Fredrik Lundh wrote:
I'm not talking about things that absolutely have to be in the Python interpreter core; I'm talking about things that *could* be bundled with the standard distribution, *without* having to be relicensed, or be forever maintained by the CPython developers.
(the Linux distributors know how to do this: look for good stuff that's either actively maintained or simple and solid enough to live for a while, make sure the licenses are good enough, bundle the latest and greatest version, ship tested versions at regular intervals, update when necessary, and pass bugs and patches upstream. why not use the same approach for Python's standard distribution?)
The reason they don't is because making a distribution like this is a royal pain in the ass. It makes no sense to make the Python standard distribution like this. Only insane people do this. I'm one of them.
"Updating when necessary" is problematic and really requires proper package management. Python is not an OS and cannot control all of the little factors that make package management feasible for OS distributions to do.
What's more, once you *do* have proper package management on the platforms that you care about, it doesn't matter what is or isn't in the standard distribution. Hopefully, one of the CPyAN dreams will actually pan out.
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