Dec. 8, 1999
8:11 a.m.
5) The audience is Python end-users "in general", and the product is some mix of Python and C extension modules. This is hard. You have to ship binaries to meet Windows expectations; you have to ship source to meet Unixish ones; and the more popular Linux gets, the more the Unix dweebs will be left whining without a clue about the changing nature of their customer base <0.7 wink -- but over on Python-Help the sight of a Linux user who doesn't know how to compile is no longer rare>.
Or who don't WANT to compile and would "much rather just use an RPM." I've had several of both types of people using wxPython. -- Robin Dunn Software Craftsman robin@AllDunn.com http://AllDunn.com/robin/ http://AllDunn.com/wxPython/ Check it out!