June 29, 2000
12:07 a.m.
[Greg Stein]
... I'd throw Tools into the same thing [as Demos]. As a separate distro, you can have a faster release cycle. ... you could release Idle updates easily and distinctly from the Python core.
Note that Guido gave his blessing for a "wide open" policy on IDLE (== its own project in SourceForge, and anyone can be a developer). If that's a success (& I predict it will be, provided someone actually bothers to set up the SF project!), I'd like to see it spread to Tools and Demos too. ignoring-the-downsides-cuz-they'll-make-themselves-known-ly y'rs - tim