Edubuntu and CS Education using Python

[jelkner at divmod.com]

Hi Corey,

I did file a bug:

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/python2.4/+bug/37192

which still has "unconfirmed" as it's status and which has yet to be assigned.

jeff

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:44:50 -0800, Corey Burger <corey.burger at gmail.com> wrote:
>On 3/29/06, jelkner at divmod.com <jelkner at divmod.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> The Dapper release of Edubuntu still lacks a beginners IDE that works out of the box.  Here are the problems:
>>
>> 1. IDLE won't start without the -n argument, which is not used by default in the menu.  Thus IDLE will only start for the first person who launches it.  It will fail for all subsequent users with a "IDLE can't bind to TCP port 8833" error.
>
>Can you file a bug on this?
>
>Lets look at what we need for Dapper+1. I support a basic python
>ide/environment  by default (especially if we win space by dropping
>kdeedu)
>
>Corey