Re: Python 2.5 ; Effbot console ; thank ; pb release.

2006-10-27 Thread Magnus Lycka
Méta-MCI wrote: Hi! (***sorry for my approximative english***) That's ok. Quite amusing to read that you were repaired. A few months ago, I needed a console, under Windows. After several research, I selected the console of EffBot. Thank you very much, Fredrik Lundh, for this small

Re: Python 2.5 ; Effbot console ; thank ; pb release.

2006-10-24 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
Fredrik Lundh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Méta-MCI wrote: For the professional developments, it is a major risk. some days, I ask myself why I shouldn't just use GPL for everything I do, and ship it as source code only. /F because then you would deny your work to thousands of ungrateful,

Re: Python 2.5 ; Effbot console ; thank ; pb release.

2006-10-24 Thread Ben Finney
Hendrik van Rooyen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [quoting problems fixed] Fredrik Lundh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: some days, I ask myself why I shouldn't just use GPL for everything I do, and ship it as source code only. because then you would deny your work to thousands of ungrateful,

Re: Python 2.5 ; Effbot console ; thank ; pb release.

2006-10-24 Thread Thomas Heller
Ben Finney schrieb: Hendrik van Rooyen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [quoting problems fixed] Fredrik Lundh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: some days, I ask myself why I shouldn't just use GPL for everything I do, and ship it as source code only. because then you would deny your work to

Re: Python 2.5 ; Effbot console ; thank ; pb release.

2006-10-24 Thread Laurent Pointal
Thomas Heller a écrit : Ben Finney schrieb: Hendrik van Rooyen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [quoting problems fixed] Fredrik Lundh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: some days, I ask myself why I shouldn't just use GPL for everything I do, and ship it as source code only. because then you would deny

Re: Python 2.5 ; Effbot console ; thank ; pb release.

2006-10-24 Thread Paul Boddie
Thomas Heller wrote: I wonder if it would be possible to setup a windows box which provides a (web-)service that allows to build Python packages. Isn't this the kind of service your distribution vendor should be providing, especially if you've paid them good money? Oh wait! That would be

Re: Python 2.5 ; Effbot console ; thank ; pb release.

2006-10-24 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Ben Finney schrieb: Fredrik Lundh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: some days, I ask myself why I shouldn't just use GPL for everything I do, and ship it as source code only. because then you would deny your work to thousands of ungrateful, unmotivated lazy buggers like me... Not necessarily. All

Re: Python 2.5 ; Effbot console ; thank ; pb release.

2006-10-24 Thread Istvan Albert
Martin v. Löwis wrote: People certainly build it themselves, but then never share. I don't know why that is - probably, it takes a different mindset to be on the giving end than on the receiving end of free software. I've seen people share binary builds, for example you can get the windows

Re: Python 2.5 ; Effbot console ; thank ; pb release.

2006-10-24 Thread Ben Finney
Martin v. Löwis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In my experience [...] it's either the original author who provides binaries, or none are provided. People certainly build it themselves, but then never share. IIRC, the early days of Mozilla (after the code was released as free software) had the

Python 2.5 ; Effbot console ; thank ; pb release.

2006-10-23 Thread M�ta-MCI
Hi! (***sorry for my approximative english***) A few months ago, I needed a console, under Windows. After several research, I selected the console of EffBot. Thank you very much, Fredrik Lundh, for this small tool, quite practical and which repaired me well. Then, Python 2.5 arrived.

Re: Python 2.5 ; Effbot console ; thank ; pb release.

2006-10-23 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Méta-MCI wrote: For the professional developments, it is a major risk. some days, I ask myself why I shouldn't just use GPL for everything I do, and ship it as source code only. /F -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python 2.5 ; Effbot console ; thank ; pb release.

2006-10-23 Thread Steve Holden
Fredrik Lundh wrote: Méta-MCI wrote: For the professional developments, it is a major risk. some days, I ask myself why I shouldn't just use GPL for everything I do, and ship it as source code only. To which I presume the answer is that you are considerate of Windows users who'd

Re: Python 2.5 ; Effbot console ; thank ; pb release.

2006-10-23 Thread Paul Boddie
Steve Holden wrote: Fredrik Lundh wrote: Méta-MCI wrote: For the professional developments, it is a major risk. I'll cut in here and mention that it's a risk that can be managed through various well understood methods of deployment. For me, Python 2.4 is going to be good enough until (and

Re: Python 2.5 ; Effbot console ; thank ; pb release.

2006-10-23 Thread Steve Holden
Paul Boddie wrote: Steve Holden wrote: Fredrik Lundh wrote: Méta-MCI wrote: For the professional developments, it is a major risk. I'll cut in here and mention that it's a risk that can be managed through various well understood methods of deployment. For me, Python 2.4 is going to be

Re: Python 2.5 ; Effbot console ; thank ; pb release.

2006-10-23 Thread Ben Finney
Fredrik Lundh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Méta-MCI wrote: For the professional developments, it is a major risk. some days, I ask myself why I shouldn't just use GPL for everything I do, and ship it as source code only. Many popular programs *do* ship as source only, and leave it to the