You can read more about what's happening in the SDL world here - http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/docwiki.cgi/FAQ_20SDL_20Version_202
Although it would be fair to say movement is slow. On the other hand, SDL + PyGame both work fine, I don't see a real urgent need for a ton of extra features. On 10/15/07, Luke Paireepinart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mark Wexler wrote: > > Hello. I'm a big fan of pygame, in fact I've been using it in the past > > three years in a class I teach in which students learn how to create > > and program psychology experiments--so I'd like to thank the > > developers for doing such a good job. However, my co-instructors and I > > are a little bit worried about the future of the library, since there > > hasn't been a new release in a couple of years, and we can't really > > find any information on the developers' future plans. It's important > > for us to teach our students something they'll continue to be able to > > use. So could some of the people working on pygame give us some idea > > of where pygame is going in the next couple of years? > > > > Thanks a lot, > > Mark Wexler > > > > > Mark - > As far as I know, the main issue is with SDL. > We're waiting for an official 1.3 release, because Pygame is based on > SDL, so once 1.3 comes out, all > of its new features can be added into Pygame. > I believe pygame 1.8 is near completion, and some binaries of it have > been posted to this list numerous times. > I think 1.8 is still based on SDL 1.2, however. > I'll let someone more knowledgeable than I on the issue elaborate. > -- Science is open source religion
