On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:38 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: >> I am not an expert, I am just another python learner. These are just my >> views on the state of the standard libraries and to >> make them state-of-the-art..! ;) > > If I understand correctly, you want the (current) standard library to be > separated from the Python implementation, and available separately. > > Interestingly enough, people are very much split over whether that would > be a good thing or not. Some like it the way Python does, some dislike > it (and some quite strongly so). > > In any case, many Python users consider it a good thing that it comes > "with batteries included", ie. with no need to add extra stuff for many > tasks. > > Some of the Python maintainers have recently started objecting to this > setup, asking that the standard library should be split into separate > packages that are released and distributed independent of Python. Others > of us feel strongly that such a change should not be made. > > So don't expect any immediate change to happen. > > Regards, > Martin
Martin is correct; this came up on distutils-sig a month or so ago; I proposed offering multiple downloads "with batteries" and "without batteries (with the batteries on the side)". We decided as a group to hold off on that until further in the future. jesse _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
