On Tue, 2010-12-28 at 02:26 -0800, flebber wrote: > Can't help thinking they open sourced Pydev so they could bench it.
So? That isn't uncommon at all; to Open Source when you've moved on. > I started thinking that the only consistent env each python person has > is idle as it ships in the install. There is a plethora of Python IDE's [personally I use Monodevelop, which supports Python, and is fast and stable]. > Sometimes we can contribute with money and sometimes with time, if I > was to contribute money to ensure that I and all new coming python > programmers could have a first class development environment to use > what would I donate to? At the moment no particular group seems > applicable. Many projects accept donations via PayPal. Sourceforge supports this. > Is pydev actively being developed and for who? SPE is a great idea but > is Stan still developing? Pyscripter is good but not 64 capable. Plus > none of these projects seem community centric. Why not just check the repo and see the real answer for yourself? It is Open Source after all. <https://github.com/aptana/Pydev/commits/master> > Maybe its just my wish, maybe something already exists, but to my mind > why is there not a central python community ide or plugin setup like > pydev or using pydev(since currently it is very good - to me), which I > know or at least could confidently donate time or money to further > python. You could checkout the code of any Python IDE and hack on it. > I think a community plugin architecture which contained components > like pydev, pyscripter, eclipse and eggs/pypm packages would give a > place I can contribute time as my skills grow and confidently donate > money knowing I am assisting the development of community tools and > packages we all can use. So just do it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
