[Python-mode] python setup ?

[Andreas Röhler]

Richard Riley wrote:
> Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> writes:
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>> On Apr 30, 2009, at 3:25 AM, Andreas Röhler wrote:
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>>> With python-mode.el, people may have good reasons, to
>>> use it as it is - and me to leave it as it is.  Thats
>>> fine with bazaar and other DVCs, we can do that. My
>>> branch doesn't hamper the origin and any further branch
>>> will not. Its just freedom to try and see.
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>> This is true, and experimentation a good thing in the short term.  In  
>> the long term though, a proliferation of branches just confuses people  
>> because no one's sure which is the official branch.  Our lives are  
>> more difficult too because of the python-mode.el/python.el split.
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>> So I encourage you to experiment and get user feedback.  Old-timers  
>> (and remember, python-mode.el's been in widespread use for 15 years)  
>> will be wedded to their muscle memory, but if you introduce a user- 
>> visible change that people like, they can be made configurable with  
>> defaults providing the old behavior.  Then it will be possible to  
>> merge your changes back into the official branch.  If you modularize  
>> your changes, then the less controversial ones can get merged in sooner.
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>> -Barry
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> IMO any new "obviously useful" features should be enabled by
> default. Old Timers should have no problem reverting to older
> configurations via settings. A point which generates much contention I
> know. As it is, Python set up is/was a minefield. I have a reasonable
> set up here fwiw,
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Yes, you have. Used it month ago, thanks BTW.
Beside the question is still, how the user may get everything needed
installed with one action.
Several possibilities exist: we could make a tarball emacs-python.

Too we should let the user decide, what features to use: ipython or not,
pdbtrack or pydb, which
completion, refactoring, which checks and tests etc.

> This includes pysmell completions for hippie expand and company-mode.
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> http://richardriley.net/projects/emacs/dotprogramming#sec-1.3
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