On 2009-09-18, Chris Withers <ch...@simplistix.co.uk> wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2009-09-16, Alan G Isaac <alan.is...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Tkinter is part of the Python standard library:
>>
>> That doesn't mean you can depend on it being available. It
>> doesn't get installed by default on some Linux distros.
>
> That's 'cos some linux distros feel the need to destroy
> python's packaging
What do you mean by "Python's packaging"? I used to build
python from sources, and tcl/tk support was optional then as
well.
> for their own silly reasons...
>
> Take them out and shoot them.
I think you're overstating that a bit. AFAIK, when building
Python from sources, tcl/tk support has always been optional as
well.
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