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[Luke Bryan <luke32j@xxxxxxx>]

That's a shame, Python + GTK has always been one of the great reasons to write for Ubuntu/Linux.

> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:46:19 -0800
> From: nhaines@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Python app tutorial?
> 
> On 01/27/2014 03:42 PM, Sam Bull wrote:
> > I thought there was a plan to support python3 in 14.04? We are still
> > using Java at the moment (for the Bitcoin app). I was hoping by the time
> > the Python version was ready, it would be officially supported and we
> > could just switch the package over to the Python version.
> 
> They've pretty much publicly stated that Python will never, ever be 
> supported under any circumstances.  Which I find disappointing enough, 
> but I would definitely find a supported language (hint: it's C++ or 
> Javascript, and nothing else) to base my app on if I wanted to be ready 
> for any Ubuntu device shipping in the next two years.
> 
> Regards,
> Nathan
> 
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> Nathan Haines
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