[Python-ideas] Re: Adding PyInstaller to the standard library

On 22/11/20 4:31 pm, Christopher Barker wrote:

unfortunately, that's not how most python packages are set up -- you install the whole thing at once. As an example, it's really tricky to use even one function from scipy without installing the whole thing.

Something needs to change about how Python packages are set up, then. Most other software development systems manage to strip out unused stuff without needing a bunch of flakey heuristics for each individual library. -- Greg