[Dev] Interesting project...a few questions

[Eron Lloyd]

Hi,

I just got wind of this effort this afternoon, and decided to find out what 
all the excitement was about. It is awesome that such an effort is planned, 
and that you chose Python as the language to use. I am wondering, though, how 
set you are on wxPython. For GUI development, I find nothing as complete and 
straightforward as the PyQt library, which provides a Python interface to the 
fantastic Qt toolkit used to build KDE. Is it the commercial license 
requirement on Windows? Also, for the network stuff, have you had a look at 
Twisted? Its an advanced Python library for building distributed systems 
(clients, servers, protocols, etc.), and may provide more than the basic 
networking support in the Standard Library. One last question (for 
now)...what strategy do you have on implementing the calendaring/contact 
requirements? Have you looked at libical (a C library)? Or, do you plan on 
implementing your own version of RFC 2445 et. al.? It's great to see you 
choose the ZODB as a metadata store as well.

Best of luck!

Eron Lloyd