[Python-Dev] Sumo (original) (raw)

Paul Moore p.f.moore at gmail.com
Thu May 27 21:44:30 CEST 2010

On 27 May 2010 16:56, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:

We'll just have to agree to disagree, then.  Plenty of evidence has been provided; it just doesn't happen to apply to you.  Fine, but I wish you'd make the "to me" part explicit, because I know that it does apply to others, many of them, from their personal testimony, both related to XEmacs and to Python.

Sorry, you're right. There's a very strong "to me" in all of this, but I more or less assumed it was obvious, as I was originally responding to comments implying that a sumo distribution was a solution to a problem I stated that I have. In trying to trim things, and keep things concise, I completely lost the context. My apologies.

I wouldn't recommend building a production system on top of a sumo in any case.  But (given resources to maintain multiple Python development installations) it is a good environment for experimentation, because not only batteries but screwdrivers and duct tape are supplied.

That's an interesting perspective that I hadn't seen mentioned before. For experimentation, I'd love a sumo distribution as you describe. But I thought this whole discussion focussed around building production systems. For that, the stdlib's quality guarantees are a major benefit, and the costs of locating and validating appropriately high-quality external packages are (sometimes prohibitively) high.

But I think I'm getting to the point where I'm adding more confusion than information, so I'll bow out of this discussion at this point.

Paul.

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