Re: desktop-devel-list Digest, Vol 5, Issue 77
- From: Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>
- To: desktop-devel-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: desktop-devel-list Digest, Vol 5, Issue 77
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:59:24 +0100
Sean Middleditch wrote, in part:
Depending on Python at this point for any core GNOME module would be
disastrous, IMO. Allowing pygtk/pygnome in the Bindings release
wouldn't be bad; all the GTK apps I've written are in Python, it's a
great language and pygtk is a great binding. I've also already twice
been bitten by python version upgrades over the last year or two, so I
know first hand what a PITA it is, especially when you rely on a third-
party module.
I think this is a bit of an overstatement. AFAIK any GNOME modules
using Python could take steps to mitigate these issues, for instance
explicitly using forward-looking parts of the Python spec that aren't in
2.2 yet, specifying the python version in the .py files, etc.
I think we should allow Python modules in desktop at least.
- Bill
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