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From: aa8vb at vislab.epa.gov (Randall Hopper)
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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 12:27:04 GMT
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Subject: mxDateTime in Python distribution
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL2.3.96.SK.990406161212.28161D-100000@sun.med.ru>; from Oleg Broytmann on Tue, Apr 06, 1999 at 04:15:32PM +0400
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References: <19990406070255.A867135@vislab.epa.gov> <Pine.SOL2.3.96.SK.990406161212.28161D-100000@sun.med.ru>
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Message-ID: <19990406082704.A868024@vislab.epa.gov>
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Oleg Broytmann:
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|> I needed to do some date/time arithmetic recently and found that core
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|> Python didn't have this functionality. I was a little skeptical about
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|> using a seperate extension for portability reasons.
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| There is always some need for something more. Do you really want to
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|include every bit of code into the Library? It would take infinite time to
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|download and compile Python distribution if all possible modules and
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|extensions come in.
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| I want to keep the Library as little as possible. Download, compile and
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|install only those extensions you need.
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On that thread, we should strive for a balance. Short download times is
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nice, but we shouldn't go the way of Tcl where everything useful is a
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separately downloaded and installed extension. That limits the
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accessibility of the language.
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(Joe, I tried that new tool you gave me; it doesn't work. Oh, Bill you
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have to extensions A,B,C,D,E,F, and G. If you have root access, run this.
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Otherwise run this, put these files over here, munge this config file,a and
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set this env variable... [Bill to self: Nahh, it's not worth it. Next
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project].)
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Randall
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