Which linux distros have Python by default?

Derek Moeller moeller at dophnic.yi.org
Wed Jun 14 18:59:18 EDT 2000


On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 09:34:51PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
> In article <Pine.GSO.4.10.10006142334560.3119-100000 at sundial>, Moshe Zadka wrote:
> >On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Grant Edwards wrote:
> >
> >> I'm going to distribute a utility written in Python/Tkinter as
> >> a configuration/administration utility that goes with a Linux
> >> device driver.  I was just wondering how many customers are
> >> likely to have Python/Tkinter available.  I doubt that anybody
> >> is going to install Python just to run this program.
> >
> >Pretty soon, everyone will want to have Python to use ESR's CLM2, a
> >configuration utility for the the kernel written in Python/Curses. 
> >Tkinter is a different matter though
> 
> Well, people who compile kernels will, anyway.  There are
> getting to be a lot of users who never do a kernel build...
> 

Yeah, but the distribution maintainers will be forced to include it as
a default to be considered seriously.

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Derek Moeller

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