[Python-Dev] Thoughts on stdlib evolvement

[Ron Adam]

Bob Ippolito wrote:

> 
> On Jun 7, 2005, at 11:47 AM, Josiah Carlson wrote:
> 
>> Ron Adam wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>>> Having less in the core distribution means smaller complete  
>>> applications
>>> to install when py2exe is used.  There also needs to be some  assurance
>>> that the standard library has as few bugs in it as possible.  The  more
>>> that's added to it, the more work and testing to do that is needed.
>>>
>>
>> Almost by definition, applications using py2exe are minimal Python
>> installations without external dependencies.
> 
> 
> Yeah, py2exe only includes the portion of the standard library that  you 
> use, anyway... so the size of it is not an issue.
> 
> -bob

This wasn't the main point of my post in any case. Yes, as high 
bandwidth connections and disk space become more common, the 
organizational aspects are really more important than the size aspects.

Cheers,
Ron