[Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython 2.3 - Carbon only?

[Nathan Heagy]

> 		1. MacPython wouldn't run on 8.5 anymore (for 8.1 MacPython
> 2.2 is the last release anyway), and on 8.6 you would need to manually
> install CarbonLib.

I stand corrected. Since I do think that Carbon is the right way to go let
me then say this: while, "8.6 is only about 2 and a half years old," that
is only right now. Python 2.3 will probably not be released for nine
months judging from 2.1's release. Add to that the development time for a
kids' game - perhaps a year - and at that point 8.6 will be nearly five
years old.

Nathan


> 		-----Original Message-----
> 		From:	Nathan Heagy [mailto:nathan@vividworks.com]
> 		Sent:	Friday, January 04, 2002 11:03 AM
> 		To:	Magladry, Stephen
> 		Cc:	'Jack Jansen'; pythonmac-sig@python.org
> 		Subject:	RE: [Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython 2.3 - Carbon
> only?
>
> 		I think that this only limits what platform can be used for
> development. I
> 		expect to be corrected if I'm wrong however.
>
> 		Nathan
>
>
>
> 		On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Magladry, Stephen wrote:
>
> 		> I guess I'll be a voice of dissention. I work for a game
> company writing
> 		> kids software. We try to keep our min specs as broad as
> possible. As a point
> 		> of reference, our current min specs is 7.5.5. In our up
> coming games we plan
> 		> to use Python. A requirement of 8.6 cuts into our
> potential market. Also,
> 		> 8.6 is only about 2 and a half years old.
> 		>
> 		> True we can just stay with 2.2, but there may be some
> feature in 2.3 that we
> 		> may really want to use. At that time, we would be stuck
> between a rock
> 		> (wanting the new feature) and a hard place (Having our min
> spec jump up).
> 		>
> 		> 		-----Original Message-----
> 		> 		From:	Jack Jansen [mailto:jack@oratrix.nl]
> 		> 		Sent:	Thursday, January 03, 2002 2:47 PM
> 		> 		To:	pythonmac-sig@python.org
> 		> 		Subject:	[Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython
> 2.3 - Carbon only?
> 		>
> 		> 		Folks,
> 		> 		I'm toying with the idea of making MacPython
> 2.3
> 		> Carbon-only, as this
> 		> 		would save a lot of development effort. And
> there are a lot
> 		> of things
> 		> 		I'd like to do, for one thing I would like
> all our MacPython
> 		> goodies
> 		> 		to run natively in MachoPython by the time
> 2.3 is released.
> 		>
> 		> 		There are two drawbacks to this plan:
> 		> 		1. MacPython wouldn't run on 8.5 anymore
> (for 8.1 MacPython
> 		> 2.2 is the
> 		> 		last release anyway), and on 8.6 you would
> need to manually
> 		> install
> 		> 		CarbonLib.
> 		> 		2. Tkinter is going to be a problem, but I
> think it is a
> 		> solvable
> 		> 		problem (it is possible to load
> InterfaceLib-based code into
> 		> a
> 		> 		CarbonLib-based main program).
> 		>
> 		> 		What do people think?
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