> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rob OConnor > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 5:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Plucker Desktop MSW Installer available > > It sounds like a good idea. I don't know much about > ActiveState Python since it isn't Free software.
It is, more or less. The base source from which they build thier distribution is available under their community liscense. The same holds for their releases of Perl and Tcl-Tk. Their community liscense, which may be found at http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/license_agreement.plex seems reasonbly unrestrictive. There are various add-ons, like thier Komodo IDE, that they sell. > The only concern I would have is getting > non-reproducible errors on ActiveState python that > don't exist in the normal Python, and the difficulty > of trying to track them down and fork around them. Understood. But if I choose to use an existing Python installation on my PC instead of the one Plucker comes with, it's my issue if something breaks. Meanwhile, I prefer to keep things simple. Why have multiple versions of a language installed if one already exists? It doesn't have to be ActiveState, per se: I could just as easily use the version from www.python.org. The point is that the user might already _have_ Python installed, and should have an option to use the existing copy. The same thoughts apply to any Plucker Desktop that uses a Java based parser, since even more folks are likely to have a Java Run-time environment present. How _do_ I tell Plucker Desktop to use a specific installation of Python? > Best wishes, > Robert ______ Dennis _______________________________________________ plucker-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list
