> Devrim GUNDUZ wrote: >> Hi, >> On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 21:27 -0500, Jonah H. Harris wrote: >>> I had to deal with an installer written in python and several in >>> Java... IMHO, Java would be a better language for this and you could >>> build off some nice OSS installers that already exist (such as >>> IzPack). Just my 2 cents :) >> Bundling Java is a pain, so we'd better stay away from that. >> > > There's always gcj. It's pretty mature by now. I'm not sure about > availability compared to Python though, but I find it hard to believe > it would be more painful.
On several occasions, I have installed graphical Python apps; it has never been the bag of worms involved in getting a Java environment into place... -- select 'cbbrowne' || '@' || 'gmail.com'; http://linuxfinances.info/info/wp.html Signs of a Klingon Programmer #7: "Klingon function calls do not have 'parameters' -- they have 'arguments' -- and they ALWAYS WIN THEM." ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
