On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Joanthan Gilligan wrote:

> As far as waiting for a PyPPM replacement, ActiveState's Trent Mick
> said last May that "a PyPPM-like tool is not tractable without high
> ongoing maintenance costs," which makes it "difficult to make a
> business case for a PyPPM-like tool."

That's true, but that's not all he wrote.  He also said:

> > As you noticed, PyPPM is no longer part of ActivePython 2.3.x.  ....
> > [W]e think that everyone is better served if we spend a bit of time 
> > to figure out how to leverage some of the new developments in Python
> > (such as PyPI, the Python Package Index and the wider adoption of
> > distutils, the distribution package) to come up with a good
> > next-generation system.

I've just been hoping to get a better handle on what we're talking about
with the phrase "a bit of time" for coming up with this next-generation
system, so we can make longer-range plans.

-- 
Bob Kline
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rksystems.com

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