[Python-ideas] More "ensure*" packages

[Steve Dower]

On 14Aug2015 0807, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On Aug 13, 2015, at 10:06 AM, Steve Dower wrote:
>
>> I'd like to propose expanding the list of 3rd-party packages we bundle and
>> install by default. (Obviously this does not apply to platforms that
>> repackage Python and can do whatever they want, but on Windows and Mac we are
>> fully responsible for these.)
>
> Indeed.  Can we *please* keep the source tarball pure?  Even ensurepip gives
> (some) downstreams plenty of headaches.
>
> I'm totally fine with the OS X and Windows installers bundling whatever makes
> users on those platforms have a better experience.

I'm fine with restricting it to the installers we build ourselves too.

I guess the core of the discussion (which I got wrong in my quote above) 
is about turning some 1st-party packages into 3rd-party packages as far 
as the source tarball is concerned.

How would downstreams react to having to get tkinter/Idle/etc. from a 
separate repo?

Cheers,
Steve

> Cheers,
> -Barry
>