Sounds great. The available PyORBit isn't much use anyway since as near as I can tell, it can only understand CORBA objects which were compiled into it. I assume ORBit-Python can take in new IDL at runtime?
Roland Mas wrote: > Hello people, > > This message concerns Python users, and in particular users of the > python-orbit package. > > The python-orbit package currently contains the PyOrbit module, that > is a Python binding for ORBit, the CORBA ORB used e.g. by GNOME. > PyORBit development seems to be somewhat dead. > > On the other hand, there is ORBit-Python, another module with the > same goals. This one is more advanced, and is still actively > developed upstream. I do have an interest in ORBit-Python (I am part > of upstream and I use it for work). > > So, what I suggest is this: having successfully gone through the new > maintainer process, I'd like to take over the package, and replace its > contents (PyOrbit) by ORBit-Python. PyOrbit is version 0.0.2, > ORBit-Python is 0.1.3 (+ CVS changes), so there should be no problem. > > Consequently, I'm looking for comments. Are there PyOrbit users out > there? Are there any people depending on it being PyOrbit and not > ORBit-Python? > > If noone raises their hand, I'll probably upload a new python-orbit > package in a few days. > > Please answer on debian-python@lists.debian.org, as I think it's the > appropriate list. > > Roland. > -- > Roland Mas > > Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it. > -- Regalian, in My Hero (Tom Holt) > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
