[wxPython] Is there anyone working on a Python 2.1 ?

> Also, I'm keen to work with wxPython and Python 2.1 in
> Win32. If its possible to just copy some files from my
> Python20 directory to Python21, I'll be more than happy with
> that - but I'm not an expert on how Python handles
> extensions.

That won't work on win32 since the extension module must link to a

different

version of the Python DLL. On other platforms it can possibly work, (on
Linux I've run wxPython built for Python 1.5.2 with Python 2.0 before,)

but

you'll get lots of warnings about the Python API version mismatch.

Oops, I forgot to say that I plan on making at least another 2.3beta release
soon, once I finish what I currently have in progress. Once that is done
then I'll look at doing Python 2.1 binaries for 2.2.x.

How much interest is there in my continuing to make binaries for 1.5.2? For
2.0?

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How much interest is there in my continuing to make binaries for 1.5.2?
For 2.0?

Much! I have quite a few users who are 'stuck' with 1.5.2 and others who
won't be switching from 2.0 any time soon.

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How much interest is there in my continuing to make binaries for 1.5.2?
For 2.0?

I don't know if it was mentioned on this list, but wxPython was in the top 10
most popular projects on Source Forge last week (#7 I think).

Congratulations!

(Now go to Source Forge and vote for Robin to make him one of the
highest ranked developers, since we missed the boat for the
favorite Python developer vote a couple months ago)

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From: wxpython-users-admin@lists.wxwindows.org
[mailto:wxpython-users-admin@lists.wxwindows.org]O
n Behalf Of Robin Dunn
Sent: 18 April 2001 15:59
To: wxpython-users@lists.wxwindows.org
Subject: Re: [wxPython] Is there anyone working
on a Python 2.1 ?

> > Also, I'm keen to work with wxPython and Python 2.1 in
> > Win32. If its possible to just copy some files from my
> > Python20 directory to Python21, I'll be more
than happy with
> > that - but I'm not an expert on how Python handles
> > extensions.
>
> That won't work on win32 since the extension
module must link to a
different
> version of the Python DLL. On other platforms
it can possibly work, (on
> Linux I've run wxPython built for Python 1.5.2
with Python 2.0 before,)
but
> you'll get lots of warnings about the Python
API version mismatch.
>

Oops, I forgot to say that I plan on making at
least another 2.3beta release
soon, once I finish what I currently have in
progress. Once that is done
then I'll look at doing Python 2.1 binaries for 2.2.x.

Sounds great. In the mean time, I'll investigate the DIY
approach. Time to learn CVS, I suppose...

How much interest is there in my continuing to
make binaries for 1.5.2? For
2.0?

Hmmm. I installed madrake 7.2 last night, and noticed that
the included Python was a 1.5.? release. My limited Linux
experience from the past is more than enough to know that
the linux kernal/library/windowsmanager/whatever version
hell is much worse than Windows DLL hell (the downside to
the frequent updates and multiple vendors), so I'll answer
this question *after* I've tried to update it.

···

-----Original Message-----

I'd consider binaries for the earlier popular Python versions critical to
the success of the project. 1.5.2 and 2.0 will be around for a long time
(1.5.2 is the standard on the unix boxes). The release cycle for 2.0 has
barely started turning (I haven't even got to the point where I trust it to
run the development code and tools, let alone distributing it to the
customers as part of a product. I distribute 1.5.2 or Stackless 1.5.4 if
anything's going out the door.)

Just my opination...
Mike

···

-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Dunn [mailto:robin@alldunn.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 10:59
To: wxpython-users@lists.wxwindows.org
Subject: Re: [wxPython] Is there anyone working on a Python 2.1 ?

> Also, I'm keen to work with wxPython and Python 2.1 in
> Win32. If its possible to just copy some files from my
> Python20 directory to Python21, I'll be more than happy with
> that - but I'm not an expert on how Python handles
> extensions.

That won't work on win32 since the extension module must link to a

different

version of the Python DLL. On other platforms it can possibly work, (on
Linux I've run wxPython built for Python 1.5.2 with Python 2.0 before,)

but

you'll get lots of warnings about the Python API version mismatch.

Oops, I forgot to say that I plan on making at least another 2.3beta release
soon, once I finish what I currently have in progress. Once that is done
then I'll look at doing Python 2.1 binaries for 2.2.x.

How much interest is there in my continuing to make binaries for 1.5.2? For
2.0?

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I don't know if it was mentioned on this list, but wxPython was in the top

10

most popular projects on Source Forge last week (#7 I think).

Congratulations!

Cool! (Does anybody know how they calculate the "Activity Percentile"?)

(Now go to Source Forge and vote for Robin to make him one of the
highest ranked developers, since we missed the boat for the
favorite Python developer vote a couple months ago)

If there's not a goofy looking trophy involved then I'm not interested.
<wink>

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http://wxPython.org Relax with wxPython!

> > Also, I'm keen to work with wxPython and Python 2.1 in
> > Win32. If its possible to just copy some files from my
> > Python20 directory to Python21, I'll be more than happy with
> > that - but I'm not an expert on how Python handles
> > extensions.
>
> That won't work on win32 since the extension module must link to a

different

> version of the Python DLL. On other platforms it can possibly work, (on
> Linux I've run wxPython built for Python 1.5.2 with Python 2.0 before,)

but

> you'll get lots of warnings about the Python API version mismatch.

Oops, I forgot to say that I plan on making at least another 2.3beta
release soon, once I finish what I currently have in progress. Once that
is done then I'll look at doing Python 2.1 binaries for 2.2.x.

How much interest is there in my continuing to make binaries for 1.5.2?
For 2.0?

As far as I know, There are still a lot of distributions of Linux that ships
python
1.5.2 as standard.

  - Mandrake
  - Redhat
  - Debian

But Slackware ships: 2.0
I wasn't able to find what uses Suse...
I suppose this is a good point for keeping comptatibility ?
Of course, I suppose it's clear that most people on windows have moved to 2.0
...

···

Robin Dunn wrote on the Mercredi 18 Avril 2001 16:59 :

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> How much interest is there in my continuing to make binaries for 1.5.2?
> For 2.0?
As far as I know, There are still a lot of distributions of Linux that ships
python
1.5.2 as standard.

- Mandrake
- Redhat
- Debian

But Slackware ships: 2.0
I wasn't able to find what uses Suse...
I suppose this is a good point for keeping comptatibility ?
Of course, I suppose it's clear that most people on windows have moved to 2.0

The download statistics for py2exe (which is a windows only tool)
show about 15% downloads for the Python 1.5 version.

I would vote for binaries for 1.5.2, 2.0 and 2.1.

Thomas

> I don't know if it was mentioned on this list, but wxPython was in the
> top

10

> most popular projects on Source Forge last week (#7 I think).
>
> Congratulations!

Cool! (Does anybody know how they calculate the "Activity Percentile"?)

> (Now go to Source Forge and vote for Robin to make him one of the
> highest ranked developers, since we missed the boat for the
> favorite Python developer vote a couple months ago)

If there's not a goofy looking trophy involved then I'm not interested.
<wink>

Have you remarked that all the 5 persons first in the ranking are
Sourceforge Staff ?
I mean, I think they changed the rules a little bit since Guido became first
rank...

···

Robin Dunn wrote on the Mercredi 18 Avril 2001 17:34 :
  

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Add one more voice to the list of people who haven't moved from 1.5.2...

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On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Robin Dunn wrote:

How much interest is there in my continuing to make binaries for 1.5.2? For
2.0?

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