Hello,
The web service will not be the only option, we can provide the same code
for people to use stand-alone (this is all vapour ware so far so I can
promise this!).
On the Jython front, as far as I remember, it's not up-to-date for either
Python or Java. Actually, I was toying with the idea of having the Java
API call the C API which calls the Python API. But not a very good idea I
don't think!
Wayne
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Gary Thompson wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:27:35 +0100, Rasmus Fogh <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> >Dear Gary,
> >
> >Backwards compatibility a lot of work, because you have to make all kinds
> >of special-case functions by hand for each language. We have not done
> >backwards compatibility code for either the Java API you have (which was
> >experimental) or the new one we are working on (which is still
> >unfinished).
> >
> >For future data we will provide an officially supported system for
> >backwards compatibility also for Java. We shall make it as smooth as
> >possible to work with. Some may be provided with the Java API, some may be
> >in the form of an upgrader in Python that we distribute separately, and
> >some may be as a web service for upgrading.
>
> Hi Thats sounds good but the idea of a web service for updates really
> worries me, firewalls and all sorts of other things can cause problems (even
> dead networking) usully at highly at inopertune moments...
>
> On the python side have you looked at the possibility of merging it with the
> java code via jython??
>
> regards
> gary
>
> > How much we do with each
> >method will depend on how difficult it is to write and distribute it.
> >
> >Yours,
> >
> >Rasmus
> >
> >
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