[Libreoffice-qa] Python vs Java, Was Bisect GUI for Windows

[Joel Madero]

Hi Jay,

Any way that you could collaborate with Florian to try to get the 
Bibisect GUI up and running? It's one of our long running projects in QA 
and currently it's just Florian working on it. It would be an incredible 
addition to ensuring high quality releases as it would open the door for 
new users to easily help identify regressions and help developers 
identify where the regression was introduced.


Best,
Joel



On 04/20/2014 11:57 AM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> How much of the code requires Java?
>
> Also, with Python, the interpreter is likely not installed on Windows 
> and possibly a Mac. With Linux one would need to verify the correct 
> Python version is installed. I think the same problems are true with 
> Ruby and Perl. However, JVMs are more likely to be installed.
>
> If the issue to avoid using Java itself, then Scala and Groovy(?) may 
> be better alternatives to Python or Ruby. I do not know enough about 
> either to make a choice.
>
> If the issue is the remove Java entirely then I think the choice is 
> basically Python, Perl, or Ruby. From what I have seen Python is 
> probably the better choice in my somewhat biased opinion (I write 
> mostly in Python). Python modules exist for PyQT/Pyside (QT) and 
> wxWidget and tkinter is built-in, which I believe are all cross platform.
>
> Jay
>
> On 04/20/2014 02:35 PM, Bjoern Michaelsen wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 09:43:45AM -0700, Robinson Tryon wrote:
>>> Bjoern -- Thoughts on using Glade for this purpose?  I figure it might
>>> be good to use the same stuff we're using elsewhere in the LO
>>> project...
>> I dont think Glade is a good idea. If the bibisect UI is sufficiently 
>> simple
>> (and it should be), Tkinter would be the most simple crossplatform 
>> toolkit that
>> is available everywhere -- even if it is somewhat ugly on some 
>> platforms.
>>
>> As for using Python instead of Java: I based that on the assumption 
>> that (at
>> least in the LibreOffice community) there are more people willing to 
>> work on
>> the first than on the second. I might be wrong.
>>
>> @Florian: So if there are not a few people showing up saying "I would 
>> help out
>> with Python, but unlikely with Java" (which did not happen yet), just 
>> go ahead with
>> Java, if you prefer that. It was based on my gut feeling, and gut 
>> feelings
>> might be wrong.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Bjoern
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