[Python-Dev] IDLEfork Re-integration into Python

[Guido van Rossum]

> > What is the purpose of Tools/idle? Shouldn't it be deleted altogether?
> 
> I would think so, but maybe not until the new IDLE is working.  I'd
> assume it would be deleted before 2.3 final.  

Right -- in fact, it can be deleted as soon as we know the new idle
works.

> I don't feel strongly about this.  I had suggested to Guido that it
> be renamed old_idle for now to avoid conflict, and he seemed to be
> fine with that.

Hm, I think that's unnecessarily conservative.  We can leave it
untouched for a while and delete it before beta 2.

> If no one has objections, I'll check in a change to Tools/idle to
> modify setup.py to install it as above, with a script named
> 'old_idle'.

Not needed.

> I don't know what affect this has on the Windows build procedure.

We'll find out.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)