[PYTHONMAC-SIG] Planning The Installer for MacPython 1.5

[Jack Jansen]

> With "Custom Install" we can separate everything into packages (with the
> Lite version we'll have to use, we can't make sub packages).
> Does it make sense to do this? And if yes, what do you think of the
> following subdivision:
> 
> 	- interpreter + core (also makes prefs file)
> 	- all "plug ins" (also makes plug in aliasses)
> 		(some pseudo sub-packages? overkill?)
> 		- toolboxmodules (Qd, Res, Win, the lot)
> 		- _tkinter
> 		- waste
> 		- img
> 		- ... what else?

A minimal install needs at least toolboxmodules, all of Lib and Mac:Lib to be 
remotely useful. Things that could be factored out are img and Tk, and some 
tiny things like waste, gdbm, icconfig. I don't think I'm in favor of leaving 
things out, though, the diskspace used isn't all that big, if you don't use 
them you don't pay for them and having them available will get people to play 
with them.

What I can imagine that we include optionally are the two "common" extensions 
pil and numpy.
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