Re: [Pythoncard-users] Software are never finished - just updated (was: RE: Revival of Pythoncard)

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Oops!  Clicked too fast.=0A=0ANot releasing it as 1.0 give people the=0Aimp=
ression that it's dead.  Having such impression makes it=0Auninteresting fo=
r skillful programmers to join in with the development=0Aeffort (sorry, I d=
on't consider myself a "skilful programmer".  And=0Athen it's *really* dead=
. =0A--=0AJohn Henry=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: "kc106_2005-p=
yth...@ya..." <kc1...@ya...>=0ATo: pythoncard-use=
rs...@li...=0ASent: Tuesday, December 5, 2006 2:41:04 PM=0ASub=
ject: Software are never finished - just updated (was: RE: [Pythoncard-user=
s] Revival of Pythoncard)=0A=0AWhy aren't Pythoncard release 1.0?  From whe=
re 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: pythoncard-users-bounces@lists=
.sourceforge.net =0A> [mailto:pyt...@li...=
t] On =0A> Behalf Of Alex Tweedly=0A> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:11=
 AM=0A> To: Andy Ross=0A> Cc: Pycard mailing list; je...@el...=0A> Subj=
ect: Re: [Pythoncard-users] Revival of Pythoncard=0A> =0A> =0A> Andy Ross w=
rote:=0A> =0A> > Hello,=0A> >    I am a High School student at Yorktown Hig=
h School and i worked=0A> > extensively 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 i=
n 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> ce=
rtainly still support from this list, most questions that are asked =0A> ge=
t reasonable answers fairly quickly.  There has been a =0A> (fairly) recent=
 =0A> update to standaloneBuilder, and there is work going on with the =0A>=
 layoutBuilder (mostly to handle sizer-based layouts, and =0A> before that =
to =0A> support multiple component edits).=0A> =0A> It's not been that long=
 since new component support was added =0A> (Notebooks). I don't know of an=
yone currently adding support for 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 rel=
eases (and a couple of years), so =0A> it is, IMHO, =0A> quite reasonable t=
o use PythonCard as a base for non-trivial projects.=0A> =0A> -- =0A> Alex =
Tweedly    al...@tw...   http://www.tweedly.net=0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> -- =
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ng list Pyt...@li...=0Ahttps://lists.sourceforge.=
net/lists/listinfo/pythoncard-users=0A=0A =0A--=0AJohn Henry=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A