[Pythonmac-SIG] Let's do it completely different!

[Robin Dunn]

Jack Jansen wrote:
> Hello folks,
> after arguing myself blue in the face for the last year and finally 
> convincing the majority here that Frameworks Are A Good Thing I feel the 
> time has come to reverse my position. Or, at least, I'm not as convinced 
> as I was. And I think I can see advantages with going non-framework. Or 
> at least keeping both options open. I don't know, just read on and 
> comment, please.
> 
> The framework option has the following advantages:
> 1. Easy installation and de-installation, everything lives in 
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework or /Applications/Python.
> 2. Allows us to do applets (such as the IDE) without duplicating big 
> binaries.
> 3. Allows us to do "pythonw" and "PythonLauncher": running Python 
> scripts with a GUI that appear normally in the dock, etc.
> 4. Allows us to share a single Python engine between Python and all 
> embedders of Python (such as the Python OSA component).
> 
> I think we can do an architecture without frameworks that will allow us 
> to do all of these except 4.
> 

Sounds like it would be much simpler and more intuitive than the way 
things currently are.  I'm looking forward to it!

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Robin Dunn
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