[Python-Dev] Accepting PEP 434, Idle Enhancement Exception

[Todd Rovito]

On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall at gmail.com>wrote:

> Does that mean that mainstream idle development should move out of the
> python tree?


No the acceptance of PEP-434 does not mean IDLE development should move out
of the python tree.  The acceptance of PEP-434 means that the restriction
on applying enhancements be relaxed for IDLE code residing in
../Lib/idlelib.  In other words Python Core Developers can apply
enhancements (but not major rewrites) even to the 2.7 branch. The
relaxation was requested in the hope that we can apply many of the already
existing patches quickly and allow IDLE to become a high quality
cross-platform default starting point for new Python users that aren't
already accustomed to the command line and editing text files directly.
 PEP-434 doesn't suggest moving the IDLE code outside of the Python tree.
 Please let me know if you have additional questions, feel free to help us
with IDLE development!
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