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[Python-Dev] IDLE in the stdlib

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Thu Mar 21 16:23:59 CET 2013 
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 6:22 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
> On Mar 21, 2013, at 05:25 AM, Eli Bendersky wrote:
>
>>1. Whether IDLE should be developed separately from the core Python
>>repository (while still being shipped).
>>
>>I really want to constructively focus on (1).
>
> In fact, solving (1) should help move along the discussions about separating
> the stdlib into a separate repo, for the benefit of alternative
> implementations.  Agreed that there are many other issues to resolve in that
> latter discussion.
>
> But I think Eli is right that we should be thinking about how to develop code
> in separate repos and still ship a combined release.

I think a federated repo model in general is something we need to
consider, it's not something we should consider IDLE specific.

Cheers,
Nick.

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