11-13-2008
Matter of choice, I'd say. As far as I know Guido van Rossum, python's author, is working with Google to help them in their projects, but it was half-time day or something similar. Personally I don't find python useful for my tasks, now and before, there's nothing I couldn't do in Perl, so that I have to use Python, the indentation is confusing me a lot, and I'm not used to not having end-of-line symbol. But please, let's not make the thread of that sort : "I don't like python, I like PHP instead". I know few people that made some really impressive stuff in Python, as well as the KDE guys.
So, again, matter of choice, but I also agree that there's less press noise for python recently.
6 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hello everyone. i am working on getting my network+ and server+ certs. after that i want to get a unix cert, but i don't know what's the most needed. i've checked the web sites for sun, ibm, and hp and they all claim to have the fastest, most stable, open source compatible unix system that sets all... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: foustware
1 Replies
2. What is on Your Mind?
Which among the following is most popular choice as a mail server -
1)Sendmail
2)Postfix
3)Qmail
Which is the industry preferred one? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: proactiveaditya
2 Replies
3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Ok, this is really beyond my scripting skill level so I'm hoping somebody can help me out with this. I have a trace file in the following format:
<timestame> <devicenum> <sector address> <size in sectors> <0 or 1 (write or read)>
Here is what I need to do. I need to use the <sector address>,... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: jontjioe
3 Replies
4. Red Hat
I am planning to install the latest version of Red Hat on a desktop computer, and use it as a platform to become more up-to-date on Linux and associated open source applications. I'm thinking to buy a used Dell or HP desktop computer; maybe two or three years old (or newer); on which to install... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: CarsonsPlanet
2 Replies
5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
Which tools or method is popular, simple and effective, to check memory such as bad sector, throughput and performance?
Thank you.
- j (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: hce
5 Replies
6. Programming
Hi all...
As you know I like making code backwards compatible for as many platforms as possible.
This Python script was in fact dedicated for the AMIGA A1200 using Pythons 1.4.0, 1.5.2, 1.6.0, 2.0.1, and 2.4.6 as that is all we have for varying levels of upgrades from a HDD and 4MB FastRam... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: wisecracker
1 Replies
LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
dh_pysupport
DH_PYSUPPORT(1) python-support DH_PYSUPPORT(1)
NAME
dh_pysupport - use the python-support framework to handle Python modules
SYNOPSIS
dh_pysupport [debhelper options] [-V X.Y] [-X item [...]] [-n] [module dirs ...]
DESCRIPTION
dh_pysupport is a debhelper program that will scan your package, detect public modules in /usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages, and move them
to the shared Python modules location. It will generate appropriate postinst/prerm scripts to byte-compile modules installed there for all
available python versions.
It will also look for private Python modules and will byte-compile them with the current Python version. You may have to list the
directories containing private Python modules.
If a file named debian/pyversions exists, it is used to determine the python versions with which the package can work.
Appropriate dependencies on python-support, python and pythonX.Y are put in ${python:Depends}. The ${python:Versions} and
${python:Provides} optional substitution variables are made available as well.
OPTIONS
module dirs
If your package installs private python modules in non-standard directories, you can make dh_pysupport check those directories by
passing their names on the command line. By default, it will check /usr/lib/$PACKAGE, /usr/share/$PACKAGE, /usr/lib/games/$PACKAGE and
/usr/share/games/$PACKAGE
-n, --noscripts
Do not modify postinst/postrm scripts.
-d This option is deprecated.
-V X.Y
Force private modules to be bytecompiled with the specific X.Y python version, regardless of the default python version on the system.
-X item, --exclude=item
Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from being taken into account to generate the python dependency. It also
excludes them from byte-compilation. You may use this option multiple times to build up a list of things to exclude.
CONFORMS TO
Python policy as of 2006-08-10
SEE ALSO
debhelper(7)
This program is a part of python-support but is made to work with debhelper.
AUTHORS
Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>, Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1.0.15 2012-06-30 DH_PYSUPPORT(1)