[wxPython-users] [ANN] Dabo 0.8.2 Released

[Ed Leafe]

On Oct 27, 2007, at 9:15 AM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:

> 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.

	Agreed, but it seems that the bulk of these scenarios involve  
Windows, not Linux. That's why we've had (with varying degrees of  
success) a Runtime Engine for Windows: this is a py2exe/InnoSetup  
product that contains everything they need: Python, wxPython,  
ReportLab, and (of course) Dabo. They run a regular Windows  
installer, and they can start using it right away. One of my top  
tasks on my To-Do list is creating an updated version of this for  
Dabo 0.8.2.

> 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.

	And I'm agreeing with you, and appreciate the advice. I'm just  
trying to explain that the reason it hasn't been done yet isn't that  
we don't think it's important.

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

	I often dream of a situation where some Generous Benefactor offers  
to pay me to do nothing but work on Dabo. Then I wake up and start in  
on the client work that actually pays the bills.  ;-)

-- Ed Leafe
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