[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Maemo 2.0 final release available

[From: Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri]

On 7/7/06, Eduardo de Barros Lima <eblima at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/7/06, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <barbieri at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 7/7/06, erkko.anttila at nokia.com <erkko.anttila at nokia.com> wrote:
> > >         * Gazpacho UI builder and some documentation on how to try it out
> > >         * Python APIs for Hildon and LibOSSO
> >
> > Ok... now I wonder when Python will make its way into product.
> >
> > Seems that nokia want to use it, but it's not in the product. Why?
> > Well.. actually I do know why, but I want a solution to the problem
> > :-) What we can do to make it ship with the device? Today I've lost a
> > fight with some friends and we will have one less application in
> > python just because its not included by default :-(
> >
>
> Python is not included by default but is available in the
> repositories. Just add the following in your application manager:
>
> Web Address: http://repository.maemo.org
> Distribution: mistral
> Components: free non-free

I know :-)



> My guess is python is not included simply for saving space.

I also know about that... but I want to know from Nokia guys if they
expect someday to get it included by default, and if yes, what's the
showstopper so far... if it's the size, how many megabytes would be
ok?

And I want to know from other community developers how
important/valuable is python.

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