Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] future of LedgerSMB

2007-01-22 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Jeff Gerritsen wrote: > I believe a healthy discussion on the future of LSMB is needed, although I'm > concerned about two issues, one being discussed and one not being discussed! > > The concerns I have are about the one issue being discussed may degenerate > into unproductive language and plat

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] future of LedgerSMB

2007-01-22 Thread Joshua D. Drake
> Here is my view: > > we are far better to stick with one language (probably Perl) for the > official LedgerSMB core distribution. Eventually, we want an ability Well one language for core is obviously smart (although I can see some interesting points for using C in places possibly). > to eas

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] future of LedgerSMB

2007-01-22 Thread Chris Travers
Correction: Gmail messed up my URL: http://www.ledgersmb.org/community/ On 1/22/07, Chris Travers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/22/07, Jeff Gerritsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I believe a healthy discussion on the future of LSMB is needed, although I'm > > concerned about two issues, one

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] future of LedgerSMB

2007-01-22 Thread Chris Travers
On 1/22/07, Jeff Gerritsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe a healthy discussion on the future of LSMB is needed, although I'm > concerned about two issues, one being discussed and one not being discussed! > > The concerns I have are about the one issue being discussed may degenerate > into u

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] future of LedgerSMB

2007-01-22 Thread Jeff Gerritsen
I believe a healthy discussion on the future of LSMB is needed, although I'm concerned about two issues, one being discussed and one not being discussed! The concerns I have are about the one issue being discussed may degenerate into unproductive language and platform wars - although (I believe)

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] future of LedgerSMB

2007-01-22 Thread Chris Travers
On 1/22/07, Joshua D. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff Kowalczyk wrote: > > --- Chris Travers wrote: > >> If we rewrite the entire application at once, I am quite afraid it > >> will never be completed simply because it is such a big task. > > > > I agree with this, a rewrite with redesign [

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] future of LedgerSMB

2007-01-22 Thread Chris Travers
On 1/22/07, Jeff Kowalczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with this, a rewrite with redesign [1] would take way too long for any > new or SL user to remain interested in SMB. > > > Rewriting in Perl gives us the ability to have a useful application > > while we are working on it. > > What ab

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] future of LedgerSMB

2007-01-22 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Jeff Kowalczyk wrote: > --- Chris Travers wrote: >> If we rewrite the entire application at once, I am quite afraid it >> will never be completed simply because it is such a big task. > > I agree with this, a rewrite with redesign [1] would take way too long for any > new or SL user to remain inte

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] future of LedgerSMB

2007-01-22 Thread Jeff Kowalczyk
--- Chris Travers wrote: > If we rewrite the entire application at once, I am quite afraid it > will never be completed simply because it is such a big task. I agree with this, a rewrite with redesign [1] would take way too long for any new or SL user to remain interested in SMB. > Rewriting in P

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] future of LedgerSMB

2007-01-22 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Chris Travers wrote: > Every language has the possibility of running into cross-platform > issues on some level. I have found, for example. that Perl has a few > Windows issues, but these can be easily worked around. I would expect > that other scripting languages may run into issues with braind-

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] future of LedgerSMB

2007-01-22 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Ed W wrote: > >>> From a crossplatform point of view I would have thought that Perl >>> was actually about the best supported tool out there...? >>> >> >> No actually Python or Java is going to give us the best capability there. >> > > It's not really relevant, but I still reckon that Pe

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] future of LedgerSMB

2007-01-22 Thread Chris Travers
Every language has the possibility of running into cross-platform issues on some level. I have found, for example. that Perl has a few Windows issues, but these can be easily worked around. I would expect that other scripting languages may run into issues with braind-dead Win32 API behavior too (

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] future of LedgerSMB

2007-01-22 Thread Ed W
From a crossplatform point of view I would have thought that Perl was actually about the best supported tool out there...? No actually Python or Java is going to give us the best capability there. It's not really relevant, but I still reckon that Perl is more widely supported than