[Python-Dev] Paul Prescod: add Expat to 1.6

[Skip Montanaro]

    Skip> Amen to that.  See Guido's note and my response regarding soundex
    Skip> in the Doc-SIG.  Perhaps you could get away with a very small core
    Skip> distribution that only contained the stuff necessary to pull
    Skip> everything else from the net via http or ftp...

    Jack> I don't know whether this subject belongs on the python-dev list
    Jack> (is there a separate distutils list?), but let's please be very
    Jack> careful with this. The Perl people apparently think that their
    Jack> auto-install stuff is so easy to use ...

I suppose I should have added a <0.5 wink> to my note.  Still, knowing what
Guido does and doesn't feel comfortable with in the core distribution would
be a good start at seeing where we might like the core to wind up.

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