Tkinter: The good, the bad, and the ugly!

[Patty]

On Jan 19, 12:22 pm, pa... at cruzio.com wrote:

> Who or what group is actually in charge of what libraries (and programming
> commands/methods such as the Python 3.x rewrite of 'print') goes into
> Python? 

Well it comes down to "Guido, some Guys, and a mailing list". see this
link fro more detail...

    http://www.python.org/dev/intro/

Well that explains Everything!



> Is this huge discussion really a few feature requests for
> additional libraries to be included for Windows programming?

No, this HUGE discussion is primarily about the worth of Tkinter as
our chosen GUI module and whether or not we should replace it. It also
contains (and rightly so!) undertones as to the lost vision within
this community as a whole. Not to mention the missing cohesiveness to
move forward in the correct direction.


I see why you say this.   I think I am playing catchup with what has been going on for some time amongst you all. 


> And aren't
> some of these libraries developed by 3rd parties? 

Yes Python has many 3rd party packages available. You should
familiarize yourself with both the current stdlib AND the packages
list. Both are here...

    http://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=index
    http://docs.python.org/release/3.0.1/modindex.html


> And how is that handled
> by the people in charge? Do they have to pay to license it or is this all
> freely contributed software?

This statement needs clarification because i cannot decide if you are
asking from a Python stdlib perspective or a 3rd party package
perspective. In any event Python and the stdlib should be all free and
open software. And shame on anyone who releases closed source
software!

Shame on you greedies! Shame on you! >:(

And I am coming from background working at SCO for commercial SCO Unix and also commercial applications software.  So free software is not something I am used to :) And understand what is involved with obtaining 3rd party pieces either by necessity or because of an acquistion.  And the money part.  It was complicated.  So I was thinking from the python stdlib perspective.  But your comment turned my thinking around to where it should be to discuss open source software. 

 I don't think I am ready for the py-dev mailing list yet ;) But I do have some big ideas because of UCSC (University of California, Santa Cruz) being so close, their Computer Engineering Dept. is Really Good and I have some connections up there.....

Patty


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