Re: ActivePython 2.3 and PyPPM

2004-05-06 Thread Trent Mick
> Does Trent Mick still work for ActiveState? If not, could someone else > tell us anything about the timetable for replacing the deleted PyPPM > functionality? Bob, Apologies for letting your question slide unanswered! Yes, I am still here. Currently there is no real timetable. The current st

Re: ActivePython 2.3 and PyPPM

2004-05-06 Thread Bob Kline
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Bob Kline wrote: > On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Trent Mick wrote: > > > > > As you noticed, PyPPM is no longer part of ActivePython 2.3.x. > > [W]e think that everyone is better served if we spend a bit of time to > > figure out how to leverage some of the new developments in

Re: ActivePython 2.3 and PyPPM

2004-04-19 Thread Bob Kline
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Trent Mick wrote: > > As you noticed, PyPPM is no longer part of ActivePython 2.3.x. > [W]e think that everyone is better served if we spend a bit of time to > figure out how to leverage some of the new developments in Python > (such as PyPI, the Python Package Index an

ActivePython 2.3 and PyPPM

2003-10-31 Thread Trent Mick
As you noticed, PyPPM is no longer part of ActivePython 2.3.x. The fundamental reason for that change is that the old PyPPM infrastructure was not maintainable or scalable (keeping modules up to date was very painful and adding new modules even more so). Rather than keep patching a system which