[Idle-dev] CVS: idle BrowserControl.py,1.1.3.1,1.2

[Patrick K. O'Brien]

The current IDLE is certainly quite good and quite useable for anyone with
1.5.2. I personally am interested in the future and having IDLE keep up with
the latest language enhancements. So I would also be in favor of dropping
1.5.2 support and focusing on 2.1.

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Patrick K. O'Brien
Orbtech
"I am, therefore I think."

-----Original Message-----
From: idle-dev-admin@python.org [mailto:idle-dev-admin@python.org]On Behalf
Of Guido van Rossum
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 8:20 PM
To: Kurt B. Kaiser
Cc: idle-dev@python.org
Subject: Re: [Idle-dev] CVS: idle BrowserControl.py,1.1.3.1,1.2

> Do we want to continue 1.5.2 support or switch to the new way?

Depends on our goals.  If our goal is to provide an alternative,
stable IDLE for a large audience, then we would do wise to remain
1.5.2 compatible.  This can be a bit of a pain.  If our goal is to
move forward and develop IDLE further, we might be better off focusing
on 2.0 or even 2.1, so it won't slow us down.  Compatibility testing
takes a lot of time!

So, I'm for dropping 1.5.2 support, but I'll leave it up to you to
decide what you want.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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