Thanks Jim - this is *great* news. Even if it doesn't happen immediately, the announcement that it is a definite goal is very reassuring and appreciated.
All the best, Michael Foord http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/index.shtml Jim Hugunin wrote: > John Lam announced this morning that we will be accepting external source > code contributions into the IronRuby libraries on the standard Ruby open > source site, Rubyforge. In the hours since that announcement a number of > people (including Mark, below) have asked if we're going to do the same thing > with the IronPython libraries. Obviously the answer to that question is an > enthusiastic yes! However, we still have work to do to figure out the > details and the timing. > > In one sense, we already have such a site for IronPython with the fepy > project run by Seo Sanghyeon. This sourceforge project includes many > community contributions primarily in the form of libraries that are not a > part of the core IronPython release. Seo also produces very nice complete > packages of IronPython and related libraries - particularly for folks running > on Linux. If you're an eager contributor today who'd like to improve > IronPython's library support, I suspect that your contributions would be > welcome at fepy - although you'd obviously have to ask Seo for a definitive > answer here. > > In the longer term, we will establish a more official structure so that the > community can contribute to more of the IronPython project and so that our > "official" releases will include these contributions. Right now, our fairly > small team is still focused on working out the details for our new IronRuby > release. While we're doing this, we don't want to make any changes to > disrupt the IronPython project that has been running successfully for over > two years. After the IronRuby sources do in fact go up on Rubyforge, we'll > be able to devote the time to talk with folks both within MS and within the > Python community to work out the best next step for IronPython to increase > our support for community contributors. I'm sorry this is going to take a > little more time and thank you for your patience. > > Thanks - Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Rees > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 6:25 AM > To: Discussion of IronPython > Subject: [IronPython] Contributions to IronPython library source > > Hi, > > I see in John Lams announcement of the IronRuby first source code > release (http://www.iunknown.com/2007/07/a-first-look-at.html), they > will be accepting source code contributions into the IronRuby > libraries. So I cannot resist asking if the IronPython will have the > same policy soon for IronPython 2.0 libraries and hopefully IronPython > 1.1. > > Regards > > Mark > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
