Re: [Visualpython-users] 5.11 version for 32 bit Ubuntu Jaunty (and some fixes)

[Bruce S. <Bru...@nc...>]

Warning: I do not accept the notion of removing the full importation of 
numpy and math without vastly more discussion. There were and are good 
reasons for the existing scheme, and changing this will break existing 
programs right and left, programs that large numbers of people depend 
on. Most of these people are students and instructors who aren't working 
on Linux, so there's little immediate danger. And I accept that for some 
advanced users cleaning the name space can be useful. But it should be 
understood that this is for "consenting adults." My concern is that it 
could be very difficult for someone who is not expert to be able to 
figure out what has gone wrong.

Bruce Sherwood

Guy K. Kloss wrote:
> OK, creating a proper Debian package for Jaunty/Python 2.6 was a bit of a 
> challgenge. Gladly Jonas Smedegaard has recently created packages for the 
> upcoming Karmic Koala (9.10) release. So it was just a matter of a backport 
> making it *much* easier.
>
> Additionally I have patched the 5.11 version to not wildcard import visual, 
> numpy and math all over the place. So the name space is not polluted and 
> VPython should play much more nicely with other Python stuff on the system.
>
> Both packages are available for download here:
>
> https://gutefee.massey.ac.nz/moin/Python/3D
>
> (You need to accept the self signed certificate as an exception to get the 
> packages)
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Guy
>
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