Hi Anand, thanks for the email. On Feb 13, 9:05 pm, l0nwlf <[email protected]> wrote: > bpython is a fantastic project but the issue with it is that it had > not yet gained desired publicity.
Well, that depends on your definition of "desired publicity". :-) Personally I've never been much of a fan of "publicising" my free software. If people like stuff, they will blog about it or stick it on reddit or whatever. I'm happy if other people want to use it, but I don't see bpython's current level of publicity as being an issue. If you disagree, you're welcome to blog as much as you like ! ;-) > Google Summer of Code is an event organized by google in which google > funds projects, 5500$ each idea which is carried by a student under a > mentor. It has been already announced for this year > -http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-discuss/browse_t... > .PSF has been into GSoC since its beginning. Here is their last year > pages > -http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/org/home/google/gsoc2009/pythonhttp://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode/2009?action=show&redirect=Su... > I feel bpython should apply for GSoC, may be under the umbrella of > PSF. However it will take someone to take the effort to apply, create > ideas-list and propose themselves as mentor for that idea. But I feel > the gain is worth it. What is the community take on this ? If you could give me a rough idea of what specifically you think the project will gain from this, I'd be happy to hear it. I'm not against the idea; I just don't really understand what we stand to gain here. We have ideas that are half-finished and issues that we want to fix, but there's not a great deal of major work that needs doing. Somebody is working on an implementation of bpython that interfaces with pdb and somebody else is working on porting bpython to urwid. We also have preliminary GTK support, which means we're not far away from having a Windows version. Once these things are done, I don't really see a great deal more we want to do with the project other than fix bugs as they arise. If you can think of a particular "big" feature that you think would benefit bpython, and one that isn't already being worked on by somebody else, then please propose it and outline why you think applying to GSoC would be a good idea. I'm of course interested in bpython growing and improving as a project, but attempting to raise awareness and the number of users of the software just isn't something I have any interest in personally. Thanks a lot for your email though; it's always nice to hear positive feedback. :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bpython" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bpython?hl=en.
