Re: [pygtk] Python 3.0 plans

2008-07-19 Thread Tom Cato Amundsen
Guido van Rossum warns agains breaking api while porting to python 3.0: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=227041 2007/8/29 Behdad Esfahbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 13:52 -0400, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: >> >> - Do things more Pythonesque. Looking at Pango bindin

Re: [pygtk] Python 3.0 plans

2007-08-30 Thread Sylvain Saleur
We definitely need such a tool. But I think it will be very tricky. > Some programs are using subclasses of subclasses of subclasses with a > bunch of overridden methods. That could be a little bit hard to > analyze... What about some kind of compatibility layer? Just a > thought... Hi I defini

Re: [pygtk] Python 3.0 plans

2007-08-30 Thread Johan Dahlin
Fernando San Martín Woerner wrote: El mié, 29-08-2007 a las 23:36 +0200, Andi Albrecht escribió: 2007/8/29, Johan Dahlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi Johan and all, in general I think it is a very good idea to port PyGTK to Python 3.x as soon as possible. The api must not be stable with the fist

Re: [pygtk] Python 3.0 plans

2007-08-29 Thread Fernando San Martín Woerner
El mié, 29-08-2007 a las 23:36 +0200, Andi Albrecht escribió: > 2007/8/29, Johan Dahlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi Johan and all, > > in general I think it is a very good idea to port PyGTK to Python 3.x > as soon as possible. The api must not be stable with the fist alpha > release, but it need

Re: [pygtk] Python 3.0 plans

2007-08-29 Thread Andi Albrecht
2007/8/29, Johan Dahlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi Johan and all, in general I think it is a very good idea to port PyGTK to Python 3.x as soon as possible. The api must not be stable with the fist alpha release, but it need to be stable at least with one of the first betas. We'll have to port a bun

Re: [pygtk] Python 3.0 plans

2007-08-29 Thread Stéphane Brunet
Johan Dahlin a écrit : It is different from the old 2.x series in the sense that it will not be backwards compatible with the old python releases. A program written for Python 2.x will not run under Python 3.x unless it restricts itself to a tiny tiny subset which is really not practical (fo

Re: [pygtk] Python 3.0 plans

2007-08-29 Thread Johan Dahlin
John Ehresman wrote: Just keep in mind that a production ready python 3.0 is a long time away. You're right to be thinking about it because people who like to play with things will try to do things with it. You might want to delay declaring any api stable until after python 3.0 final is out t

Re: [pygtk] Python 3.0 plans

2007-08-29 Thread John Ehresman
Just keep in mind that a production ready python 3.0 is a long time away. You're right to be thinking about it because people who like to play with things will try to do things with it. You might want to delay declaring any api stable until after python 3.0 final is out to allow time for thin

[pygtk] Python 3.0 plans

2007-08-29 Thread Johan Dahlin
Greetings I'd like to ask for input on how the Python 3.0 transition is going to affect GNOME. Python 3.0 is the current development focus of the Python community. It is different from the old 2.x series in the sense that it will not be backwards compatible with the old python releases. A pro