On Apr 23, 11:44 am, Rui Maciel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > Nobody forces you to do anything. Python is open source, and the source
> > code is freely available.
>
> That goes both ways, with the added benefit that python-tkinter is already
> available in distro's official repositories. If you want to install it, go
> for it. Nothing stops you. If you don't then you aren't forced to install
> half the packages in the repository just to have a python interpreter in
> your system.
>
> Rui Maciel
Collecting together what are the conflicting principles
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1 Fail early Fail fast
2 Good error messages
3 No crap
4 A working system
that is easily upgradable and keeps working
5 Package system permissive
allows wide variation of package combinations
6 Package system strict
Disallows error-prone situations/combinations
7 Easy on learners/noobs
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