>yes, this is wrong. most development is done in non-windows OS. >what you're seeing is that since OSS is about sharing source, On Jan 16, 11:31 am, Javier Guerra Giraldez <jav...@guerrag.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Python_Junkie >
I guess I am digging in a lot deeper into this topic that I had intended, but your statement above about each developer compiling their own source code seems to go against the DRY principle. I have no issue with running a script that will compile the source code, if that was all there was to the process, but if someone has tweaked the source code and makes it work on a particular version of mac OS or ubuntu with a particular version of python, why do I want to go through the same exercise and then recompile again. It seems it is not simply a matter of compiling the source code. Thanks for your feedback, > <software.buy.des...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Am I wrong in the assumption that there are less python packages > > available for non windows OS > > yes, this is wrong. most development is done in non-windows OS. > > what you're seeing is that since OSS is about sharing source, the main > form of distribution is source. but some projects recognize that > windows doesn't make it easy to compile, so they (or some > side-project) keep binaries to help those users. > > it's a pity that MacOS is going the same route (i think 10.4 still > included XCode in the optional installers DVD), so there's some demand > for binary distribution for Mac too. > > -- > Javier -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
