[Python-Dev] standard libraries don't behave like standard 'libraries' (original) (raw)

Lennart Regebro regebro at gmail.com
Thu Nov 12 15:28:38 CET 2009

2009/11/12 Sriram Srinivasan <naughtysriram at gmail.com>:

In python we have the PyPI which is equivalent to the http://devpacks.org but in PyPI the packages are all user made applications. What I want is similar to PyPI but for the python standard libraries, so that they (libraries) are as add-on as possible.

They are. The mechanism for deciding if you want to use them is called "importing".

Now of you don't want them installed, the easiest is to remove the ones you don't want. This is useful on embedded systems, etc, but not generally useful otehrwise.

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