Point taken about respecting the work that was done previously. I won't remove Brian's quote. I can't propose a better quote because I have not used pyjs yet.
In fact, I'm not sure I'm going to use it, because I'm not clear on one point : does the pyjs community want pyjs to be bleeding edge technology ? Please check the definition of bleeding edge technology on wikipedia. PC On Sunday, May 13, 2012 12:39:00 AM UTC+2, peter.bittner wrote: > > PCA, that's not meant to be a personal offence. Still, I feel your > statement needs correction: > > > Leading edge is very interesting. "Bloody bleeding edge" is not really > > synonymous with stable releases, AFAIK. > > The quote on http://pyjs.org says, GWT = bleeding edge. So, is GWT > unstable? > Relax! You can still go back to COBOL and Fortran, ADA may also be an > option. Or write a Java applet. I've heard that ABAP is also fun > programming. > > Seriously, if you have a better quote why not present it here, or add > it to (your forked copy of) pyjs.github.com directly? > > I don't mean to criticise your crititcs. We need to be responsible > though in tearing down what was built in the past. If we want to be a > good community we should do better than the average: figure out what > was the goal of the original creator and try to match or merge them > with yours! > Such a -- e.g. quote -- may have the potential to be better than yours > _and_ the old alone. > > Peter > > > On Saturday, May 12, 2012 4:42:41 PM UTC+2, peter.bittner wrote: > >> > >> Hmmm, > >> > >> >> If so, I welcome the change. I was really put off some time ago by > the > >> >> quote > >> >> of Brian on the front page of pyjs.org. Maybe it's time to remove > it. > >> >> Maybe > >> >> it's time for me to consider using pyjs. > >> > > >> > i think you are probably right, and that is a great point. welcome > >> > (back?) to the party. you can make a pull req on github if you like, > >> > else i'll fixup sometime tomorrow/weekend. > >> > >> Why all this will for destruction? What is actually wrong with the > >> quote of Brian (whoever this person is)? In my eyes this is great > >> marketing talk making the project interesting to try out. I don't > >> think "bloody bleeding edge" - when paired with stable releases - is > >> necessarily something wrong. > >> > >> Let's no overreact. Welcome everyone who is interested (again) in > >> Pyjs, but also welcome everyone who liked Pyjs as it was before the > >> change (aka Pyjamas). We all should be in one boat, even with > >> different points of view. > >> > >> No offence, > >> Peter >
