Paul Rubin wrote: > Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>No it's not wrong to want these things. The problem is that we're not >>lacking in people posting this *same exact complaint* every month or >>so. We *are* lacking in people implementing these things. > > Eh? Nah, we keep getting lame excuses on why those things aren't > needed and users should just supply tenacity and expect to suffer and > they should stop being wimps, and having to locate, download, and > figure out how to use a dozen packages from all over the internet > really isn't more hassle than a one-click install with unified > documentation for everything.
*I'm* not giving those excuses. I'm doing the work to assist in my area of interest. http://download.enthought.com/MacEnthon/ReadMe.html >>If you want to see these nice accoutrements, *stop posting here and >>get to work*! > > Eh again--says who? You? Yes, me. I've been doing the legwork. > Most of those functions for Python are > already floating around the net. It's simply a matter in many cases > of deciding to include them in the distro. The problem is an attitude > that making things too easy for users is un-Pythonic. If you think > it's just a matter of writing code, you're not on the side you think > you're on. I said nothing about writing code except as part of a list of several things that this thread won't accomplish. I certainly don't think that it *just* involves writing code. -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
