Will python 3 or micropython ever be built in?
tl;dr The lack of built-in python was a big surprise.
Even with several stakeholders to the Jolla product but user-customers ought to be able to perceive they are somewhere near the top. It is not in Jolla Store. I know python is available as an add-on.
For me that's truly missing the point. Python (admittedly like bash, awk, sed, and friends already present) adds convenience and a staggering amount of mature programs in a public, long-supported place.
Please, include python by default in the updated Jolla experience.
If there are major blocks, please say what they are, or that they exist.
considering that they cant even update the ancient sailfishos version on newly shipped jolla phones I would think that including python out-of-the-box isn't likely to happen today, or yesterday.
However, given that python apps are now allowed in harbour, its likely that they will include python in the normal tablet build.
r0kk3rz ( 2015-02-04 10:39:52 +0300 )editWhat extra value does that screenshot bring to your question?
Okw ( 2015-04-29 19:44:36 +0300 )editdo you really need to keep bumping your questions without any more information?
r0kk3rz ( 2015-04-29 19:57:02 +0300 )editWhat difference having Python shipped by default will make to the end-user? Python is pulled automatically, without the user noticing, when installing an app that requires it: and that's how it should be done, IMHO.
SailfishOS is a Linux distribution, but it's still designed for embedded devices.
And anyway, from my point of view having Python (--> the interpreter) installable from the store is wrong: it may be interactive, but it still requires a terminal (which the user may not have) and it's pretty much useless, unless one does a QML interface to it (and that may be an idea for a 3rd-party app).
g7 ( 2015-04-29 20:01:00 +0300 )editThe use? Satisfied customers. I am an end user who wants it. Might as well argue for not having any shell by that reasoning, @g7. I would have probably bought a Jolla if all it had was text mode and a camera/video player/editor. Instead there is prettiness misnamed usability, and too often features getting in the way of function. Call me crazy if you like.
rdmo ( 2015-04-29 21:34:50 +0300 )edit