Hi all, I am looking at getting TkDND support into tkinter, and have created issue40893. However, we are currently considering the practicalities of adding a new optional dependency to Python and I was hoping someone could help answer the question of: is there a procedure for this? The problem is that third-party distributors need to be notified of the change and edit the package details accordingly. The current idea is just to make it very clear on the “what’s new” page, however this would not guarantee it would be seen, so I am very open to ideas/opinions. Thanks, Elisha
On 2020-06-23 12:14, Elisha Paine wrote:
Hi all,
I am looking at getting TkDND support into tkinter, and have created issue40893. However, we are currently considering the practicalities of adding a new optional dependency to Python and I was hoping someone could help answer the question of: is there a procedure for this?
The problem is that third-party distributors need to be notified of the change and edit the package details accordingly. The current idea is just to make it very clear on the “what’s new” page, however this would not guarantee it would be seen, so I am very open to ideas/opinions.
Making it clear on “what’s new” would work best for me (as a Fedora packager). I don't think there are many other choices. Obligatory question: What's the advantage of having TkDND bindings in the standard library, as opposed to making it a third-party package? (And perhaps, in the stdlib, making it easier to wrap Tk packages in general?) (FWIW, I read linux-sig but didn't get to respond before the python-dev post. So I'm replying here.)
On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 7:41 AM Elisha Paine
Hi all,
I am looking at getting TkDND support into tkinter, and have created issue40893. However, we are currently considering the practicalities of adding a new optional dependency to Python and I was hoping someone could help answer the question of: is there a procedure for this?
The problem is that third-party distributors need to be notified of the change and edit the package details accordingly. The current idea is just to make it very clear on the “what’s new” page, however this would not guarantee it would be seen, so I am very open to ideas/opinions.
Thanks, Elisha
What's New documentation combined with a configure.ac check to conditionally compile it only when available is sufficient. (once that works, also ensuring that the dependency is added to the windows and mac build setups so our binary builds include it) It is on the third party distributors to pay attention. If that worries you, file your own issues in the debian and fedora trackers and that should do it. -gps
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