SimPy is a process-based discrete-event simulation library written in pure Python.

Ontje Lünsdorf and I have already contributed to prior version of SimPy and now have become members of the SimPy team.

In SimPy 2.2, we have restructured the package layout to be conform to the Hitchhiker’s Guide to packaging. We ported the the unit tests (524 test cases) to pytest. We improved and cleaned up parts of the documentation and finally, we fixed the behavior of Store._put—thanks to Johannes Koomer for the heads-up and the fix.

You can download SimPy from PyPI.

It’s been a while since I released a new version of Tea Timer. But finally, here it is: Tea Timer 1.8 (beta)!

I resolved (or rejected ;-)) most of the issues that arose during the last couple of months. Unfortunately, I could not reproduce all bugs, so that’s why there is this beta.

Things that have changed:

• Alarms are now called asynchronously, so the sound, voice and Growl message appear all at the same time (instead of sequentially after each other as before).
• The list of alarm sounds and voices is now created dynamically and thus contain Lion’s new voices.
• Fixed a bug with keep alarming and sticky Growl messages. You won’t get flooded by them anymore. Instead, there will be only one sticky Growl message when keep alarming is activated.
• Editing the fields for the timer target (e.g. “Tea”) or ready in / in during a countdown will now longer reset the countdown. However, editing the countdown time during an active countdown will reset the countdown accordingly.
• Finally, there is a pink background!

Thins I didn’t change:

• I could not reproduce the rendering problems on Lion.
• I could not reproduce issue #15.

If you find any bugs and have Dashcode installed, please also test the widget there. It might help to reproducing (and fixing) the problems. Dashboard widgets are just HTML/CSS/JavaScript, so don’t be afraid. ;-)

You can find the issue tracker at bitbucket.

Download Tea Timer 1.8b1