PyPM is now released! http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/e9efdedf264a3b8a
On Oct 1, 4:42 am, flebber <flebber.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 1, 11:28 am, srid <sridhar.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Sep 30, 4:51 pm, Robert Hicks <sigz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am just curious which I should use. I am going to start learning > > > Python soon. Are they comparable and I just do a "eenie meenie minie > > > moe"? > > > ActivePython is essentially same as the installers from python.org - > > but it also comes with additional documentation and tutorials, such > > as: > > > Python FAQs > > A snapshot of the Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs) (For the most > > recent version, refer to the PEPs on python.org .) > > Dive Into Python (A tutorial for programmers) > > Non-Programmers Tutorial For Python > > >http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/3.1/whatsincluded.html > > > Also note that 2.6.x is probably the best bet if you are going to use > > some 3rd party libraries (after you learn the basics of Python) .. > > because 3.x does not have many of those libraries ported yet. > > > http://www.activestate.com/activepython/ > > > Further, early next week - a new release of ActivePython-2.6 will be > > made available that will include, for the first time, a new Python > > package manager (PyPM) from ActiveState that makes it easier to > > install packages from pypi.python.org(without having to compile them > > yourself). This is similar to PPM from ActivePerl. > > > -srid > > Thats awesome news. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
