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The AI-assisted overhaul of a Python character encoding detection library raises questions about software relicensing and derivative versions of the original (Thomas Claburn/The Register)
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/06/ai_kills_software_licensing/
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Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens
: Alarm bells are ringing in the open source community, but commercial licensing is also at risk

NIVEL week rapportage week 10.
Normaal begin ik met de incidentie 'griepachtige klachten' maar deze is in het kader van pandemische onparaatheid (officieel: beperkte publieke middelen) ... afgeschaft. De monsters maar eerst dus.
Er is 13 keer een influenzavirus gevonden, waarvan bijna de helft H3N2. Geen Sars-Cov-2.
#qp2t

Santa #Python came super early in 2026!
With build 1.4.0, it is now possible to easily dump effective package metadata!
So getting the version of a package in the current directory is now as easy as `pipx run build --metadata 2>/dev/null | jq -r .version`.
This is NOT like parsing pyproject.toml or whatever. It builds the package and looks at the result. So it works even with…

Release 1.4.0 · pypa/build
Add --quiet flag (PR #947) Add option to dump PEP 517 metadata with --metadata (PR #940, PR #943) Support UV environment variable (PR #971) Remove a workaround for 3.14b1 (PR #960) In 3.14 final re...

The rewrite of the Sisyphus server continues, I've got all of the GET endpoints and about 60% of all the endpoints finished overall. Some initial testing on the `/workers` and `/queue` endpoints show some worrying results from the old version and some great results from the new version. The `/workers` endpoint started throwing errors at about 800 RPS on the Python/Flask version (the old one), the rewrite is showing around 4800 RPS (Golang/Gin). The `/queue` endpoint doesn't show a…

from my link log —
How we made Python's packaging library 3x faster.
https://iscinumpy.dev/post/packaging-faster/
saved 2026-01-27 https://

How we made Python's packaging library 3x faster
Along with a pip (and now packaging) maintainer, Damian Shaw, I have been working on making packaging, the library behind almost all packaging related tools, faster at reading versions and specifiers, something tools like pip have to do thousands of times during resolution. Using Python 3.15’s new statistical profiler and metadata from every package ever uploaded to PyPI, I measured and improved core Packaging constructs while keeping the code readable and simple. Reading in Versions can be u…

Once upon a time Python just worked.
Now, on Mac OS, Python is a disaster. Different versions in different virtual environements, homebrew vs pip vs pip3 vs pipx vs ...
It is hard to image how the Python world got itself so bollixed up on MacOS.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
James:
🎵 Sometimes (orchestral version)
#James
https://jamessometimes.bandcamp.com/track/pdm
https://open.spotify.com/track/2OzNItFcLFT9Z9F67WMWHW

how did i not know about tox’s version range syntax!? (i.e., 3{9-14} == 3{9,10,11,12,13,14}) 😍
(added in tox 4.25.0 on 2025-03-27) #python

Jetzt wo ein Gutteil des Lehrkörpers des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen #SOS auf Wikidata verzheichnet ist, lassen sich erste Analysen versuchen. Hier die Liste der Lehrer nach 'Wikipedia-Index' (=Zahl der verknüpften Wikipedia-Seiten): https://w.wiki/Hi3X…

Russische tegoeden gebruiken voor steun aan Kyiv is kennelijk "diefstal op klaarlichte dag"; de gewelddadige beroving van 1/5 van Oekraïne is dat natuurlijk niet. Aldus Poetin.
Poetin blijft bij eisen voor Oekraïne in jaarlijkse urenlange vragensessie https://nos.nl/l/2595277

Poetin blijft bij eisen voor Oekraïne in jaarlijkse urenlange vragensessie
De plannen van EU-landen om bevroren Russische tegoeden te gebruiken voor steun aan Kyiv noemde de president "diefstal op klaarlichte dag".