"Tim N. van der Leeuw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> John Bokma wrote:
>> "Robert Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > No it isn't.
>>
>> Learn to quote when you use Google's Usenet garbage.
>>
>
> I don't know why you consider it 'garbage',
How many people use GG without quoting, annoyin
Dave Benjamin wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> Why is PythonWin (win32all) still a separate download from a third party?
> Is it legal, technical, or what? I think it's about time it be part of the
> standard distribution.
>
Something that the other responders seem to have ignored is the
separation of
John Bokma wrote:
> "Robert Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > No it isn't.
>
> Learn to quote when you use Google's Usenet garbage.
>
I don't know why you consider it 'garbage', using it myself for this
'contribution', but quoting isn't hard using google groups. Just
clicking the right link
Dave Benjamin wrote:
> Sure. I wasn't proposing that this be done behind Mark's back. I wasn't
> even proposing a fork; rather, just two installers bundled into one. The
> user, upon running the .msi file, would simply be asked if they'd like
> PythonWin also. PythonWin could be automatically combi
Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> Dave Benjamin wrote:
>> Why is PythonWin (win32all) still a separate download from a third
>> party? Is it legal, technical, or what? I think it's about time it be
>> part of the standard distribution.
>
> Both legal and technical. The PythonWin author and maintainer (Mark
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The ctypes.com package is no longer part of ctypes.
> It has been split by Thomas Heller into a separate package comtypes.
> See: http://sourceforge.net/projects/comtypes/
>
> Still in its childhood but as easy as com can get, I guess, way easier
> and better than python
Ten wrote:
> Respectfully, that sounds like a reason for *you* to bundle pythonwin (and
> python, to be honest :) ), not a reason for everyone else to have to download
> an extra 40-50% of potentially superfluous cruft with their standard python
> setup.
Certainly, I could bundle Python and Pyt
The ctypes.com package is no longer part of ctypes.
It has been split by Thomas Heller into a separate package comtypes.
See: http://sourceforge.net/projects/comtypes/
Still in its childhood but as easy as com can get, I guess, way easier
and better than pythonWin at least.
Juergen
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Dave Benjamin wrote:
> Why is PythonWin (win32all) still a separate download from a third
> party? Is it legal, technical, or what? I think it's about time it be
> part of the standard distribution.
Both legal and technical. The PythonWin author and maintainer (Mark
Hammond) hasn't contributed thi
On Thu, 11 May 2006, Alex Martelli wrote:
> Dave Benjamin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...
>> It's time to bundle PythonWin.
>
> No: the Python Standard Distribution, in 2.5, includes instead ctypes,
> which is lower-level than PythonWin but more general (exists for other
> platforms, lets you c
Dave Benjamin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
> It's time to bundle PythonWin.
No: the Python Standard Distribution, in 2.5, includes instead ctypes,
which is lower-level than PythonWin but more general (exists for other
platforms, lets you call other DLLs on Windows and not just those
wrapped f
> I write applications that use COM and Tkinter to automate basic office
> tasks. My users are thankfully benevolent enough to download and install
> Python on their own. They don't know what PythonWin is, they aren't
> remembering it, and frankly, I don't think it should be their concern.
> It's
On Thursday 11 May 2006 23:09, Dave Benjamin wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> Why is PythonWin (win32all) still a separate download from a third party?
> Is it legal, technical, or what? I think it's about time it be part of the
> standard distribution.
>
> There are many useful things that you ought to be
Robert Hicks wrote:
> No it isn't. It is a Windows only package. It needs to stay a separate
> download.
The latest Python Library Reference has a section called "MS Windows
Specific Services", where it has several packages that work only on
Windows. There's also a section for SGI IRIX modules, a
"Robert Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No it isn't.
Learn to quote when you use Google's Usenet garbage.
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On Thu, 11 May 2006, Robert Hicks wrote:
> No it isn't. It is a Windows only package. It needs to stay a separate
> download.
The Windows installer for Python is an MSI file. It's already Windows
only.
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No it isn't. It is a Windows only package. It needs to stay a separate
download.
Robert
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