Fedora 11 and Python 2.6

Date Tags #python

Upgraded a VM to Fedora 11 recently.

This -- it turns out -- comes with Python 2.6 installed.

It is, however, an incomplete build. To do anything, I had to install a some additional Python packages. Specifically, the "libraries and header files needed for Python development". Also, IIRC, the tkinter package …

more ...



API Quality Check

A recent request for an API quality check sent me into a paroxysm.

The request seemed simple enough. They had two varieties of API design: varietal M had a lot of methods, each with relatively few parameters. Varietal P had a few methods, but each had a boat-load of parameters …

more ...





Meetings

I found this note while cleaning up. I think it's a summary of John Cleese's short movie "Meetings Bloody Meetings".

  1. Plan. Why are we meeting? What's the purpose? What are the subjects?
  2. Inform. Tell the attendees what, why and the expected outcome.
  3. Prepare. Create an agenda, with a time line …
more ...