[Python-Dev] Milestones in IronPython

[Brett Cannon]

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Curt Hagenlocher <curt at hagenlocher.org> wrote:
> We reached an important milestone in the IronPython project this week
> with the release of IronPython 2.0 beta 4.  But it's not our code that
> makes this release so remarkable -- it's yours, the Python developers.
>  For the first time, Microsoft is including the standard Python
> library as part of what you can download from CodePlex.  Previously,
> users of IronPython who wanted to make use of the urllib module (to
> give just one example) would have to download the CPython distribution
> separately and then fiddle with the bits on the disk to make them work
> together.  That is no longer the case.
>
> Of course, this isn't any kind of great technical achievement -- but
> it is legal and cultural progress here at Microsoft.  All of us
> working on the IronPython and IronRuby projects are committed to
> pulling the company in a more open source direction, so it's very
> gratifying to see this happening.
>

Glad you were able to work out what you needed internally to see this
happen, Curt!

-Brett