Thank you for listing the relevant bugs --- it is easier for us to vote
for them.
Thanks,
Eugene
PS: I am "Django-centric" but I want to see other Python frameworks
available out of the box too. I believe it is for everyones good.
Philip Jenvey wrote:
>
> On Apr 9, 2008, at 9:43 AM, Bob Ippolito wrote:
>
>> You can always take the approach where C modules are used if
>> available, otherwise pure Python code can be used. simplejson does
>> this, for example.
>
> Unfortunately it's not just C extensions that are the problem on app
> engine, it's actually Python builtin modules written in C.
>
> E.g. the problem with Mako and Genshi on app engine is that they need
> the builtin parser module to parse python code to AST. Rumor has it
> some C modules, like parser, are restricted due to security concerns
> -- like they would need to audit the parser module's rather hairy C
> code to ensure it's not violating their restricted Python sandboxing
> (though I'm not sure about this).
>
> I'm getting the impression that the guys behind google app engine are
> very Django centric, and might not be that aware of how important
> Mako and Genshi are outside of Django (I think they're very important
> for Django too, not every Django app uses Django templates).
>
> I'd encourage everyone to help make them aware of how important it is
> to get the pieces of our stack working: one way is by voting
> ('starring', click on the star) the related issues logged on their
> ticket tracker:
>
> The Mako templating doesn't work:
> http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=9
>
> Incompatible with pkg_resources
> http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=60
>
> Expand Python framework support to Zope3, Turbogears, and Pylons
> http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=33
>
> --
> Philip Jenvey
>
>
>
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