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Pydra 0.5 Released

Published on September 21, 2009 in Dev Front Page, Distributed Computing, django, Open Source, Pydra and python. 0 Comments

This marks the first beta release of Pydra, a distributed computing framework for python.  While most core features are implemented, at least partially, there are many open tickets in the tracker for bugs and improved features.  While this is not a stable release we felt the project was far enough along that there should be an installable package out there for people to experiment with. The coming months will bring more stability and features as we transition to a scheduled release cycle.

Many thanks to Jakub Gustak, Yin Qiu, and Almir Karic who have contributed code vital to this release.

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Pydra Status Update July ’09

Published on July 20, 2009 in Distributed Computing, django, Open Source, Pydra and python. 0 Comments

We’ve been working on Pydra for more about 6 months now and we’ve come a long way. So where is the project? Pydra is moving closer to a stable release, but there’s a lot to finish. We still expect to have something usable, by most people, by the end of the summer.

There are no releases yet but we’re getting ready to use it in production:

  • We’re close to deploying Pydra with the Protein Geometry Project. I’ve been working bugs out of Pydra while implementing their protein data import tool. The main issues are related to the protein parser rather than Pydra itself.
  • I’ve also deployed a small cluster of a few blades and other random desktop machines we had lying around. We’re throwing it at the Engine Yard Contest just to try out Pydra. The trial attempts have been good, but this was more about kicking the tires on Pydra than winning the contest.

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