Python 2.5 in OpenEmbedded

Due to my overall workload, I have not had a chance to look much after the Python packages in OpenEmbedded. For the OpenMoko distribution, we want to stay neutral against scripting languages, that is, there won’t be an official recommendation.

However, my personal take on that should be well known. At the time I’m writing this, I’m working on a major Python upgrade in OpenEmbedded, bringing all Python packages up to date and adding some optimization patches I have been working on.

Unfortunately, this also means I have to deprecate some of the packages which are end-of-life and won’t work with Python 2.5 — notably this involves the Python Qt Bindings for Qt/Embedded 2.x which I have been maintaining for quite some time. I no longer work on Opie though and I am not even sure if there were other people than me using these bindings.

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This entry (permalink) was posted on Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 at 10:09 PM by mickey and categorized in openezx, openembedded, openmoko.

Comments (5) left to “Python 2.5 in OpenEmbedded”

  1. adam wrote:

    python is an official part of gmae

    http://www.gnome.org/mobile/

    is openmoko not going in that direction?

    Posted on 16-Aug-07 at 5:43 am | Permalink

  2. mickey wrote:

    We are, and surely the state of python-gtk is very advanced, however OpenMoko is all about freedom — including the freedom to chose the programming language that suits you. I’d be a happy man if we had bindings for Python, Ruby, Perl, C#, etc.

    Posted on 20-Aug-07 at 1:36 am | Permalink

  3. Hugh Secker-Walker wrote:

    Hey Michael, I’ve just jumped into getting Python running on a gumstix computer using OE. For 2.5.1 it basically works out of the box — Thank you. But I have questions about Python and OE. Where is the best place to discuss such technical issues?

    Thanks,
    -Hugh

    Posted on 07-Mar-08 at 11:57 pm | Permalink

  4. Mickey wrote:

    Hi Hugh, this is pretty much on topic in openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org

    Looking forward to your questions!

    Posted on 08-Mar-08 at 2:39 am | Permalink

  5. Ezequiel wrote:

    Hello,

    I was very interested in running PyQT in my Gumstix with OE. So this is not possible anymore? I have QT working very good, and would like to know which alternatives I have to develop a graphical app. in Python for the Gumstix with OE.

    Thanks very much,
    Ezequiel

    Posted on 11-Apr-08 at 3:23 pm | Permalink

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