[Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library (original) (raw)

Tal Einat taleinat at gmail.com
Sun Jul 11 16:31:03 CEST 2010

Guido van Rossum wrote:

David Beazley wrote:

I would like to propose removing IDLE from the standard library.

-1000. From the Python training department, I would like to say that this would be a horrible idea. Right. IDLE fits a niche. It's never going to be the world's best Python development environment but it isn't the worst either, and it's worth keeping around. There clearly are some folks who care enough about IDLE to submit bug reports and fixes. How about we empower these people by giving at least one of them commit privileges? IDLE development has often been done by people who aren't otherwise contributing to the core, and we surely should trust those folks with commit privileges.

This would certainly be a great improvement on the current situation.

However, I still think IDLE is not currently in a state that it should be suggested for use by beginners.

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