[Pygui] Python 3 Plans

[Andrew McNabb]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 06:25:00PM +1300, Greg Ewing wrote:
> 
> I do most of my personal software development on a Mac. I
> like to use the Finder for moving and renaming files, but
> when using a VCS you can't do that. You can't even use the
> standard shell commands, either -- you have to use the
> VCS's special commands at all times, and if your forget
> and slip up, you end up with a mess to be repaired.

That's a very valid complaint.  I think in a few years, we'll start
seeing more integration with the Finder (with contextual menus, etc.),
but this definitely is a current weakness.


> Another problem is that none of the VCSes I know of are
> aware of the metadata that MacOS associates with files
> (resource forks, file types, etc.) I use BBEdit Lite, which
> makes use of this metadata, and I don't want to lose it.

Are you still using Mac OS 9? :)  I didn't know that you could still
have resource forks in OS X.  As far as file types go, I've never seen
OS X use anything other than the file extension.  The only metadata I've
seen in OS X is the .DS_Store, which has things like icon positioning,
etc.--things which don't seem particularly important for a code project.
With OS X, I'm quite surprised that metadata would be a problem.


> Yes, I know, and that makes me feel a bit bad about
> dragging my heels on the issue. But if I don't fully
> enjoy working on the project myself, I'll be less
> likely to do so.

Is there any chance that you might enjoy working on PyGUI even if
version control were involved?  I've been hopeful that PyGUI would prove
to be the future of GUIs in Python.  For this to happen, the project has
to hit a certain level of maturity, which would certainly require having
more than one developer involved.  I'm just having a hard time imagining
this future without seeing version control in the picture.

I certainly wouldn't want to talk you into using version control if the
change would kill off PyGUI, but I'm also wary of spending too much time
with PyGUI if I have worries about the scalability of the project.  I
really am excited about PyGUI--it seems cleaner and more Pythonic than
any other GUI system I've worked with.

Thanks, and sorry for putting on so much pressure.


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