Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation

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From	Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date	2014-08-12 09:49 -0600
Subject	Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation
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On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 8:12 AM, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 2014-08-12, Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> I just installed Arch Linux for the first time, and was surprosed to
>>> find that Python isn't installed as part of a "base" system.  It's
>>> also not included in the 'base-devel' package group.  It's trivial to
>>> install, but I'd still pretty surprised it's not there by default.  I
>>> guess I've spent too much time with Gentoo, Debian, and RedHat
>>> derivitives which require Python be installed.
>>>
>>> I've probably used at least a dozen Linux distros over the years, and
>>> this is the first time I've noticed that Python wasn't installed by
>>> default.
>>
>> Arch has a different idea of “base system”.  The base group contains
>> the most crucial packages needed to run an Arch Linux system, and that
>> is all.
>
> That's true of Gentoo as well, but it includes Python.

Because Portage is written in Python. Otherwise Gentoo would probably
omit it from the base system as well.

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Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-11 18:53 +0000
  Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2014-08-11 12:02 -0700
    Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-11 20:13 +0000
      Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2014-08-11 14:36 -0700
      Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 09:35 +1000
        Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-12 02:33 +0000
      Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2014-08-12 00:18 -0700
      Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation David Palao <dpalao.python@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 09:59 +0200
        Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Fabien <fabien.maussion@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 11:53 +0200
  Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-08-11 21:36 -0700
  Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 12:00 +0200
    Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-12 14:12 +0000
      Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 09:49 -0600

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