tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678074.post1369242133010403146..comments2024-03-18T21:40:59.116+00:00Comments on making apps, making webs.: pygame 1.8.1rc1 released for testing...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678074.post-84158745937242695202008-07-08T14:02:00.000+01:002008-07-08T14:02:00.000+01:00hi,Lenard has experimented with python 2.6/3 alpha...hi,<BR/><BR/>Lenard has experimented with python 2.6/3 alphas and pygame, and the pygame testing project is meant to help make a py3k port easier. We hope to support both at some point.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately python 2.6+ doesn't support win9x, winme, and all but most recently patched win2000, so might be good to stick with python 2.5 for a while. I guess it depends on what computers your students have access to. If you want python to work with old computers, stick with python2.5.<BR/><BR/>Generally it takes a few months before most packages are ported to a new version of python, so best to plan up to 4-5 months after a new python is released... but I hope pygame will be available for them before that long!<BR/><BR/>cu,René Dudfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762358075557755436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678074.post-14365391565444657252008-07-08T13:06:00.000+01:002008-07-08T13:06:00.000+01:00Excellent!I'm particularly interested by the prosp...Excellent!<BR/><BR/>I'm particularly interested by the prospect of a camera module in 1.9.0.<BR/><BR/>Will there be binary releases of 1.8.1 for the forthcoming Python 2.6, and are there plans to make a Python 3.0-compatible version?<BR/><BR/>We've been using Pygame for teaching purposes, and any info you can provide on future version compatibility is going to help us with our planning...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07105795041340396458noreply@blogger.com