Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.005 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:not': 0.03; 'tkinter': 0.07; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'bug': 0.12; '"python"': 0.16; 'help?': 0.16; 'language?': 0.16; 'lowercase': 0.16; 'optional': 0.16; 'subject:python3': 0.16; 'trademark,': 0.16; 'ubuntu,': 0.16; 'uppercase': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'fix': 0.17; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'later': 0.20; 'command': 0.22; '>>>': 0.22; 'import': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'this?': 0.23; 'url:moin': 0.24; 'versions': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'installed': 0.27; 'correct': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'url:wiki': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.33; 'fri,': 0.33; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'received:209.85.220': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'ubuntu': 0.36; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'skip:& 10': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'legally': 0.39; 'skip:& 20': 0.39; 'does': 0.39; 'reported': 0.39; 'subject:" ': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'here:': 0.62; 'belief': 0.84; 'mistaken': 0.84; 'joel': 0.91; 'skip:& 80': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=h3mjnxNNdKMXwxETXIBX2SvJDSiBPhwKIx4I1JtJCyI=; b=Va9Jam6ElVpD7szQwuQhVh2u2uKaNZSbz3MTCTyuiPFml4lqS9XJs4fPifaU/2N8oi TOulUMtzXQmpi77kw/UyfNQQKgAOg4oH/UrQXNpuBJBqRccTamfS4BLG+eP5MG/Yqojm P5EQJh2Z4H/KNL3MCGl9aKa0CVf3tyco6BB2akvlm2qhPFOwo3YAx4LTXJVkLkgsu7Sx 94I35R4AqcbmZ9SP9HdzZGZHbDc4FtknNzm7wUvezjcu6MDllGuRSs0tHMMqhAHbtecC 3nG3hZ8CbI8zBwEVtPPyPJ8cDB2cpOAdvGpOGTsNbi9sO6wv4JllmxKYtWnDbZX16VO1 a9oQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.178.161 with SMTP id cz1mr10247053vdc.7.1366392341700; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:25:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:25:41 -0400 Subject: Re: Ubuntu package "python3" does not include tkinter From: Joel Goldstick To: lcrocker Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec519644b26aa8904daba0266 Cc: "python-list@python.org" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 82 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1366392349 news.xs4all.nl 2276 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52415 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:43917 --bcaec519644b26aa8904daba0266 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 1:17 PM, lcrocker wrote: > Am I mistaken in my belief that tkinter is a non-optional part of the > Python language? I installed the "python3" package on Ubuntu, and > tkinter is not included--it's an optional package "python3-tk" that > has to be installed separately. I reported this as a bug as was > summarily slapped down. > > Can we apply some pressure to Ubuntu to fix this? Python is a > trademark, is it not? Can Ubuntu legally claim that their "Python" > package is an implementation of the language if it does not include > the whole language? > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > >From here: http://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter Does this help? Try the correct command for your version at the Python prompt: >>> import Tkinter # no underscore, uppercase 'T' for versions prior to V3.0 >>> import tkinter # no underscore, lowercase 't' for V3.0 and later -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com --bcaec519644b26aa8904daba0266 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable



On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 1:17 PM, lcrocker <lee@piclab.com> wrote:
Am I mistaken in my belie= f that tkinter is a non-optional part of the
Python language? I installed the "python3" package on Ubuntu, and=
tkinter is not included--it's an optional package "python3-tk"= ; that
has to be installed separately. I reported this as a bug as was
summarily slapped down.

Can we apply some pressure to Ubuntu to fix this? Python is a
trademark, is it not? Can Ubuntu legally claim that their "Python"= ;
package is an implementation of the language if it does not include
the whole language?
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