Hi Alvaro, > Hi folks, > > As you probably know, I've been working on a administration GUI for > Cherokee which is meant to be included in the 0.6 release. > > So far, I wrote everything using Python and the GTK+ bindings, which > seemed to be the best option at the time that I began. > > Yesterday announcement of Java GPL licensed made me think that it > may not be the best approach though. > > As long as we support Windows and MacOS X, it may make more sense to > develop the GUI using Java rather than Python plus the GTK+ binding. > It would make it easier to use on those OSes, it's Free Software > from now on, and widely deployed. > > What do you think guys? > I think it's a great idea. Think that nowadays almost every computer has a Java VM installed and working. In Linux, Solaris and *NIX is easy to find a computer with Python and GTK+ installed but think in Windows users. It's not so common to find python (talking about GTK+ on Windows is even worse) installed on a Windows computer.
Another reason to change the language is the number of people knowing/using python. It's not as popular as Java. With Java as language, more people would be ready to add new features and find bugs. I think this should be another strong reason. Greets! _______________________________________________ Cherokee mailing list [email protected] http://cherokee-project.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cherokee
