[pkg-wpa-devel] Re: Python/WPA Bindings

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 09:10:23PM +1000, Kel Modderman wrote:
> >http://downloads.emperorlinux.com/contrib/pywpa/
> >http://downloads.emperorlinux.com/contrib/pyiw
> 
> This sounds really cool. And something that I think would be worth 
> having in debian. What do other pkg-wpa people think?

I've had a look at them in the past, and thought about packaging them
for debian. I abandoned the idea because it seems (at least at that
time), that no application are using that bindings yet, and I currently
don't don't have enough time to develop myself such applications. That's
why i didn't file itp's yet.

If there are some applications actually using these bindings, I'm happy
to (co-)maintain these libraries in the pkg-wpa team.

> I know next to nothing about python, but I've just bought a book (Python 
> in a Nutshell, O'Reilly) and am keen to learn a bit. One of the 
> stumbling blocks for me when approaching a new programming adventure is 
> applying it to something useful, and py{wpa,iw} look like the perfect 
> catalyst for me to get excited about learning python (because I also 
> have an unnatural fascination with wireless devices).
> 
> BTW, can you point me to other python resources that have been of value 
> for yourself?

I found diveintopython quite useful.

Gruesse,
	Reinhard