[wxPython-users] Cross-platform distribution

[Rob McMullen]

> > Yup. I have your "multiple top-level windows" in svn...
>
> cool! Are you in touch with Rob of the Peppy Project? -- that one looked
> very promising, but he got a bit sidetracked when it was ALMOST ready
> for daily use....

Oof!  Body blow!  :)

I wouldn't say sidetracked exactly; I discovered I had to do a whole
lot of refactoring, which is not the same as a bunch of sexy features.
 The problem was that I didn't want to invest a lot of time writing a
variety of major modes with the architecture that I had in place.  It
would have involved a lot of rewriting, because I knew there were some
fundamental architectural issues, and discovered even more while I was
"sidetracked" writing my music player daemon major mode.

But, anyway, the architecture is cleaner now.  I'm releasing 0.6.5
today, actually, and 0.6.6 will be concentrating on a python editing
mode!  I've also given up on trac plugins and have gone with Yapsy
plugins so I can have versioning.

I haven't forgotten about editing code, but my goals are more than
just an editor, and the refactoring was important.  I want it to be
easy for other people to contribute major modes without having to poke
around in the guts of the code.

So, while 0.6.5 won't be that useful in itself, it will set the
groundwork for a useful 0.6.6.

Rob