As predicted here, PyS60 team releases one more PyS60 dot release in the series of 1.9.x releases.

Some additions as below, and as said earlier, baby steps are always good.

New features with PyS60 1.9.4

• A single Nokia signed runtime package which can be installed on all S60 3rd ED and above devices is available.(size with dependencies=2.8MB, actual size if runtime ~1MB)
• Improved Application Packager: The PyS60 application packager now scans the Python application being packaged and picks up the missing Python modules on which the application is dependent and packages them along with the application files.
• Easier runtime deployment: Python runtime and its dependent components can be installed by just running any Python application packaged using 1.9.4 application packager. (Only available from S60 3rd edition FP2 devices onwards with latest firmware)
• Two new APIs added to the socket module - access_points() and set_default_access_point() which have similar functionality to the APIs present in btsocket module.
• Two new APIs  added to e32 module - get_capabilities() and has_capabilities(). The former can be used to get the capabilities, the application has been signed with, and the latter to check if a given list of capabilities is granted to the application or not.
• New mode to appuifw.app.screen - 'full_max' which can be used to achieve fullscreen on devices that don't have Left Soft Key and Right Soft Key(e.g.: Nokia 5800).

May be few more dot releases should lead to a final product - PyS60 2.0 - pretty soon!

You can download the release from maemo garage
garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=854

Last month, the Forum Nokia Wiki organised a Edit and Win Wiki Contest.

As the name suggests, the competetion had a prime focus on editing articles and we did get a very good response from the contributors, all over the world. All articles edited during the time period of the competetion were subjectively judged on how well they are edited, what additional content is provided and the number of Edits during the period of competetion.

It is great pleasure to announce the four winners of the Edit and Win Wiki Contest. The first overall winner is Savaj with his many useful and insightful edits on the Wiki. First runner-up overall was Mind freak who seemed to have spent all his free time polishing up articles. Since we felt it was not fair to have Forum Nokia champions competing against the general contributor, Kamaljaiswal, was selected as a winner among Forum Nokia champions. Dougcn edited many articles this month through translations and he was the fourth winner of the editing contest.

Forum Nokia Wiki Administration thanks all those who participated in the competetion.

Apart from the contest, Marcelobarrosalmeida ‎ who has contributed several extremely useful Python articles was selected as the Contributor of the Month for March 2009.

I hope you all join me in congratulating these winners.