"Tim N. van der Leeuw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> John Bokma wrote:
>> "Robert Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > No it isn't.
>>
>> Learn to quote when you use Google's Usenet garbage.
>>
>
> I don't know why you consider it 'garbage',
How many people use GG without quoting, annoyin
Dave Benjamin wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> Why is PythonWin (win32all) still a separate download from a third party?
> Is it legal, technical, or what? I think it's about time it be part of the
> standard distribution.
>
Something that the other responders seem to have ignored is the
separation of
John Bokma wrote:
> "Robert Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > No it isn't.
>
> Learn to quote when you use Google's Usenet garbage.
>
I don't know why you consider it 'garbage', using it myself for this
'contribution', but quoting isn't hard using google groups. Just
clicking the right link
Dave Benjamin wrote:
> Sure. I wasn't proposing that this be done behind Mark's back. I wasn't
> even proposing a fork; rather, just two installers bundled into one. The
> user, upon running the .msi file, would simply be asked if they'd like
> PythonWin also. PythonWin could be automatically combi
They are readily
> available, and we are all lazy enough to never do more than just
> post to a newsgroup complaining about it.
Well, good, at least I'm not the only lazy complainer around here. =)
>> It's time to bundle PythonWin.
>
> So go and work on that.
Nah. Sounds like the better option is to wait for ctypes in 2.5...
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The ctypes.com package is no longer part of ctypes.
> It has been split by Thomas Heller into a separate package comtypes.
> See: http://sourceforge.net/projects/comtypes/
>
> Still in its childhood but as easy as com can get, I guess, way easier
> and better than python
Ten wrote:
> Respectfully, that sounds like a reason for *you* to bundle pythonwin (and
> python, to be honest :) ), not a reason for everyone else to have to download
> an extra 40-50% of potentially superfluous cruft with their standard python
> setup.
Certainly, I could bundle Python and Pyt
The ctypes.com package is no longer part of ctypes.
It has been split by Thomas Heller into a separate package comtypes.
See: http://sourceforge.net/projects/comtypes/
Still in its childhood but as easy as com can get, I guess, way easier
and better than pythonWin at least.
Juergen
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onments--why do we
> tolerate their omission on the Windows platform?
We tolerate them because they aren't omitted. They are readily
available, and we are all lazy enough to never do more than just
post to a newsgroup complaining about it.
> It's time to bundle PythonWin.
So go an
On Thu, 11 May 2006, Alex Martelli wrote:
> Dave Benjamin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...
>> It's time to bundle PythonWin.
>
> No: the Python Standard Distribution, in 2.5, includes instead ctypes,
> which is lower-level than PythonWin but more general (exists
Dave Benjamin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
> It's time to bundle PythonWin.
No: the Python Standard Distribution, in 2.5, includes instead ctypes,
which is lower-level than PythonWin but more general (exists for other
platforms, lets you call other DLLs on Windows and not just
d be their concern.
> It's time to bundle PythonWin.
Someone already has.
http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/
> Mac libraries are bundled with Python's *standard library*.
Are they? Only the documentation stubs are (in ActivePython anyway). It
would be quite a
On Thursday 11 May 2006 23:09, Dave Benjamin wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> Why is PythonWin (win32all) still a separate download from a third party?
> Is it legal, technical, or what? I think it's about time it be part of the
> standard distribution.
>
> There are many useful things that you ought to be
Robert Hicks wrote:
> No it isn't. It is a Windows only package. It needs to stay a separate
> download.
The latest Python Library Reference has a section called "MS Windows
Specific Services", where it has several packages that work only on
Windows. There's also a section for SGI IRIX modules, a
"Robert Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No it isn't.
Learn to quote when you use Google's Usenet garbage.
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On Thu, 11 May 2006, Robert Hicks wrote:
> No it isn't. It is a Windows only package. It needs to stay a separate
> download.
The Windows installer for Python is an MSI file. It's already Windows
only.
Dave
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No it isn't. It is a Windows only package. It needs to stay a separate
download.
Robert
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utomate basic office
tasks. My users are thankfully benevolent enough to download and install
Python on their own. They don't know what PythonWin is, they aren't
remembering it, and frankly, I don't think it should be their concern.
It's time to bundle PythonWin.
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