
Python-based dynamic HTML generation. Those who like Python and are
familiar with JSP, or PHP, or ASP, should have a look at this engine. It
allows one to generate dynamic HTML content just as easily, using Python
for the dynamic parts. Its modular design makes it very flexible and
extensible. It can also be used as a command-line utility for HTML
pre-processing.

Get it at:
  http://spyce.sourceforge.net

Grisha released mod_python 3.0.1 today for Apache 2.0.40 and Python 2.2.1
and up. Spyce has been updated to work with this release of mod_python as
well. To summarize the known configurations that are known work well (and
are often tested by me *):

  Linux:
  * Apache 1.3.x  with FastCGI          - works
    Apache 2.0.x  with FastCGI          - unknown, FastCGI still alpha
  * Apache 1.3.x  with CGI              - works (slow)
    Apache 2.0.x  with CGI              - works (slow)
  * Apache 1.3.x  with mod_python 2.7.x - works
    Apache 2.0.x  with mod_python 3.0.x - works
  * Apache 1.3.x  with proxy            - works
    Apache 2.0.x  with proxy            - works
  * command-line                        - works
    Xitami via CGI                      - works (Jim Madsen)
    Xitami via Xitami LWRP              - works (Jim Madsen)
  Windows: (not tested as often)
    same as above, except...
    Apache 2.0.x  with mod_python       - unknown whether mod_python
                                          v3.0.1 works on Windows yet
    should work on 2000, NT and XP.
    not sure about 95, 98, ME
  FastCGI:
    IIS via CGI                         - works
    IIS via FastCGI                     - works
    others                              - unknown
  CGI and proxy server:
    should work in any environment
  MacOS X:
    reported to work in some configuration by user
  FreeBSD:
    reported to work in some configuration by user

There were also some small tweaks to Windows installer and config file
that should make it more robust across more versions of Apache. Also there
was a switch back to the sre regular expression module. This should not
affect most users at all. But, watch for stack overruns and please report.
(see the changelog below.)

Enjoy,
Rimon.


v1.3.2
  mod_python 3.0.1 compatibility
  - switched to sre module, despite stack limits, because
    pre module conflicts with pcre shared object that apache uses
    (actually, just fails on some complicate reg.exps!)
    This implies that very, very long spyce files might fail, until
    sre module implements a state-machine-based reg.exp engine.
  - apacheRequest.connection.child_num mysteriously removed,
    therefore using os.getpid() in spyceModpyRequest.getServerID()
  spyceApache.conf tweaked (should be more compatible)
  installHelper.py converts backslash to forward slash
    for httpd.conf on Windows
  switched from pre to sre module in spyceCompile.py
    - reason: Apache 2.0.x uses different pcre library from Python
        causing failure under mod_python
    - pre was used over the default (sre) because sre implementation is
        stack-based and encountered overruns... Oh, well! Don't write
        Spyce files that blow the stack until sre is fixed.

[Spyce-announce] spyce v1.3.1 released

[Rimon B. <barr@CS.Cornell.EDU>]

Spyce v1.3.1 released on 27 Nov 2002

SPYCE is a server-side engine that supports simple and efficient
Python-based dynamic HTML generation. Those who like Python and are
familiar with JSP, or PHP, or ASP, should have a look at this engine. It
allows one to generate dynamic HTML content just as easily, using Python
for the dynamic parts. Its modular design makes it very flexible and
extensible. It can also be used as a command-line utility for HTML
pre-processing.

Get it at:
  http://spyce.sourceforge.net

Bug-fixes and other minor things:
  fix - wrapped thread-unsafe yacc-like package with lock
  renamed util module to spyceUtil.py
    - conflict with python1.5 site-package
  renamed cache.py, lock.py (just in case)
  made website update script faster

Enjoy,
Rimon.

[Spyce-announce] spyce v1.3.0 released

[Rimon B. <barr@CS.Cornell.EDU>]

Spyce v1.3.0 released on 25 Nov 2002

SPYCE is a server-side engine that supports simple and efficient
Python-based dynamic HTML generation. Those who like Python and are
familiar with JSP, or PHP, or ASP, should have a look at this engine. It
allows one to generate dynamic HTML content just as easily, using Python
for the dynamic parts. Its modular design makes it very flexible and
extensible. It can also be used as a command-line utility for HTML
pre-processing.

Get it at:
  http://spyce.sourceforge.net

A major release with a new language feature: active tags.
  see: http://spyce.sourceforge.net/doc-tag.html
  Please refer to the change-log below.

Enjoy,
Rimon.

---
Partial Change Log:

v1.3.0
  active tags introduced
    - see: http://spyce.sourceforge.net/doc-tag.html
    - [[.taglib]] directive added
    - taglib spyce module added
    - compiler changes to deal with active tags
    - tagging infrastructure (spyceTag, spyceTagPlus, spyceTagLibrary)
        - see: spyceTags.py
        - user-defined active tag libraries possible
        - see: http://spyce.sourceforge.net/doc-tag_new.html
    - core active tag library
        see: tags/core.py
        see: http://spyce.sourceforge.net/doc-tag_core.html
    - tag libraries loaded from same path as modules
    - compiler syntax checking improved
      - check for unbalanced parens
      - check for unbalanced active tags
      - extensible syntax checking for active tags

v1.2.10
  bugfix - typo in spyceWWW caused threading mode startup failure

[Spyce-announce] spyce v1.2.10 released

[Rimon B. <barr@CS.Cornell.EDU>]

Spyce v1.2.10 released on 23 Nov 2002

SPYCE is a server-side engine that supports simple and efficient
Python-based dynamic HTML generation. Those who like Python and are
familiar with JSP, or PHP, or ASP, should have a look at this engine. It
allows one to generate dynamic HTML content just as easily, using Python
for the dynamic parts. Its modular design makes it very flexible and
extensible. It can also be used as a command-line utility for HTML
pre-processing.

Get it at:
  http://spyce.sourceforge.net

Minor bug fix for typo introduced in v1.2.9. (see change log)

---
Partial Change Log:

v1.2.10
  bugfix - typo in spyceWWW caused threading mode startup failure

v1.2.9
  stdout.push() can now accept no file argument
  stdout.pop() now returns captured output
  stdout.capture() added
    see: examples/stdout.spy and stdout module docs
  session_user session handler added in session module
    see: examples/mysession.spy and session module docs
  spylambda.define() can now memoize
    see: http://spyce.sourceforge.net/doc-mod_lambda.html
  memoized spyce lambda syntax: [[spy! ...: ...]]
    see: http://spyce.sourceforge.net/doc-lang_lambda.html
  slight modification to spyce.vim syntax file
  response.addHeader() now support replacement
  response.timestamp(), expire(), expireRel(), lastModified()
      and uncacheable() methods added
    see: http://spyce.sourceforge.net/doc-mod_response.html
  performance!

v1.2.8
  links page added
  spyce VIM syntax file updated; deals with spyce lambdas
  include module improvements
  - 'vars' field added
  - included file can return value
  - documentation updated, specifically regarding use of 'context'

...

[Spyce-announce] spyce v1.2.9 released

[Rimon B. <barr@CS.Cornell.EDU>]

Spyce v1.2.9 released on 22 Nov 2002

SPYCE is a server-side engine that supports simple and efficient
Python-based dynamic HTML generation. Those who like Python and are
familiar with JSP, or PHP, or ASP, should have a look at this engine. It
allows one to generate dynamic HTML content just as easily, using Python
for the dynamic parts. Its modular design makes it very flexible and
extensible. It can also be used as a command-line utility for HTML
pre-processing.

Get it at:
  http://spyce.sourceforge.net

This release includes lots of outstanding feature requests:
  - lots of updates to the stdout, session, response and spylambda modules
      (see change log)
  - capturing output and memoized spylambda execution

Enjoy,
Rimon.
---
Partial Change Log:

v1.2.9
  stdout.push() can now accept no file argument
  stdout.pop() now returns captured output
  stdout.capture() added
    see: examples/stdout.spy and stdout module docs
  session_user session handler added in session module
    see: examples/mysession.spy and session module docs
  spylambda.define() can now memoize
    see: http://spyce.sourceforge.net/doc-mod_lambda.html
  memoized spyce lambda syntax: [[spy! ...: ...]]
    see: http://spyce.sourceforge.net/doc-lang_lambda.html
  slight modification to spyce.vim syntax file
  response.addHeader() now support replacement
  response.timestamp(), expire(), expireRel(), lastModified()
      and uncacheable() methods added
    see: http://spyce.sourceforge.net/doc-mod_response.html
  performance!

v1.2.8
  links page added
  spyce VIM syntax file updated; deals with spyce lambdas
  include module improvements
  - 'vars' field added
  - included file can return value
  - documentation updated, specifically regarding use of 'context'

...

[Spyce-announce] spyce v1.2.8; new spyce-announce list

[Rimon B. <barr@CS.Cornell.EDU>]

Spyce v1.2.8 released on 19 Nov 2002

SPYCE is a server-side engine that supports simple and efficient
Python-based dynamic HTML generation. Those who like Python and are
familiar with JSP, or PHP, or ASP, should have a look at this engine. It
allows one to generate dynamic HTML content just as easily, using Python
for the dynamic parts. Its modular design makes it very flexible and
extensible. It can also be used as a command-line utility for HTML
pre-processing.

Get it at:
  http://spyce.sourceforge.net

This release includes:
  - VIM syntax highlighting file update
  - new links page, for spyce related info on the web
  - include module improvements
    - 'vars' field added
    - included file can return value
    - documentation updated, specifically regarding use of 'context'

Spyce v1.2.8 should be quite stable, since Spyce v1.2.7 was extensively
tested and no problems were reported. This release does not contain any
engine changes, and only a minor update to include module code.

Regarding this list and announcements... Based on initial user response,
it seems that a spyce-announce list is desired. It has been created.  The
spyce-annouce list will contain only release annoucements and other
information of importance to the Spyce community. It is not open to
general message posting. This list will no longer contain annoucements
(after this one) that are posted to the spyce-annouce list, and will be
used for general Spyce-related questions, answers and discussions. Users
who wish to receive both kinds of email are advised to subscribe to
spyce-announce. You may do so via the following link:
  http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=53655

Enjoy,
Rimon.
---

Partial Change Log:

v1.2.8
  links page added
  spyce VIM syntax file updated; deals with spyce lambdas
  include module improvements
  - 'vars' field added
  - included file can return value
  - documentation updated, specifically regarding use of 'context'

v1.2.7
  internal restructuring continues
  - separated spyce exceptions
  - separated spyce configuration
  - expanded spyce API and spyceServer
  - spyce.spyceDone now imported as spyceDone
  simplified spyceModule
  - renamed wrapper field, to _api
  - old spyceModule available as spyceModulePlus
  - all standard modules updated
  fixed - syntax errors were not reported properly
  file-based spyce caching, with config option
  performance improvements