25 Feb
2008
25 Feb
'08
2:47 p.m.
On 24/02/2008, Brett Cannon
And that would make the standard library smaller, and easier to maintain. Always a good thing.
That all sounds reasonable (and the reason I think it is a good idea), but convincing python-dev in general might be tough. Especially since that would cause IDLE to not be part of the stdlib.
I've no real opinion myself, but I believe one of the sticking points is that without tk, there's no way in core Python of putting up a simple GUI. The pydoc server installed with Windows Python ("Module Docs" on the start menu) and the Twisted installer use this, I believe. Paul.