Python, Be Bold!

Rhodri James rhodri at kynesim.co.uk
Mon Jan 6 11:49:58 EST 2020


On 01/01/2020 07:22, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote:
> -- Self-updating Python distributions

Microsoft have proved time and again that this is a really good thing if 
you want to piss off your customer base.  Let's not.

> -- Distributions which notify about new releases

Surely this is the OS's package management system's job?

> -- Easy compilation to python-specific executable (.pyz is a good candidate)

Don't we already have .pyc files?

> -- More robust native Gui facilities

Why is this a core Python issue?  GUIs are inherently OS-specific 
(including those OSes -- or lack of OSes -- which have no graphical 
interface).

-- 
Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd


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