Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!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 0.008 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:not': 0.03; 'odd': 0.07; 'preference': 0.07; 'gui': 0.12; '23,': 0.16; 'complaining': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'subject:python3': 0.16; 'tk.': 0.16; 'tkinter.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'install': 0.23; 'space.': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'moved': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'work.': 0.31; 'that.': 0.31; 'alone': 0.33; 'not.': 0.33; 'beyond': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'subject:" ': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'ago,': 0.61; 'gone': 0.61; 'absolutely': 0.87; '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:content-type; bh=K4XY2WaB1qaiOdgmA98oz3r7J9RrpbIvtSkOk51eJlw=; b=r9Zcy8+iDCsYlhyu3Ok/q+O/NIFwUsxjt4icA2xyFY702HrCJ3cff+SeQmlKWUz9DA 5jYXMyEpoPHjpUSgvguaydtRGmPWadkf65j02V6D9n/f70afIQm2BymCKCoV5mC2BHZ/ T/0Uk8u49XfR4Y2bVTN3bwqfu8DPJEYptXnl+M2Se6fdbCs2vX/Nq7gw5M08pLoTghMb +zVRTNrIaCr9x7930SgiCld3Zhn/klx8Q1VtmlvPsCzE21IJnFTf4TY+z5hLapB9LoSr Cy4hbyVizAG1am/gk1TC9p51BY2IC9BcBaIA4MyvJTLPXvm1+Ri9r8IZVejvnC4+Y4Eh YUwA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.91.71 with SMTP id cc7mr18180114vdb.58.1366702444020; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:34:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <5174e407$0$29872$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:34:03 +1000 Subject: Re: Ubuntu package "python3" does not include tkinter From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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: 18 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1366702447 news.xs4all.nl 2195 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53775 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:44162 On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Rui Maciel wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: > >> 30 years ago, people weren't using Tk. > > And after 30 years gone by, some people still don't use Tk, let alone > Tkinter. There is absolutely no reason to force them to install that if > they don't need to. Agreed; my preference is GTK, when I do GUI work. >> We've moved on beyond worrying about the odd kilobyte of space. > > That must be reason why you are the only one complaining about that. I'm not. ChrisA