[Python-3000] More batteries included! (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Thu Apr 27 16:34:18 CEST 2006

Giovanni Bajo wrote:

> Since this is still well into the future, by the time Py3k rolls > around it might be possible to include the option of easy-installing > various packages from the Python installer.

As usually said, this would be miss the main point of having a standard library: consistency across Python installations.

hopefully, the Py3K distributors will use semi-automatic tools to download all they need to build a battery-included release. pushing all that over to the end users would be a major mistake.

(python-dev and others could provide "profiles" for well-known and tested configurations; e.g. "psf standard", "scientific", "sumo", ...)

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