[maemo-developers] Open letter of support for Python on the Maemo/MeeGo platform

[From: Benoît HERVIER]

Hi,

Not accepting Python apps is one of the Ovi Store bugs, The fact that ovi require a vat number is also a critical one. 

Best regards,
-- 
Benoît HERVIER, Khertan Software -- http://khertan.net/

----- Message d'origine -----
> Forwarded from the Maemo Community Council blog:
> 
> After receiving feedback from the community, including developers who
> are   trying to get their software into Ovi Store, it is the opinion of
> the Council   that the unexplained restriction on dependencies between
> Ovi and Extras - and   in particular the availability of Python as a
> platform for Ovi Store   applications - represents a serious threat to
> the success of Maemo, MeeGo and   Ovi Store. 
> It will come as a surprise for many community members and users that
> Python is   still not an officially supported language/runtime on the
> Maemo nor MeeGo   platforms, despite the huge number of   Python
> applications currently in   Extras, and even though they base on the work
> of Nokia's own PyMaemo team,   plus two Qt bindings and a GTK+/Hildon
> one. To put things in perspective,   about a third of ALL stable Maemo
> applications are written in Python, both   overall and those using Qt.
> 
> The community level support means Python itself is located in community 
> repositories, and, as a consequence, Python software is not admissible
> to Ovi   (regardless of being free or not). Highlighting this is part of
> a broader   agenda - ensuring cooperation between libraries and runtimes
> used by Ovi- distributed software and software in community
> repositories, but the first step   towards that is addressing the single
> biggest such case - Python.
> 
> If there are technical issues which need to be addressed, let's discuss
> them   in the open and try and solve them; if there are purely political
> issues, we   strongly urge Nokia to reconsider.
> 
> Maemo Community Council
> 
> ====
> 
> Blog/vote link:
> http://maemo.org/community/council/open_letter_of_support_for_python_on_the_maemo-
> meego_platform/
> 
> Talk auto-announcement link:
> http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=59745
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Attila
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