[Python-Dev] Re: Stability and change (original) (raw)

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Mon, 8 Apr 2002 13:22:48 -0400

"GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

GvR> For most mortals, the XEmacs package manager simply *sucks*.
GvR> Maybe that is because it's broken out of the box and you have
GvR> to find the right webpage that tells you how to manually fix
GvR> some things.  But it still sucks.

I agree totally, but that's a quality of implementation problem. Once it works, it's (almost) great. But you're right, it would have been nearly completely automatic, and bug free out of the box. I guess it's no surprise we've talked about this for years but it still hasn't materialized.

-Barry