[pyorbit] other binding project

[Justin Bradford]

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

Ok, I've fleshed out the webpage, put up a tarball (which _might_ compile
for a few other people), and stuck everything in CVS. I think we're ready
to go...

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

PyORBit is fine. For some reason, I had thought you suggested the other
way.

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

I have it as 0.0.1. My plan is for 0.1.0 to be when the tree is cleaned up
properly (ie. source arranged better, autoconf/automake, etc).

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

Well, the current code is rough. It took me a couple hours to finally get
enough to compile to let me run some test scripts. Then, when I tried it
on another box of mine, some of the compiles bombed out...

But it does work, so we're definitely off to a good start.


Anyway, here's another draft of the release. Feel free to change whatever
you want:

PyORBit is a project to create Python bindings for ORBit, a fast, 
lightweight CORBA ORB used by the GNOME Desktop for application and 
component interaction (similar to Microsoft's COM). These bindings will be 
distributed under the GNU LGPL license.  

PyORBit will follow the proposed OMG Python bindings to insure compliance
and compatibility, but we will also consider non-standard optional
extensions to improve performance and add features, if necessary.

Version 0.0.1 of PyORBit is already available thanks to Michael
Robinson's contribution of his Python/ORBit bindings. This initial 
implementation should be functional for simple interfaces (assuming it
compiles for you). However, this version is considered a developers-only
release, as the structure and layout of later PyORBit releases will likely
change to some degree. Regardless, bug reports and patches are welcome.

PyORBit is coordinated by Justin Bradford <justin at ukans.edu>.

Source and a developer's mailing list can be found at:
http://theopenlab.uml.edu/pyorbit/



Justin