[Python-3000] Python-3000 Digest, Vol 18, Issue 116

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

john.m.camara at comcast.net writes:

 > Python can't include all the major packages but it is necessary for any 
 > language to support a good GUI package in order to be widely adopted 
 > by the masses.  [...]  My vote would 
 > be for wxPython but I'm not someone who truly cares much about GUIs 
 > as I much prefer to write the back ends of systems and stay far away from 
 > the front ends.

My experience with wxPython on Mac OS X using the MacPorts (formerly
DarwinPorts) distribution has been somewhat annoying.  wxPython seems
to be closely bound to wxWindows, which in turn has a raft of
dependencies making upgrades delicate.  It also seems to be quite
heavy compared to the more specialized GUIs like PyGTK and PyQt.