On 8/8/07, Tom Tobin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think there's a good psychological / community case to be made for > making django.template available standalone; as I put it earlier, many > people just don't like importing stuff they don't intend to use, no > matter how small it may be byte-wise. Requiring someone to install > Django just to use the templating system is going to prevent them, in > various cases, from bothering at all.
If this is your primary reason for suggesting django.template be a standalone library, it doesn't win me (and, it's safe to say, Malcolm) over. I am in 100% agreement with Malcolm that saying "We only distribute one version of Django" is reasonable. For what it's worth, here's a personal narrative. I am extremely anal about Python packages. When a setuptools-ish package craps all over my site-packages directory, installing 15 packages that I may-or-may-not-use-but-we'll-install-them-just-in-case, I'm not happy. I see it as a gross invasion of my personal space, like the jerks who insert advertisements on my car's windshield while I'm parked at a grocery store. But I do not care if a *single* package includes more code than I want to use. What I *do* think is worth fixing is allowing the template system to be used on its own, for the simple, common case, without having to configure stuff. This is what I was trying to explain in my last e-mail. Tom, if we solved that, would you be happy? In short: I want to understand your goal. If you want to offer a smaller download, then that doesn't justify the hassle of making this change. If you want us to make it easier to use the template system without configuration, let's talk. Adrian -- Adrian Holovaty holovaty.com | djangoproject.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
