On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:05 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> There is no reason for this language, there are a lot of us who like
> Windows, and if you look at the numpy/scipy mailinglist then the only
> build issues are with the hundreds of versions of unix/linux.
>

You're right, my apology: I shouldn't email when I'm that tired (too
many days at the scipy conference with too much to do and too little
sleep).

Windows is a sensitive topic to me because it has given us in ipython
nothing but headaches and cost a disproportionate amount of developer
time, and has created special-case code that I'd be happier without.

So for *me*, windows is indeed a problem.  But people are free to use
the tools that best suit their needs, and we should help them out  as
best we can, within the limits of our available resources.  The
benefit of this wine-based setup is that it lets *nix-based developers
help windows users with less expenditure of their time, the  scarcest
of  resources.  And that is certainly a net win.

So I apologize if it offended you, that was certainly not my intention.

Regards,

f
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