Re: number of python users

2005-09-29 Thread Benji York
Magnus Lycka wrote: > To name a few concrete examples, Zope typically bundles its > own python in the installation, and can work with just one > version and let other software on the same machine use another > python of a different version. Note that Zope 3 doesn't do this. The system Python is u

Re: number of python users

2005-09-29 Thread Magnus Lycka
Robert Kern wrote: > So he can make an informed decision about how far back he should > maintain compatibility? I wasn't asking you! ;) Depending on what kind of software this is, who the potential users are, how the software will be distributed etc, the importance of being backward compatible va

Re: number of python users

2005-09-28 Thread Jorge Godoy
Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > just for fun, i looked at the top linux distros at distrowatch and looked at > what version of python the latest released version is shipping with out of the > box: > > 1. ubuntu hoary - python 2.4.1 > 2. mandriva 2005 - python 2.4 > 3. suse 9.3 - python 2.4 3

Re: number of python users

2005-09-28 Thread Robert Kern
Magnus Lycka wrote: > Bryan wrote: > >>is there a rough estimate somewhere that shows currently how many python >>1.5 vs 2.2 vs 2.3 vs 2.4 users there are? have a majority moved to 2.4? >>or are they still using 2.3? etc... > > Why do you want to know that? So he can make an informed decision

Re: number of python users

2005-09-28 Thread Magnus Lycka
Bryan wrote: > is there a rough estimate somewhere that shows currently how many python > 1.5 vs 2.2 vs 2.3 vs 2.4 users there are? have a majority moved to 2.4? > or are they still using 2.3? etc... Why do you want to know that? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: number of python users

2005-09-28 Thread Magnus Lycka
Scott David Daniels wrote: > * 2.3 was called Python-in-a-tie; Nope, that's 2.2. See e.g. http://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2002/08/msg00025.html Sadly, it seems the Python Business Forum has died, or at least fallen into some kind of coma, so I don't know if that's an issue. In corporate i

Re: number of python users

2005-09-27 Thread Brett Hoerner
RHEL isn't really "big" on Distrowatch because Distrowatch is geared more towards users. RHEL 4.1 is using Python 2.3.4 now, btw. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: number of python users

2005-09-27 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Bryan wrote: > just for fun, i looked at the top linux distros at distrowatch and looked at > what version of python the latest released version is shipping with out of > the box: > > 1. ubuntu hoary - python 2.4.1 > 2. mandriva 2005 - python 2.4 > 3. suse 9.3 - python 2.4 > 4. fedora core 4 - py

Re: number of python users

2005-09-26 Thread Bryan
Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Bryan wrote: > >>is there a rough estimate somewhere that shows currently how many python 1.5 >>vs >>2.2 vs 2.3 vs 2.4 users there are? have a majority moved to 2.4? or are they >>still using 2.3? etc... > > > Here are current PIL download statistics (last 10 days): > >

Re: number of python users

2005-09-26 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2005-09-26, Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is there a rough estimate somewhere that shows currently how many python 1.5 > vs > 2.2 vs 2.3 vs 2.4 users there are? have a majority moved to 2.4? or are they > still using 2.3? etc... My guess is most are still using 2.3. The last time I lo

Re: number of python users

2005-09-26 Thread Scott David Daniels
Bryan wrote: > is there a rough estimate somewhere that shows currently how many python > 1.5 vs 2.2 vs 2.3 vs 2.4 users there are? have a majority moved to 2.4? > or are they still using 2.3? etc... > > thanks, > bryan I'd bet the majority is still using 2.3: * 2.3 has been around a very l

Re: number of python users

2005-09-26 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Bryan wrote: > is there a rough estimate somewhere that shows currently how many python 1.5 > vs > 2.2 vs 2.3 vs 2.4 users there are? have a majority moved to 2.4? or are they > still using 2.3? etc... Here are current PIL download statistics (last 10 days): 75.6% /downloads/PIL-1.1.5.win32

number of python users

2005-09-26 Thread Bryan
is there a rough estimate somewhere that shows currently how many python 1.5 vs 2.2 vs 2.3 vs 2.4 users there are? have a majority moved to 2.4? or are they still using 2.3? etc... thanks, bryan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list