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[Python-Dev] RFC: Including PIL in 1.6

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Greg Ward <gward@mems-exchange.org>:
> -1 from me.  What's the point of the Distutils if we just throw
> everything "useful" into the standard distribution?

Watch that argument -- it could turn and bite you.  What's the justification
for including, e.g. POP client classes in the standard distribution?

One of Python's most important strengths is the "batteries *are*
included" richness of the standard environment.
-- 
		<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr">Eric S. Raymond</a>

The two pillars of `political correctness' are, 
  a) willful ignorance, and
  b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth
	-- George MacDonald Fraser

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