Future Python Gui?

[bcwhite at pobox.com]

> As I've said often enough on the topic of Web frameworks, picking
> winners gives only a temporary victory to those who want to avoid
> making decisions. It's better to provide people with a means of making
> an informed choice, and it should be realised that people will
> approach this choice from rather different angles. It isn't always
> going to be, "I want to write a Python application - what GUI should I
> use?" Instead, it may be, "I want to write a KDE application - can I
> do so in Python and what are my options?" Pretending that the answer
> is always the same will frequently drive people to other technologies,
> not attract them to a technology selling a vision that turns out to be
> a mirage.

This is getting off-topic, I guess, so I'll only comment once because
I don't want to get wrapped up in a flame war.  This is the argument
used by people who think that having both KDE and GNOME is a good
thing because it promotes competition, etc.  Personally, I believe
it's a bad thing because it duplicates effort and delivers an
inconsistent look & feel.  Developers are forced to choose a
framework, not knowing if it will go away in favor of another choice
and rendering their own hard work obsolete.  I don't want my work
dependent upon the framework.  I'd rather have less good if it meant
longer-term stability and greater consistency.

But that's just me.

-- Brian