[Python-Dev] datetime module and pytz with dateutil (original) (raw)
Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Sun Apr 1 23:29:27 CEST 2012
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On 4/1/2012 9:16 AM, Lennart Regebro wrote:
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 21:20, Terry Reedy<tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
The Windows installer, by default, installs tcl/tk while Python on other systems uses the system install. Why can't we do the same for the Olson database? The problem is that it needs updating. We could include pytz, but it would be useless on Windows, unless you also separately installs the Olson database. But including it and updating it is not Python's job and should not be.
My main point is that I (as a Windows's user) do not think that difficulties with Windows should stop inclusion of a useful module. On import, pytz should check for database accessibility and raise an exception if not, and possibly refer to manual section on how to make it accessible.
-- Terry Jan Reedy
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