[Python-Dev] Japanese Codecs

[Greg Stein]

On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 12:45:57PM +0100, Andy Robinson wrote:
> > Message: 2
> > From: "David Ascher" <DavidA@ActiveState.com>
> > To: "Python Developers @ python.org" <python-dev@python.org>
> > Subject: RE: [Python-Dev] Japanese Codecs
> > Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 11:54:03 -0700
> > charset="US-ASCII"
> >
> > > I just wish that these packagers actually become a reality
> > > some day... the concept is good, but there currently seem to
> > > be no volunteers or companies jumping in :-(
> >
> > I can't speak for Japanese packagers, but ActiveState will be packaging
> > Python in various ways.
> >
> The handful of Python users who know some Japanese are kind of busy at the
> moment, and the codec work takes more than a night or two; I was hoping to
> tackle it myself, but as the only Python startup without any venture
> funding, it is hard to clear aside the time without a customer; and it also
> needs C skills.
> 
> I believe we should try and put resources together to fund this work and
> ensure it gets done this year.

Um... why is it incumbent upon "us" (for whatever definition of "us" you
want to apply :-) to find/fund the work for the Japanese codecs? Why isn't
this up to the people who want/need it?

Yes, being proactive is a very nice thing to do, but I don't see that we
must be, in this case.

> I can tell you that HP are now well and truly out of the picture as a
> sponsor.

eh? What's going on with that?

Cheers,
-g

-- 
Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/