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myle00 · 07-31-2009, 02:39 PM

Thanks, I guess I'll have to stick it out in windows or get to know Linux a little better.

I did have a slightly unrelated question. I know Java and am trying to learn python 3.0 now. As I understand it python is not backward compatible. So I'm wondering, it seems that calibre is written in 2.x, yet if I learn 3.0 will I not be able to apply it to calibre? Additionally, does it mean that calibre has to stick to 2.x else you'd have to rewrite everything? Finally, it seems pretty silly, setuptools for example, is still at 2.5 on windows, PyCrypto is on 2.6, imagine all the copies of python one must have to program in it... Is that how python is?

Thanks,
matt

07-31-2009, 02:39 PM	#26
myle00 Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 422 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Palm Treo	Thanks, I guess I'll have to stick it out in windows or get to know Linux a little better. I did have a slightly unrelated question. I know Java and am trying to learn python 3.0 now. As I understand it python is not backward compatible. So I'm wondering, it seems that calibre is written in 2.x, yet if I learn 3.0 will I not be able to apply it to calibre? Additionally, does it mean that calibre has to stick to 2.x else you'd have to rewrite everything? Finally, it seems pretty silly, setuptools for example, is still at 2.5 on windows, PyCrypto is on 2.6, imagine all the copies of python one must have to program in it... Is that how python is? Thanks, matt