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Subject: bug#20889: python Tkinter
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2015 12:21:11 +0200
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To: Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org>
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Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org> skribis:

> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 12:39 AM, Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
>> On 07/05/2015 12:16 PM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:
>>> I=E2=80=99m asking because it might be that we could keep the default P=
ython
>>> without Tk, and only use the Tk-enabled Python for the few packages that
>>> need it, if it=E2=80=99s rare enough.
>>
>> No, we do not want that. Users who install Python expect to be able to
>> import tkinter, since it is part of the standard library.
>
> I agree with Cyril.

OK.  Then we effectively need to proceed as you suggest: Build
python-minimal (which does not depend on Tk), build Tk, and then build
python.

But we should make sure that python-minimal is not retained, if
possible.

Ludo=E2=80=99.