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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