Chris Withers wrote: > On 02/10/2011 21:58, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> Aahz wrote: >>> What do people think? I'm -0 because I've never heard of this before >>> (they haven't been posting to c.l.py.announce) and because they're using >>> 2.7.1 more than three months after 2.7.2 was released. >> >> I'm +1 on this. The more options available for the user, the >> better. > > That doesn't follow for me. > Why are more options better? > > "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it." > > Having a bucketload of linked distros is just going to be confusing for > new users...
All those distributions target special user groups and they usually come with different options for support and maintenance, which the standard distribution does not provide. BTW: The above Zen quote is often misunderstood. It says that there should be one *obvious* way to do things. That doesn't exclude having other options available as well and the obvious choice for one person may very well not be the obvious one for another person. Having choices available is a good thing. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Oct 03 2011) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2011-10-04: PyCon DE 2011, Leipzig, Germany tomorrow ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ pydotorg-www mailing list pydotorg-www@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www
