On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:57 AM, harrismh777 <harrismh...@charter.net> wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: >> Possibly the best way to encourage Python deployment would be to >> require it to run some internal script. > > Chris has a great idea here... but I think more along the lines of an app > that benefits school admins in terms of networking registration, > accountability, or messaging. In other words, if I understand Chris > correctly, make the script / app necessarily useful to the admins you are > trying to advocate to, so that the students reap the benefits of having the > interpretor installed and ready...?!?
Precisely. If there is some kind of need for a script to be deployed on all students' laptops (even if it's just part of some installer, and not necessary post-setup), then write it in Python and put the interpreter on there. This is not shenanigans, but simply the use of a quality tool; it's no different from the eComStation installers making extensive use of VX-REXX, and thus mandating its installation as part of the eCS install. Chris Angelico -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list