Re: [pygame] pygame for portable python

[Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx>]

I would agree that Python 2.6 is more appropriate at the moment. Jython, 
for instance, is still at 2.5 beta. And many games depend on pyopengl at 
the minimum. As for releasing a Python 3.0 version of Pygame, that could 
be a problem if two versions of the .py modules must be kept. Since one 
goal for Pygame 1.9 is to have extensive unit tests ready, and therefore 
completing a major bug hunt in Pygame, it would be best to wait until 
after that is done. But yes, we can start readying Pygame for Python 3 
by backporting pgreloaded's cross-compatibility tools.

Lenard

René Dudfield wrote:
> Hi,
>
> python 3.0 is *not* so good to teach.  Most of the available 
> tutorials, and books use 2.x.  Most of the available code uses 2.x
>
> Major modules like numpy, pyopengl, and 5000+ other modules are not 
> ready for python3 yet.
>
> It's just not ready yet (even the python developers say that).
>
>
> However, when are you teaching it?  We might be able to get a python3 
> release of pygame ready in time.
>
>
> cheers,
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Andre Krause <post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     dear list, i need pygame for
>
>     www.portablepython.com <http://www.portablepython.com>
>
>     i need it for teaching programming to total beginners. i choose
>     python 3.0.1
>     version of portable python, because it avoids some problems that
>     would confuse
>     programming beginners ( for example the integer division problem)
>
>     later in the course i introduce pygame and let them program a very
>     simple
>     breakout like game and a baloon pop game.
>
>     question: is pygame already compatible with python 3.0.1 ?
>
>
>     i tried installing the binary release:
>
>     "pygame-1.8.1.win32-py2.6.msi ~  1.4M (python2.5.4 is the best
>     python on windows
>     at the moment)"
>
>     would it help if i would try a svn - nightly build version ?
>
>
>     currently, i get the error message:
>
>
>     "Traceback (most recent call last):
>      File "<string>", line 248, in run_nodebug
>      File "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\herc\Eigene
>     Dateien\module1.py", line 2,
>     in <module>
>        from pygame import *
>      File
>     "c:\PortablePython3\App\lib\site-packages\pygame\__init__.py", line 70
>        raise NotImplementedError, MissingPygameModule
>                                 ^
>     SyntaxError: invalid syntax"
>
>
>     kind regards and thanks in advance !


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