Re: most popular Python projects

Kevin Altis wrote:

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>If you can think of projects that qualify that would be great.
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>Based on the numbers below, I don't think it qualifies as a "hot"
>Python project yet. At a minimum a project should have a few thousand
>downloads per month, preferably more.
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At a few thousand a month even something as comparatively comatose as 
PyOpenGL (~70/day or 2000/month) might qualify as a "hot" project.  I'd 
think > 10,000/month would be a more reasonable size at which to start 
thinking of a project as a marketing opportunity.  After all, it's a 
numbers game.

Projects that might be considered (haven't looked at download sizes for 
these, but I'd guess they're much bigger than a core-code hacking tool 
like PyRex):

    * popy, pypgsql, psycopg
    * PyGame
    * WebWare, Quixote
    * Scientific Python/Numpy
    * mxBase (eGenix probably wouldn't be too keen on using this though)
    * Paint Shop Pro
    * Any of the games with Python embedded

and for buzzword "heat", any of the .NET wrappers, the Nokia SDK, 
etceteras are probably good opportunities once they get to maturity.

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Mike

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