On 22 October 2013 04:39, Barry Warsaw <[email protected]> wrote: > Please note too that we don't want to ship Python 2 on the touch images for > 14.04, so if you're going to use Python make sure it's Python 3. >
The author of PyOtherSide (thp) only officially supports python 3.3+ (although I believe it is possible to build it against other python versions). I've already updated my app so that it is Python 2 and 3 compatible. I didn't know about app confinement, and the limits of dependencies on click packages. I don't think, as a amateur app developer, I'd be comfortable bundling python itself in my package - but dependent python modules may be possible. The only python module dependency my app has at the moment is python-lxml. In response to why Python, and not a rewrite in C++ - I have no experience with C/C++. I should probably make the effort to learn, but haven't found the time, and my app already works on Maemo 5, MeeGo Harmattan, and SailfishOS. I was hoping to just develop an additional UI using Ubuntu Touch QML components. Another alternative is PyQt, which recently added Qt5 Qt Quick support. I haven't tried this yet, but it's more of a complete solution, and should make porting existing MeeGo Harmattan PySide apps very easy (subject to PyQt's GPL license restriction). It would be fantastic to see some Python support in the SDK, but I fully understand if that isn't a realistic prospect at the moment! -- Matt [email protected] http://mattaustin.me.uk/ -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
