I would really hate to see Tkinter removed from 3.0. Because it's part of the distribution and extremely easy to create simple GUIs I use it all the time. Isn't Python supposed to be a "Batteries Included" language? Can that be said anymore without a GUI library? And do we want to drop Tkinter only now, when tk seems to finally be getting renewed attention after years of neglect?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Fetchinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <python-list@python.org> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 3:39 AM Subject: Removal of tkinter from python 3.0? [was: Fate of the repr module inPy3.0] >> Was looking at PEP 3108, http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3108/ , >> and saw that the repr module was slated for vaporization. I've only >> used the module a few times ever. I'm curious if the community wants >> it kept around or whether it is considered clutter. >> >> The PEP is going to be finalized soon, so if you have issues with it, >> they should be sent to the PEP author or brought up on the list, >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/stdlib-sig . > > Is it just me or others also think that it would be a major loss to > remove tkinter from the python core? PEP 3108 starts off with: > > Each module to be removed needs to have a justification as to why it > should no longer be distributed with Python. > > then goes on with, > > With so many other GUI options out there that are considered better > than Tkinter, it might be best to remove Tkinter from the stdlib and > make it an externally maintained package. > > I don't get it. There are many [insert your favorite software > component] options outside of the python core that are considered > better than the one coming with python, yet they don't get removed. > All network servers for example could be thrown out because twisted is > considered better. This just doesn't make sense to me. Tkinter is > great for its purpose, typical use cases are creating a simple GUI > composed of a couple of components only. You can nicely do this with > tkinter and the large user base shows that it's a real need real > people have. Sure, for fancy GUI stuff there are better options but > for quick and simple things tkinter is just great. And last time I > checked python comes with batteries included so why sould I need to > search and download a third party package for such a common use case? > > Thoughts anyone? > > Cheers, > Daniel > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
