Overview

Python for Maemo (PyMaemo for short) was brought to the public at end of 2005 by INdT. It is the result of an effort to provide Python programming language support on Maemo Platform. PyMaemo is designed to have a smaller size and has some optimizations to be more responsive in Maemo based devices. Among this, there is a constant effort to increase the number of modules available on the platform. Putting all together, it provides a better alternative for fast prototyping and programming in Maemo environment besides the C programming language.

More information can be found in our FAQ.

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News

2008/04/22

• Package containing Python 2.5.2 for Maemo.
• Distributions: OS2007/OS2008.
• SDK: Maemo3.2 (Bora)/ Maemo4.0 (Chinook).
• Bugfixes OS2007/2008:
• Readline support included again (the last build has missed this feature)

2008/01/16

• Package containing bugfixes and new modules to Python 2.5.1 for Maemo.
• Distributions: OS2007/OS2008.
• SDK: Maemo3.2 (Bora)/ Maemo4.0 (Chinook).
• Release notes: PyMaemo for OS2006 discontinued.
• Bugfixes OS2007/2008:
• Closes #1039, #1544, #1673, #1720, #1721, #1726, #1862, #1938, #1950 and #2009
• Bugfixes OS2008 only:
• Closes #1195, #1565 and #1696
• New Modules:
• pysetuptools
• python-sdk (dev packages)
• pyopenssl

2007/11/07

• Cython and Storm available

These packages are available for OS2007 and OS2008(Chinook Beta). Cython, used mostly by developers, is only available through apt-get.

2007/10/25

• PyMaemo Beta for Chinook Beta

We have just released PyMaemo for Chinook Beta. To use it inside your scratchbox just add the following lines in your /etc/apt/sources.list (inside scratchbox, target SDK_BETA):

            deb http://repository.maemo.org chinook free non-free 
            deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras chinook free non-free
            

After this, install using:

            apt-get update
            apt-get install python2.5-runtime
            

2007/10/24

• Package containing bugfixes and new modules to Python 2.5.1 for Maemo (r0.4-13).
• Distributions: OS2006 / Hacker Edition and OS2007.
• SDK: Maemo2.2 (Gregale) and Maemo3.0 (Bora).
• Release notes: *Gregale version only contains bugfixes
• Closes #946, #988, #1000, #1040, #1070, #1084 and #1520
• Includes new osso examples
• PycURL included (only OS2007)
• At Chinook's release we will discontinue PyMaemo for OS2006

2007/08/23

• Py-GPSbt and Py-abook modules

We have just released Python-GPSbt and Python-abook, providing access to GPS and address book data. Both modules are available through Application Manager as separate packages. We will collect all user opinions about them and possibly these packages will be included as part of a new PyMaemo release.

GeoClue bindings will be provided as soon as it gets a bit more mature. In fact its possible to access its API using D-Bus calls.

Finally, thanks to Eduardo Rocha for suggestions on how to improve py-gpsbt.

2007/08/20

• Webpage reorganization.

After a long time without any layout modification it was time to better organize all the information available. Highlights:

• New menu entries, with easy access to key information
• Cleanup and reorganization of all pages
• A FAQ was included

2007/07/19

• Package containing bugfixes and pyrex upgrade - Python 2.5.1 for Maemo.
• Distributions: Hacker Edition and OS2007.
• SDK: Maemo3.x (Bora).
• Release notes:
• Closes #997
• pyrex upgraded to v0.9.5.1

2007/06/27

• Package containing bugfixes and new modules to Python 2.5.1 for Maemo.
• Distributions: OS2006 / Hacker Edition and OS2007.
• SDK: Maemo2.2 (Gregale) and Maemo3.0 (Bora).
• Release notes:
• Closes #898, #904, #905, #919, #924, #928, #929, #938, #942 and #947
• Includes osso-help and osso-ic
• Includes new osso examples
• iPython upgraded to v0.8.1 (plus removal of python2.5-dev dependency)

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