Interactive scripts (back on topic for once) [was Re: The "loop and a half"]
Grant Edwards
grant.b.edwards at gmail.com
Sat Oct 7 10:57:24 EDT 2017
On 2017-10-07, Steve D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> They're probably to busy re-doing working programs from scratch every
> few versions, with a brand new "improved" UI (almost invariably
> including a kool new design that uses light grey text on an ever so
> slightly lighter grey background)
Yes! That!
> and deleting any useful functionality that the lead developer
> personally doesn't use, because "nobody uses that".
>
> https://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html
>From the above:
"Why not be honest and resign yourself to the fact that version 0.8 is
followed by version 0.8, which is then followed by version 0.8?"
I think he's being overly optimistic. If you want to be honest about
a lot of open-source GUI stuff, version 0.8 should generally be
followed by 0.7.
It seems that the state of affairs in non-GUI open source programs is
far, far better -- maintainers often actually care whether the program
works correclty and does useful things.
--
Grant
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