At 01:17 PM 12/9/04 +0300, Oleg Broytmann wrote: >On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 08:30:02PM -0500, Phillip J. Eby wrote: > > As I explained later in that message, "native" simply means, "has an .exe > > extension on Windows". > > And very soon that strategy will backfire - people will start PRing >"but those .exe's are nothing more than a python interpreter in >disguise" which in my opnion is even worse. ISTR that for a long time, Visual Basic actually did the same thing. A few magazines mentioned the fact, but nobody really cared. However, if this is really a concern, bundle Pyrex as well. Both Pyrex and py2exe are distutils-based, so at that point you have a complete solution, including the "C" meme as well as the ".exe" meme. > > If the goal is > > to achieve a PR win, the important thing is to pick a meme that's capable > > of succeeding, and stay "on message" with it. > > Translating to a plain langauge: "PSF should spend money spreading >around a counter-PR". I am afraid PSF doesn't have enough money, and >even if it has - should we really run down that path? I'm not suggesting spending any money. Heck, I'm not suggesting *doing* anything. I just answered Guido's question about PR. Whether anybody wants to *do* anything about it is an entirely separate issue from discussing *what* would need to be done, if something was going to be done.
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