From: <kc1...@ya...> - 2006-12-05 22:41:12
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Why aren't Pythoncard release 1.0? From where I am standing, other then a = few issues previously identified, it's more stable then a software package = that I know of which is now at rev 16.4!=0A=0A=0A> -----Original Message---= --=0A> From: pyt...@li... =0A> [mailto:py= tho...@li...] On =0A> Behalf Of Alex Tweedl= y=0A> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:11 AM=0A> To: Andy Ross=0A> Cc: Py= card mailing list; je...@el...=0A> Subject: Re: [Pythoncard-users] Revi= val of Pythoncard=0A> =0A> =0A> Andy Ross wrote:=0A> =0A> > Hello,=0A> > = I am a High School student at Yorktown High School and i worked=0A> > exte= nsively all my junior year with Pythoncard. This year i =0A> wanted to =0A>= > continue my studies but my teacher seems to believe that =0A> Pythoncard= is =0A> > dead. However, i will not give in to that message and i hope for= a =0A> > response that basically says that Pythoncard is not dead yet=0A> = >=0A> > Please prove me right.=0A> =0A> =0A> It's not dead. There isn't a = huge amount happening - but there's =0A> certainly still support from this = list, most questions that are asked =0A> get reasonable answers fairly quic= kly. There has been a =0A> (fairly) recent =0A> update to standaloneBuilde= r, and there is work going on with the =0A> layoutBuilder (mostly to handle= sizer-based layouts, and =0A> before that to =0A> support multiple compone= nt edits).=0A> =0A> It's not been that long since new component support was= added =0A> (Notebooks). I don't know of anyone currently adding support fo= r any =0A> other widgets - but if there is one you need, tell us about it.= =0A> =0A> Even though we haven't reached the "magic" 1.0 release, the =0A> = API has been =0A> stable for a couple of releases (and a couple of years), = so =0A> it is, IMHO, =0A> quite reasonable to use PythonCard as a base for = non-trivial projects.=0A> =0A> -- =0A> Alex Tweedly al...@tw... h= ttp://www.tweedly.net=0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> -- =0A____________________________= ___________________=0APythoncard-users mailing list Pythoncard-users@lists.= sourceforge.net=0Ahttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pythoncard-u= sers=0A=0A =0A--=0AJohn Henry=0A=0A |