On Mon, 6 Jan 2020, 20:50 Rhodri James, <rho...@kynesim.co.uk> wrote:
> On 01/01/2020 07:22, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote: > > -- Self-updating Python distributions > > Microsoft have proved time and again that this is a really good thing if > you want to piss off your customer base. Let's not. > Nooooo if you read the thread (please do it), that's the 4th time i'm saying it's a bad idea > > -- Distributions which notify about new releases > > Surely this is the OS's package management system's job? > In windows for example, the interpreter/VM and package manager is referred to as a dustribution > -- Easy compilation to python-specific executable (.pyz is a good > candidate) > > Don't we already have .pyc files? > See the draft thread where pep441 enounces archives' advantages > -- More robust native Gui facilities > > Why is this a core Python issue? GUIs are inherently OS-specific > (including those OSes -- or lack of OSes -- which have no graphical > interface). > This is an issue which requires it's own thread. > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list