[Python-Dev] Update to Python Documentation Website Request

[David Cournapeau]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:20 PM, David Lyon<david.lyon at preisshare.net> wrote:

> My only point is that Windows ain't no embedded system. It's not
> short on memory or disk space. If a package manager is 5 megabytes
> extra say, with it's libraries.. what's the extra download time on
> that ? compared to three days+ stuffing around trying to find out
> how to install packages for a new user.

The problem is not so much  the size by itself that more code means
more maintenance burden for python developers. Including new code
means it has to work everywhere where python works currently, and that
other people can understand/support the related code. Adding code to a
project is far from free from python maintainers POV.

cheers,

David