On Sun, 27 Mar 2022 at 00:52, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: > > [apologies for the late post, just found this in my drafts folder] > > On 2/7/22 12:49 AM, Stéfane Fermigier wrote: > > > 3. Overall, I think the days where "battery included" was a positive > > argument are over > > I strongly disagree. Being able to download something and immediately get > something to work and see results is hugely > rewarding; on the other hand, having to research, find, compare & contrast > available third-party modules (especially for > new-comers) can be extremely discouraging.
100% agreed. I think people massively underestimate how frustrating it can be to have to hunt out some piece of functionality that *doesn't* come with the base download. Or worse, to find 5 different implementations, and have no idea which one you "should" use. Paul _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/2BIMFGNREXPOAFKGNVC7FZMT5LNVNVAY/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
