Re: when and why did python(-minimal) become essential?

2006-01-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Matthias Klose wrote: > It would be interesting to qualify the "lot". Even the Windows installer > allows you to install only parts of the complete package. And won't > these people complain that the C compiler is missing, at least you did > install the headers? It's difficult to quantify. I could

Re: when and why did python(-minimal) become essential?

2006-01-25 Thread Matthias Klose
Martin v. Löwis wrote: Martin Michlmayr wrote: I definitely agree we should listen to the Python community, Well, my *personal* view is this: I agree that it is highly desirable that the "python" package is the entire thing, with all batteries included. I'm uncertain what to think about offeri