ActivePython 2.1 (build 210)

s713221 at student.gu.edu.au s713221 at student.gu.edu.au
Sat Apr 21 21:18:38 EDT 2001


> > Wow Windows and Quality Assurance in the same paragraph.... what's the
> > world coming to?
> >
> > BTW isn't Windows Quality Assurance an oxymoron?
> 
> I didn't say we quality assured windows. Just that we do quality
> assurance ON windows. Quality assurance on unstable, inconsistent
> platforms consists of figuring out what workarounds are necessary in
> what circumunstances! We had some doozies getting out ActivePython on
> e.g. Windows 95...and that was after all of the work the core team put
> into Win95 compatibility themselves!

Kinda sounds like trying to build an arched cathedral on quicksand.

Joal Heagney/AncientHart



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