Python-2.1 Debug libs zip is missing tcl &tk debug libs
David LeBlanc
whisper at oz.nospamnet
Sat Apr 21 14:17:43 EDT 2001
Sloth pure and simple.
What are you calling a-useless-thing?
Dave LeBlanc
In article <mailman.987723930.31544.python-list at python.org>,
tim.one at home.com says...
> [Dave LeBlanc]
> > Don't know if this was intended or not... but isn't tcl/tk->tkinter
> > cnsidered part of the python core?
>
> No; Tcl/Tk is only bundled with the Windows installer, and then mostly so
> that newbies can run IDLE without wrestling with another installer first. We
> don't compile Tcl/Tk either, so have no Tcl/Tk debug files to ship (the
> Scriptics installer doesn't include them).
>
> BTW, what on Earth do you use the Debug.zip file *for*? I stick into it the
> union of every debug-build thingie anyone ever asked for, but I can't imagine
> what use it is. For example, if you're building C extensions, don't you want
> to build your own Python from source code too? I sure would.
>
> not-sure-it's-possible-to-add-features-to-a-useless-thing<wink>-ly
> y'rs - tim
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