On 01/18/2011 11:15 PM, rantingrick wrote: > On Jan 18, 10:10 pm, Corey Richardson <kb1...@aim.com> wrote: > >> That is a pretty large dependency to rely on, and it is rather >> undesirable IMO. > > And what exactly is undesirable? Unless you actually back up your > statements with fact they just ring hallow. Can you offer any specific > reasons why wx is a bad choice. And more importantly can you offer any > viable alternatives?
Go ahead and read Adam's fine post about the dependencies of wxwidgets. As for alternatives? I think Tkinter is fine for most of my purposes. When I need something else, I use PyQt. I can install python-minimal on Windows/Linux/What-have-you and know that Tkinter will run without needing GTK+ and SWIG, as Adam mentioned. If you want to get something done, here's an idea - do it yourself. That's what OS is all about. Don't just write something, implement it. If the folks over in python-dev want nothing to do with it, that's fine - make a package using your minimal wxpython version, I'm sure people will use it, especially if you make it as easy to use as Tkinter. I'm done with this thread. I inserted my 12 cents. Have a nice day, and good luck with your ventures. ~Corey -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
