[Python-Dev] packaging (was Integrate BeautifulSoup into stdlib?)

[Chris Withers]

Steve Holden wrote:
> Some people want an "all batteries and kitchen sink included" distro
> that they can treat as a single component for configuration control
> purposes. Others, like you, want the libraries to be separated out to
> allow separate fixes.

Yes, but while the "batteries included" option can be rolled from the 
"no batteries" version, the reverse is not true.

The current package management systems can't even figure out that a 
version of a standard lib library is "what came with Python 2.x.y" 
rather than a bugfixed version that's been later installed (pyunit 
springs to mind as a potential candidate here...)

cheers,

Chris

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