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[Python-Dev] Stdlib and timezones, again

Brian Curtin brian at python.org
Thu Oct 4 19:06:59 CEST 2012 
On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Zachary Ware
<zachary.ware+pydev at gmail.com> wrote:
> It occurred to me this morning that Python already ships a set of
> timezone data with the Windows installer: Tcl/Tk's.  Is there any way
> we could use that as the default on Windows?

I would say no. You could choose not to include Tcl/Tk in your
installation, or you could build your own Python and not include those
sources. In either case, the lack of a GUI toolkit is now affecting
your use of timezone data - weird/bad.

Plus we only pull updated Tcl/Tk every few years.
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