[Pythoncard-users] PythonCard status (was Re: Odd behaviors of Pythoncard under Ubuntu: errors on exit, StaticText over BitmapCanvas, multiple item move)

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On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 09:22:48 +0200, "Andrew Spagnoletti" <and...@gm...> wrote:

> I have a few questions of my own that I would like to throw out to
> the broader PythonCard community.
> 1. I have attempted to establish what the status of PythonCard is (without
> success), because the project appears to have terminated some years ago.
> Does anyone know? 

I hope it's still being used by quite a lot of people, but it's difficult to tell because the list is so quiet. Kevin has mentioned on the developer list that he's recently tested PythonCard with Python 2.6 and the latest wxPython, and he's going to try and look at one of the Mac-specific issues I mentioned recently.

It's the usual problem though - people have other priorities and I suspect 0.8.2 is good enough for many. I'm using it quite a bit at the moment for simple utilities and I'm trying to learn more about the inner workings because there are some more complex projects that I might be able to use it for in the future. I'm also trying to contribute something back at long last by attempting to duplicate issues other people are finding and if possible doing a bit of debugging. Without knowing how many people are still using PythonCard I don't know whether it'll help anyone or just help satisfy my inner-geekness.

It would be good to blow the dust and cobwebs off the bug/suggestion/to-do lists, and get the project rolling, but we need to know who can help and if it's worth it, i.e. who is still using it.

Maybe to start with, since the list is so quiet, we can do a poll and get an idea of numbers, platforms/versions being used, a top 3 bug/request list and who can contribute? Any takers? I'll start it off if nobody else does....first though I need to go around and work out how many combinations of OS + Python + wxPython I have!

> Is there any comprehensive documentation on PythonCard?

Other than the stuff on the web-site, I tend to rely on examining the source code and when necessary the "wxPython In Action" book.

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