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[Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/21/2013 04:06 PM, Michał Sawicz wrote:
> On 21.10.2013 21:31, Michael Hall wrote:
>> Is there a reason you are trying to use Python from QML instead of it's
>> native Javascript?
>>
>> While PyOtherSide may work, it's not a supported language or platform
>> for the Ubuntu SDK, so we can't guarantee that it will always work or
>> work properly.  I would encourage you to use Javascript instead of at
>> all possible.
>
> From what I can see - Python here is supposed to replace not the JS
> parts of a "standard" approach to a QML app, but the C++ part. And
> while I do understand some of the reasoning, I must agree that this is
> rather shoehorning it in. And to make sure that your app is working,
> you'll have to ship a Python interpreter itself, and all of the
> modules you want to use, with your application - and that starts to
> become rather cumbersome.
>
> You should, indeed, reconsider using C++ and/or JS where you thought
> of using PyOtherSide.
>
> HTH
We would also need to address app confinement which would not work as
shipping today.

Pat