[htdig-dev] Python bindings

[Phillip P. <pp...@my...>]

Hi,

Just wondering - is anyone actively working on Python bindings to
ht://Dig?  I've been working on getting it to build as a Python module
so I can hook it in to my Python Community Server project and use it
to search hosted weblogs.  (See http://www.pycs.net/ for more info).

I've got it so "./configure --with-python && make" will build htsearch
as a Python module as well as making htsearch and qtest as usual.

Policy question: Once this is all working, would it be possible for
the Python interface to make it into the default version of ht://Dig,
or would it be better to keep it as a separate branch?  What do you
guys usually do about this sort of thing (language-specific bindings)?

Sorry for asking a question that should be answerable by browsing the
list archives ... but they're not working for me :(

Cheers,
Phil