To reiterate Jeff's last point, if you'd really like to see something continue to be supported, volunteering to help support it is the best way to ensure that.
~Jimmy On Jul 6, 2012, at 1:41 PM, Jeff Hardy <jdha...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Vernon Cole <vernondc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I am really sorry to hear about this happening. The combination of >> IronPython and Silver(Moon)light was going to be (I thought) my ticket to >> writing Python code rather than Javascript for browser based code. So: My >> question for the group -- is Jython a viable alternative? Do we think that >> SL5 will not continue to be shipped for a very long time? I'm thinking that >> SL5 is still the best option for maintainable code on a browser, and we >> should continue to support it. > > Just to be clear, nothing has been decided yet. I do appreciate the > concern of those who bet on SL only to get blindsided by MS's internal > turf wars. > > However, each additional platform that is supported requires a fair > bit of effort, especially in getting the test suites (which are a mess > right now) up to date. My interests are on the desktop and Android, > and maybe WinRT. Even though SL is a marginal increase over that, it's > still something, and I just don't have the time or interest to do it. > I'll leave it in future 2.7 releases (dropping SL4 but keeping SL5), > but I'm not sure about 3.0. 3.0 is enough a break anyway that dropping > old stuff might be possible. > > Ultimately, I'll leave it up to the community: someone(s) will have to > commit to maintaining the SL port in 3.0, including coming up with and > implementing a test strategy, watching for build failures, etc. > Basically, being the people to talk to about IronPython/SL. > > - Jeff > _______________________________________________ > Ironpython-users mailing list > Ironpython-users@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/ironpython-users _______________________________________________ Ironpython-users mailing list Ironpython-users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/ironpython-users
