[Python-3000] Add a standard GUI system

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le vendredi 28 avril 2006 à 15:12 -0400, Terry Reedy a écrit :
> The generic solution is better package fetching, such as apparently done (I 
> have not used them yet) by setuptools and easy_install.  The installing an 
> app needing wxPython should fetch and install that also and installing an 
> app needing PyGUI would do the same for PyGUI.

I don't see what the problem is with installing wxPython separately from
Python. There are installers for Windows, and any decent Linux distro
packages it (so you can just type "urpmi wxPython" or whatever). Also,
py2exe and py2app handle it gracefully if you want to ship a standalone
installer for your application.

The remaining question is why Tk is shipped by default with Python. It
is a very outdated UI and feels totally awful to a newcomer. So it may
give the bad impression that "this is what Python GUIs look like" if it
comes by default with Python.

Better not ship a "standard GUI system" and let everybody choose, IMHO.

Regards

Antoine.