Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'url:pypi': 0.03; 'attribute': 0.07; 'elements.': 0.07; 'subject:released': 0.07; 'chunk': 0.09; 'earliest': 0.09; 'from:addr:simplistix.co.uk': 0.09; 'from:name:chris withers': 0.09; 'message- id:@simplistix.co.uk': 0.09; 'received:server1.simplistix.co.uk': 0.09; 'received:simplistix.co.uk': 0.09; 'url:github': 0.09; 'martin': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'anchors': 0.16; 'merged': 0.16; 'panter': 0.16; 'received:buzzkill.local': 0.16; 'release:': 0.16; 'simplistix': 0.16; 'to:name:python list': 0.16; 'url:issues': 0.16; 'url:simplistix': 0.16; 'xlrd': 0.16; 'ignore': 0.16; 'fix': 0.17; 'all,': 0.19; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'bytes': 0.24; 'from:addr:chris': 0.24; 'skip': 0.24; 'stephen': 0.24; 'cheers,': 0.24; 'references': 0.26; 'updating': 0.26; 'excel': 0.26; 'supported': 0.26; 'to:2**1': 0.27; 'function': 0.29; 'chris': 0.29; 'related': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; 'comments': 0.31; 'changes:': 0.31; 'dropped': 0.31; 'font': 0.31; 'object.': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.33; 'announce': 0.33; 'implemented': 0.33; 'convert': 0.35; 'objects': 0.35; '2.6': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'two': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'files': 0.38; 'issue': 0.38; 'list,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'release': 0.40; 'read': 0.60; 'full': 0.61; 'url:3': 0.61; 'john': 0.61; 'here:': 0.62; 'details': 0.65; 'url:0': 0.67; 'between': 0.67; 'url:co': 0.67; 'serial': 0.72; 'records': 0.73; 'email addr:googlegroups.com': 0.95 Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 09:42:12 +0100 From: Chris Withers User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Python List , python-excel@googlegroups.com Subject: xlrd 0.9.3 released! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 55 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1397119339 news.xs4all.nl 2964 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:50472 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:70024 Hi All, I'm pleased to announce the release of xlrd 0.9.3: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd/0.9.3 This release includes the following changes: - Github issue #49 - Github issue #64 - skip meaningless chunk of 4 zero bytes between two otherwise-valid BIFF records - Github issue #61 - fix updating of escapement attribute of Font objects read from workbooks. - Implemented Sheet.visibility for xlsx files - Ignore anchors ($) in cell references - Dropped support for Python 2.5 and earlier, Python 2.6 is now the earliest Python release supported - Read xlsx merged cell elements. - Read cell comments in .xlsx files - Added xldate_to_datetime() function to convert from Excel serial date/time to datetime.datetime object. Thanks to the following for their contributions to this release: - John Machin - Caleb Epstein - Martin Panter - John McNamara - Gunnlaugur Þór Briem - Stephen Lewis If you find any problems, please ask about them on the python-excel@googlegroups.com list, or submit an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/python-excel/xlrd/issues Full details of all things Python and Excel related can be found here: http://www.python-excel.org/ cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Batch Processing & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk