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Why does it need to go?

• rlayton2 7y ago
  It uses a non trivial amount of resources for (nearly) every python install. Therefore if it isnt of substantial use then it should be removed to free those resources
  • icegreentea2 7y ago
    It does, but it's hardly an egregious amount (my 3.7 install on Win10 has it at 800Kb... though I guess tcl takes up 10MiB =P). For reference, the built in venv module (which I never use cause I'm all about that virtualenv life) is 1MB. The python tests are 20MB, and that ships by default on every python installation. Like if you were in a resource constrained situation, you would be customizing your python install anyways (if nothing else, getting rid of the docs, the tests, maybe stripping out all but the compiled code...).
    • schlenk 7y ago
      Maybe just use kitdll instead of a full blown Tcl/Tk distro, to provide the dependency, that would shrink the size a lot. http://kitcreator.rkeene.org/fossil/wiki?name=KitDLL http://kitcreator.rkeene.org/fossil/wiki?name=KitDLL