[wxPython-users] [ANN] Dabo 0.8.2 Released

[Karsten Hilbert]

> But that, IMO, is almost useless when it comes time to  
> figure out how to put it all together; 'how-tos' are much more  
> important for someone new to Dabo. Think about using sizers: you can  
> have all the documentation in the world on the available classes:  
> their methods and parameters, etc., but until you understand just how  
> these things work together, these wonderful constructs are stumbling  
> blocks.
No doubt about that.

> 	Don't get me wrong: I would love to be able to tell someone to click  
> an entry in Synaptic and have Dabo installed on their machine.  
> Several people have mentioned creating the package for us in the  
> past, and never followed through (the scourge of open source  
> projects!). But is unzipping a tar file and typing 'python setup.py  
> install' really that much of a barrier?
Not for me or any other developer or perhaps even for early adopters. But think of the part-time doctor's office admin-impersonated-by-most-computer-savvy-doctor-around being "in charge" of the 15 machines the offices uses. They'd much prefer typing "apt-get install dabo" and be done with it for good.

Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to make worse of Dabo. I try to show the common scenario where standard packages would come in more than handy.

Being a contributor to OSS projects myself I can sympathize with your sentiments of lack of time, though.

Karsten
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