Christopher Browne wrote:
>> Devrim GUNDUZ wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 21:27 -0500, Jonah H. Harris wrote:
>>>> I had to deal with an installer written in python and several in
>>>> Java... IMHO, Java would be a better language for this and you could
>>>> build off some nice OSS installers that already exist (such as
>>>> IzPack). Just my 2 cents :)
>>> Bundling Java is a pain, so we'd better stay away from that.
>>>
>> There's always gcj. It's pretty mature by now. I'm not sure about
>> availability compared to Python though, but I find it hard to believe
>> it would be more painful.
>
> On several occasions, I have installed graphical Python apps; it has
> never been the bag of worms involved in getting a Java environment
> into place...
Install gcj and you're up and running, graphics and all. What's the problem (besides your
obvious aversion to Java)?
Or take it one step further and use gcj to compile the Java code into statically linked
binaries. Where's the pain, really?
Regards,
Thomas Hallgren