[Python-Dev] Miscellaneous 2.0 installation issues

Eric S. Raymond esr@thyrsus.com
Wed, 27 Dec 2000 18:05:46 -0500


Andrew Kuchling <akuchlin@mems-exchange.org>:
> >1. The curses module is commented out in the default Modules/Setup
> >file.  This is not good, as it may lead careless distribution builders
> 
> It always has been commented out.  Good distributions ship with most
> of the available modules enabled; I can't say if RH7.0 counts as a
> good distribution or not (still on 6.2).

I think this needs to change.  If curses is a core facility  now, the
default build should tread it as one.
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