Do you QA your Python? Was: 2.1 vs. 2.2

[phil hunt]

On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 16:27:43 GMT, maxx at easynerws.com <maxx at easynerws.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 14 Apr 2002 19:36:27 +0100, philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk (phil hunt)
>wrote:
>
>>IMO until Python developers adopt a policy of being very reluctant 
>>to do this, many IT managers will be wary of using it in anything 
>>other thsan toy projects, and Python's user base will not grow as 
>>quickly as (IMO) it should.
>
>Why? 
>
>At my company we are stuck in the realm of Windows, and the IT staff must
>constantly patch the webservers to keep up with security and bugfixes. A quick
>check of the IT media will show management's displeasure over this continual
>process, but it does not appear to have hampered the deployment of Windows
>servers.

That's because they want to play save "no-one got fired from buying 
Microsoft", even if it is often crap.

>As mentioned in elsewhere this thread, Java and VB, have and are undergoing
>complete architecture restructuring, and they still are expanding their
>territories.

This is true. I am glad I am not using either.

>Keep in mind, IT managers often do not think and act like developers.

Indeed so.

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