[pyorbit] other binding project

[J.W. Bizzaro]

Justin Bradford wrote:
> 
> I'm going to clean up Michael's code slightly, and then put it up tomorrow
> (Thursday) after my lab.

Okay.  Great.

>   pyORBit is a project to create Python bindings for ORBit.

Does it matter to you if the letter case is pyORBit or PyORBit?

We should probably have 1 sentence about ORBit, since _some_ people on _some_ of
the lists might not be familiar with it.

>   We will follow
>   the proposed OMG bindings to insure compliance, but we will also
>   consider non-standard extensions to improve performance, if necessary.
> 
>   These bindings will be distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
> 
>   Additionally, Michael Robinson has donated his initial implementation,
>   which should already be functional for simple interfaces. This code is
>   available, but should be considered a developers-only release.

Are you going to give it a release number?  Does it already have one?  PyORBit
0.1.0 ?

>   The
>   structure and layout of later pyORBit releases will likely change to
>   some degree. Regardless, bug reports and patches are welcome.
> 
>   http://theopenlab.uml.edu/pyorbit/
> 
> How does that sound?

It sounds good to me.  I think we should also mention that you are the project
coordinator.

> Perhaps another paragraph to plug The OpenLab?

Yeah.  I've got some text on hand.

> I figure we can send this out on Friday. That will give me time to add
> some links to the web page, put the code in CVS, and play with the code
> some.

Swell.  It seems we're months ahead of my expectations for a CORBA interface.


Cheers.
Jeff
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