[Python-Dev] IDLE in the stdlib

[Georg Brandl]

Am 21.03.2013 16:23, schrieb Nick Coghlan:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 6:22 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
>> On Mar 21, 2013, at 05:25 AM, Eli Bendersky wrote:
>>
>>>1. Whether IDLE should be developed separately from the core Python
>>>repository (while still being shipped).
>>>
>>>I really want to constructively focus on (1).
>>
>> In fact, solving (1) should help move along the discussions about separating
>> the stdlib into a separate repo, for the benefit of alternative
>> implementations.  Agreed that there are many other issues to resolve in that
>> latter discussion.
>>
>> But I think Eli is right that we should be thinking about how to develop code
>> in separate repos and still ship a combined release.
> 
> I think a federated repo model in general is something we need to
> consider, it's not something we should consider IDLE specific.

Right.  Without a coordinated plan this will go the road of elementtree or
simplejson.

Georg