Re: [rox-devel] New System

[Geoff Y. <g...@in...>]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 12:01:39PM -0400, Keith wrote:
> * Thomas Leonard <ta...@ec...> [26/09/2003 0852EDT]:
> [system]
> > This is a complete rewrite, in Python. This means you don't need a C
> > compiler or any library headers to install it (and hopefully we can
> > use a similar technique with other programs).

> Are we certain that a rewrite of this and "other programs" will make
> life easier in the long run?  Easier to *write*, perhaps.  Easier for
> the end user?  Hmm.  Not so sure, given a lot of chatter here (within
> this thread even) seems to be about broken python installations or
> missing dependencies or version conflicts.  Besides, since when is it
> an issue to have a working C compiler and headers on any form of *NIX
> boxen?  ;-)

Bah - installing is so last week: use zero-install ;) 

(Which, incidentally, does make it easier for everyone - the less
architecture specific compiled code, the greater the chance of the one
distro working for everyone... If only Gtk# had DND support :( )

TTFN,


Geoff.