On Tuesday 14 November 2006 15:07, Thomas Weholt wrote: > I've been a fan of Turbogears since the first announcement, but > recently I've become more and more sceptical about using it. It's ok to > build a framework on third-party modules, but in turbogears this is > beginning to look crazy. Just look at the list of packages listed at > http://www.turbogears.org/download/index.html. I don't know how many of > these you absolutely need to get turbogears running, but all my > attempts at downloading the latest release have failed lately because > of some missing third-party module or something that won't compile. > This was no problem in the start of the project. It was a brilliant > showcase of good use of setuptools. If there's a way around this, to > download just the core modules you need to get started it should be > better documented on the homepage. And as more and more users switch to > python 2.5 turbogears lags behind because alot of the third-party > modules aren't 2.5-compatible. > > I've also tried to keep track of the progress of Turbogears using the > trac.turbogears.org-site, but the roadmap shows little or no progress > lately. Are there being done any serious work on the core issues? > > Sorry, if this seems like just complaining, and you can say "Why don't > you dive into the code, fix the bugs, contribute patches etc." all you > want. I've been sitting on the fence waiting for turbogears to reach > 1.0, be easy to download and use and then suggest it as an alternative > to .NET-based solutions at my workplace. My first encounter with > turbogears was love at first sight so I really want turbogears to be a > success. > > I wish my timeschedule allowed me more time to work on projects like > this, then maybe I could really contribute and help solve some of the > issues I've mentioned here. Many of you guys probably have the same > problem. But anyway, keep up the good work. I *do* appreciate the work > you do, even if this message might make you think I don't.
While I can understand your frustration because of what happened to you, I must say that I've personally installed TG on a few machines easy-peasy with easy_install TurboGears That was it. So - nope. Can't say that there is anything to get better from my POV. -- >> Diez B. Roggisch >> Developer T +49 (30) 443 50 99 - 27 F +49 (30) 443 50 99 - 99 M +49 (179) 11 75 303 E [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> artnology GmbH A Milastraße 4 / D-10437 Berlin T +49 (30) 443 50 99 - 0 F +49 (30) 443 50 99 - 99 E [EMAIL PROTECTED] I http://www.artnology.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
