Re: [Ironpython-users] WP7 & Silverlight Support in IronPython

2012-07-06 Thread Jimmy Schementi
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 wrote: > On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Vernon Cole wrote: >> I am really sorry to he

Re: [Ironpython-users] WP7 & Silverlight Support in IronPython

2012-07-06 Thread Jeff Hardy
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Vernon Cole 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

Re: [Ironpython-users] WP7 & Silverlight Support in IronPython

2012-07-06 Thread Vernon Cole
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 wil

Re: [Ironpython-users] WP7 & Silverlight Support in IronPython

2012-07-06 Thread Keith Rome
Hardy Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 11:28 AM To: sepa...@sibmail.com Cc: ironpython-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Ironpython-users] WP7 & Silverlight Support in IronPython On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:05 PM, wrote: > Silverlight is very necessary. Would you be fine with SL5 only, as Jimmy sug

Re: [Ironpython-users] WP7 & Silverlight Support in IronPython

2012-07-06 Thread Jeff Hardy
On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:05 PM, wrote: > Silverlight is very necessary. Would you be fine with SL5 only, as Jimmy suggested? Also, how necessary is it that IronPython 3 support it? I don't see SL having much more takeup from now on, so I'm fine with supporting SL5 on 2.7 but dropping it from t

Re: [Ironpython-users] WP7 & Silverlight Support in IronPython

2012-07-02 Thread Jimmy Schementi
Didn't finish a sentence, updated below: On Monday, July 2, 2012, Jimmy Schementi wrote: > I'd only support the latest released version of Silverlight, as if someone > really needs to support an older version of Silverlight (some internal app, > for example), they can use older versions of IronPy

Re: [Ironpython-users] WP7 & Silverlight Support in IronPython

2012-07-02 Thread Jimmy Schementi
I'd only support the latest released version of Silverlight, as if someone really needs to support an older version of Silverlight (some internal app, for example). So I'd vote for only SL5. There are tests for SL in Hosts/Silverlight ~js On Saturday, June 30, 2012, Jeff Hardy wrote: > Throwin

Re: [Ironpython-users] WP7 & Silverlight Support in IronPython

2012-06-29 Thread sepatan
Silverlight is very necessary. > Throwing some thoughts out there on future platform support: > > Given that Windows Phone 7 is basically dead in the water at this > point, it doesn't seem worth it to support it. I'm going to remove the > existing WP7 binaries, which don't work anyway, from 2.7.3.

[Ironpython-users] WP7 & Silverlight Support in IronPython

2012-06-29 Thread Jeff Hardy
Throwing some thoughts out there on future platform support: Given that Windows Phone 7 is basically dead in the water at this point, it doesn't seem worth it to support it. I'm going to remove the existing WP7 binaries, which don't work anyway, from 2.7.3. If anyone is interested in supporting it