From: Samuele P. <ped...@st...> - 2006-03-28 15:16:46
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Ray Djajadinata wrote: >>Just some musings on this. Since this company you reference is obviously >>benefiting substantially from Jython, maybe you could sell your superiors >>on donating $50K or so to the Python Software Foundation earmarked to >>making the improvements to Jython you want to you can use it more widely? >> >> > >If this happens it'd be great :) > >That said, I wonder if the PSF grant has been helpful in this regard? I've got the impression that right now Jython is maintained/developed by a few brave & benevolent souls who are taking their spare time to do this--a no less than heroic feat. Has the grant been helpful or it hasn't been, er, granted at all, because of the missed milestones in April, July, and November 2005? > > > > well, I think people underestimate how difficult to maintain the codebase is, it takes a lot of time to absorb enough of it such that making changes does not too easely break things or subtly change the presented behavior. So its cleanup, which of course is a delicate thing in itself, is a very important priority. Also CPython is not going to slow down for us, being ruthless at prioritizing is central. |