Have you ever compiled PIL on OS X? It's kind of a PITA. On Windows it's a simple install exe. I've had more problems on my Mac with C libs than on my Windows box/server at work. For Linux a lot of it depends on your distribution. Calling it a "Windows problem" is just wrong.
- Justin On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Lawrence Oluyede <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Mike Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You're discounting the "fun" effect: people want to see if they can > > accomplish it. There is no "fork" of Pylons/Mako/Paste. Merely > > people exploring the incompatibilities to see if the same package can > > be made compatible for both environments. > > Yes, exactly. I left out the "fun" effect because it would not be > rational anymore :-) > I agee with you for the most part but: > > > The problem with C libraries is a lot bigger than just Google. It > > frustrates users on Windows and Macintosh to no end, and many of them > > give up trying to install Pylons/lxml/ToscaWidgets/wxPython and go on > > to something else. Precompiled binaries don't always exist, are too > > old, hard to find, or built with the wrong C compiler or Unicode > > width. > > This is, in my ideal world, a Windows problem, not a Python one. For > the record: I use Linux and MacOSX day by day and never had issues > with C libraries. I already know Windows is an entire different > matter. For this and a lot of other reasons I don't use Windows at > all, unless to test HTML pages with IE 6/7. > > BTW even if the developer likes Windows as his platform most of the > deployment in the Python world is done on unix machine, at least in my > side of the universe. I am not sure someone will go with (for example) > (Django|Pylons|TG) + Apache2 + PostgreSQL on a Windows box as the > server. > > In my opinion the "problem of the C libraries" is not as big as it > seems. Just don't use Windows to develop, use it at home if you like > it to surf, listen to music, play games :D > > > That's why we didn't use lxml in the WebHelpers upgrade. We looked > > and finally found a pure Python module that did what we need. > > I know and I don't blame you as developers of an entire framework. > Losing compatibility with the most widespread platform is a shame but > AFAIK there are lxml binaries, see: > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml/2.0.3 > > -- > Lawrence, stacktrace.it - oluyede.org - neropercaso.it > "It is difficult to get a man to understand > something when his salary depends on not > understanding it" - Upton Sinclair > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
