[Python-Dev] How we can get rid of eggs for 2.6 and beyond

[ajaksu]

On Mar 22, 5:13 pm, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar... at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> > Can you give me a
> > pointer to Aza Raskin's keynote? Is it online anywhere? I'd be
> > interested in his point of view.
>
> Unfortunately no. I was looking for it, but couldn't find it. He
> mentioned a website with a "call for action", but I couldn't find
> that, either :-(

I guess the website could be http://www.toolness.com/wp/?p=23#more-23 -
> "Python as a Platform". Via Ned Batchelder's notes at
http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200803/pycon_2008_notes.html

From the post:
"Something that recently occurred to me is that the only operating
system that doesn't come with Python pre-installed on it is Windows.

While Linux and OS X both view Python as essentially a first-class
development platform-i.e., as something that shrink-wrap applications
can be built on-Windows does not. Instead, it's generally expected
that a Python-based Windows application be "frozen": bundled into a
self-contained package that includes a copy of the Python interpreter
and whatever libraries it uses, which are private to the particular
application. While this ensures that the application will function as
expected and not run into 'dependency hell', it also results in a
relatively large download-distributing a simple 'Hello World' program
is at least a megabyte in size, and makes extending the program's
functionality more difficult."

Regards,
Daniel