Re: Proposed Modules, My Take

[James Henstridge <james jamesh id au>]

Sean Middleditch wrote:

> Can a version of Python be declared to go with this if its in the
> Bindings?  
There is a minimum required version of Python for any particular Python 
bindings release, but why would you want to require a particular version 
of Python?  Would you also want to require a particular version of 
GCC/libstdc++ be used with gtkmm for a particular release?

> Otherwise every distro could end up with a different version
> of Python resulting in various incompatibilities - especially in the
> case where multiple versions of Python are installed.
>  
If you want to install multiple versions of Python, you can easily 
install multiple copies of pygtk too (it installs into the site-packages 
directory for the Python version it was built against).

> Does /usr/bin/python reference the vesion with pygtk?
It depends on the system.  A pygtk using application could reasonably 
consider that it is the case though ...

> If apps
> hardcode /usr/bin/python-2.2 what happens on a distro that only has 2.3?
>  
Then the app would break.

> Both problems disappear if we mandate that, say, Python 2.3 be used and
> that all apps using the "official GNOME Bindings" reference python-2.3
> explicitly, or something like that.
>  
This would add an artificial barrier to using versions of Python other 
than the one required.  For instance, people might want to use Python 
2.4 ...

James.