Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!ecngs!feeder2.ecngs.de!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.006 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; '64-bit': 0.07; 'binary': 0.07; '32-bit': 0.09; 'app,': 0.09; 'e.g.,': 0.09; 'executable': 0.09; 'statements': 0.09; 'subject:using': 0.09; 'windows': 0.15; 'conditional': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'hint': 0.16; 'newlines': 0.16; 'quoted': 0.16; 'win,': 0.16; 'wxpython': 0.16; 'fix': 0.17; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'platforms': 0.22; 'regardless': 0.24; 'versions': 0.24; 'distribute': 0.26; 'header :In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'once,': 0.31; 'subject:development': 0.31; 'linux': 0.33; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'one,': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'hat': 0.38; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'either': 0.39; 'most': 0.60; 'more': 0.64; 'different': 0.65; 'between': 0.67; 'jul': 0.74; 'differences,': 0.84; 'etc,': 0.84; 'windowing': 0.84; 'dealt': 0.91; 'differences': 0.93; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=ppRzsbTTU/moxkr9PUDARpR20+vMRVL2QfOIBfMVXU0=; b=Fq5XC5N4t1KmGiQKA+tbGN5Wxc5Fq17n4+VRifoDF7PTHEU+9Tot0DBsqAdNNTHM+Q Ac1BBrXx1JO0pWIHEnmpXiB1MmGvOMaywxB5AHyrhpvRaNrLm4Le0vBrpi3oHiHlkw3F LqCfSufbQv874HHGDBKqcLOT/tfJRkvEUSbGRQdi6PVek7i8r1EnGGYnNNn0mL9TK3CK waiAcDgKn/zhTatyW+pXLbfScz4j2VGqqbIRhs3L+VAMJL0Vo9WfaT7CQbIDo6MOPGbs OGkqOxMxb9zy2EN8qo61/ksOtRETcYl+fD6IVAvntROaztp0SA7aqAWjYAgZtwdbh1Zz JamQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.66.193.199 with SMTP id hq7mr26347196pac.183.1373346195011; Mon, 08 Jul 2013 22:03:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <33fe3c46-9c2e-481a-8aa9-8411e1c32d02@googlegroups.com> References: <51f7f573-e4a6-4349-ae50-21de7780ed8c@googlegroups.com> <33fe3c46-9c2e-481a-8aa9-8411e1c32d02@googlegroups.com> Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 15:03:14 +1000 Subject: Re: the general development using Python From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 18 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1373346198 news.xs4all.nl 15983 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:40558 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:50200 On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 2:46 PM, CM wrote: >> Target the three most popular desktop platforms all at once, no >> Linux/Windows/Mac OS versioning. > > Ehhh... There are differences, in, e.g., wxPython between the three platforms, and you can either do different versions or, more aptly, just fix these differences in your code with conditional statements ("if this is Win, do this, else do that"). Please watch your citations, you quoted several different people without any hint as to who said what :) Yes, there are a few differences. But a *lot* less than there are differences between a Linux executable and a Windows one, or between 32-bit and 64-bit binaries, or between Red Hat and Debian packages, etc, etc, etc. Differences in windowing systems or newlines or path separators will need to be dealt with regardless of the app, but there are a whole pile of additional differences when you distribute binary executables. ChrisA