On Feb 9, 2012, at 12:46 PM, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipierro@gmail.com> wrote:
I think if easy_install, gevent, numpy (*), and win32 extensions where included in 3.x, together with a slightly better Idle (still based on Tkinter, with multiple pages, autocompletion, collapsible, line numbers, better printing with syntax highlitghing), and if easy_install were accessible via Idle, this would be a killer version.
Longer term removing the GIL and using garbage collection should be a priority. I am not sure what is involved and how difficult it is but perhaps this is what PyCon money can be used for.
Please do not volunteer revenue that does not exist, or PSF funds for things without a grant proposal or working group. Especially PyCon revenue - which does not exist. Jesse