Barry Warsaw wrote: > On May 4, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Andreas Röhler wrote: > >>> IMO any new "obviously useful" features should be enabled by >>> default. Old Timers should have no problem reverting to older >>> configurations via settings. A point which generates much contention I >>> know. As it is, Python set up is/was a minefield. I have a reasonable >>> set up here fwiw, >>> >> >> Yes, you have. Used it month ago, thanks BTW. >> Beside the question is still, how the user may get everything needed >> installed with one action. >> Several possibilities exist: we could make a tarball emacs-python. > > If you have permission of the authors of the other packages, I have no > problem distributing them in our branch, or making a tarball of them > available from the Launchpad download page. It's up to them though.
Thanks a lot. I'll care for that. It will be great, if emacs-python-folks may use this facility for emacs-python-things independently from existing files, thus python-mode understood in a broader sense, rather python-mode(s). > I tend not to use those other packages and just grab python-mode.el > from its bzr branch. > >> Too we should let the user decide, what features to use: ipython or not, >> pdbtrack or pydb, which >> completion, refactoring, which checks and tests etc. > > Sure. I would tend to be more conservative in the default settings, > so as not to surprise people, but that's just me. :) > That's wise. With releases, users shouldn't be bothered with all the developing stuff. Also we could consider bundles for beginners as well as for powered-through master-pythons. :) Andreas > -Barryu > _______________________________________________ Python-mode mailing list Python-mode@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-mode
