Thread: Sailfish SDK version 1608 (2.0.2) Qt5 released
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2013-10-13 , 17:32
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#196
Originally Posted by mikecomputing View Post
There is also other stuff that may involve porting. Going from Python2 => python3.

And btw. We definitively not need too many alternatives librarys IMHO. Especially not on embedded linux.

It only leads to massive package dependies hell that we know of in the Linux on desktop
Many Python modules are not (yet) available to Python 3.x. So it is better to have both Python 2.6/2.7 & 3.x on Sailfish OS.

More programming languages and tools = more software will be written / ported to Sailfish OS.

Package dependencies hell ? Sorry, but hell is Android which doesn't have dependencies at all and the developer has to included everything inside the .apk (Python, Qt, PyQt/PySide/PyOtherSide, NumPy, MatPlotLib, etc). Something that takes 1h developing directly on Nokia N900/N9 (including packaging and sending to repository) can take many hours using full Android SDK on PC.
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Last edited by rcolistete; 2013-10-13 at 17:50.
 

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