On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 4:19 PM, rantingrick <rantingr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 11, 4:08 pm, Stephen Hansen <me+list/pyt...@ixokai.io> wrote: >> On 6/11/10 1:20 PM, rantingrick wrote: >> >> > Run the warning. Then and *only* then can we move forward with facts. >> >> http://google.com/codesearch?q=%22from+Tkinter+import%22http://google.com/codesearch?q=%22import+Tkinter%22 >> >> Compared to: >> >> http://google.com/codesearch?q=%22from+wx+import%22http://google.com/codesearch?q=%22import+wx%22 >> >> and >> >> http://google.com/codesearch?q=%22from+PyQT4+import%22http://google.com/codesearch?q=%22import+PyQT4%22 >> >> -1; This most trivial and unreliable of metrics is, despite its limited >> effectiveness, enough alone to show that there is sufficient usage of >> Tkinter to argue against removal without a compelling replacement being >> available and a migration path available for those who used Tkinter >> before to make use of this replacement. >> >> There is neither a compelling replacement ready yet (though PyGUI may >> become one, sure) nor any migration path available ('just download >> tkinter from pypi' is not sufficient) > > > Fair enough! Although whether or not we want to remove Tkinter i think > it would be a good idea to get some feedback. But alas i am tired of > fighting with you guys about it. > > So, since we are *keeping* Tkinter i want some suggestions for > improvement. And don't go telling me that nothing needs fixing, > because i have documented time and again the problems in Tkinter and > IDLE. I have already made patches/fixes for some of them but somehow i > fear the *in crowd* will never accept my changes just from pure spite.
This is the important part of life where you find out you aren't everybody else's boss. > So let me hear of ANY improvements and/or suggestions for Tkinter/IDLE > docs, code, or whatever. If you don't know of anything wrong with it, why raise this huge stink? If you do, why are you asking us? Just go fix it. Geremy Condra -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
