Re: where to go from here...get the PSF proposal right!

Walter Chang wrote:

<snip>

> This is food for thought...why
> do people constantly ask if we're stalled???
>  

I'm pretty new to Jython and have only been using it briefly, but this 
is one part of the discussion i can actually give feedback on because, 
before i was subscribed to this list, i also thought Jython had 
generally stalled.  Here are three big reasons that gave me that impression:

1) the sourceforge download shows the last release for last July.
2) the documentation is sparse in places where you'd expect full, 
dev-friendly docs.  For example, many of the javadoc pages have no 
information on major objects/calls -- and i'm just off the top of my 
head thinking of some key objects that are central to Jython: 
PythonInterpreter, InteractiveConsole, the static initialization methods.
3) The webpage seems to not have been touched -- not even a "the 
activity is all on the mailing list" post -- since the last release.  
The last "Jython news" is dated 16 july, 2005, and there's a note on the 
download page about nightly cvs source dated 2003!

Anyway, since i've subscribed to this list, it's been quite obvious that 
the dev community here is quite active, but that's not shown in the 
places you'd expect to see signs of activity.

Hope this helps, as i become more experienced with jython maybe i can 
jump in and start answering questions & doing dev myself :)

Thanks,
Andrew Jackson
Bioacoustics Research Program,
Cornell Lab of Ornithology


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