On Apr 23, 11:44 am, Rui Maciel <rui.mac...@gmail.com> wrote: > Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > Nobody forces you to do anything. Python is open source, and the source > > code is freely available. > > That goes both ways, with the added benefit that python-tkinter is already > available in distro's official repositories. If you want to install it, go > for it. Nothing stops you. If you don't then you aren't forced to install > half the packages in the repository just to have a python interpreter in > your system. > > Rui Maciel
Collecting together what are the conflicting principles --------------------------------------------- 1 Fail early Fail fast 2 Good error messages 3 No crap 4 A working system that is easily upgradable and keeps working 5 Package system permissive allows wide variation of package combinations 6 Package system strict Disallows error-prone situations/combinations 7 Easy on learners/noobs -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list