[Python-Dev] Merging Python and Gtk... (original) (raw)
Paul Sheer psheer at icon.co.za
Fri Aug 6 19:39:16 CEST 2004
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Now that Gtk is supported on Windows, X, and framebuffers, would it not be worthwhile to consider packaging Python and Gtk together?
Python+Gtk is a killer combination, and I see the only argument against Python's mainstream adoption to be its lack of a standardized widget library as portable and eligant as Python itself.
If Python and Gtk installed as one package, this requirement would be met. At the moment, getting Python to work with Gtk on an arbitrary Unix system requires compiling no less than 14 tar balls from source. There are also huge overlaps in functionality, like Python and Gtk image support (jpeg etc.)
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-paul
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