[issue36086] Split IDLE into separate feature in Windows installer

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: I concur with the other commenters that this isn't worth it. Installing Tcl/Tk without IDLE saves almost nothing. Thank you for the suggestion, but I'm going to mark it as rejected. -- nosy: +rhettinger resolution: -> rejected stage: patch

[issue36086] Split IDLE into separate feature in Windows installer

Andre Roberge added the comment: I do not use IDLE (except for testing) and would not be affected by such a change. However, many tutorials and books intended for beginners instruct users to use IDLE, with the assumption that it is available out of the box. Removing IDLE would immediately

[issue36086] Split IDLE into separate feature in Windows installer

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: turtledemo currently requires a couple of modules from idlelib. One to syntax color examples, another to display the help file. So turtledemo would have to be patched if IDLE were separate from tkinter. -- ___

[issue36086] Split IDLE into separate feature in Windows installer

Steve Dower added the comment: For the dependency you'll need to modify the bootstrapper to manually enforce checkbox selection. It'll also need to force the variable at planning time to support command line installs, so the checkbox is really just to help prevent users from becoming

[issue36086] Split IDLE into separate feature in Windows installer

Jacob Bundgaard added the comment: I'm glad to hear that you might consider a patch. I've created a draft pull request for this, but I still need to figure out how to encode the dependency from IDLE to Tcl/Tk in WIX. Do you have any insights? --

[issue36086] Split IDLE into separate feature in Windows installer

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[issue36086] Split IDLE into separate feature in Windows installer

Steve Dower added the comment: Right, Idle is tiny and painless compared to Tk, and adding additional options to the installer isn't trivial. I might consider a patch, but I'm not doing this myself. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue36086] Split IDLE into separate feature in Windows installer

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: The installed space for /lib/idlelib it is roughly 2% of the total, depending on other options. The time saved is, I think, roughly comparable to the extra time it would take to read and think about another option. So the main issue would be making 'Edit

[issue36086] Split IDLE into separate feature in Windows installer

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[issue36086] Split IDLE into separate feature in Windows installer

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[issue36086] Split IDLE into separate feature in Windows installer

New submission from Jacob Bundgaard : I don't use IDLE to edit Python files, but do use tcl/tk for Python projects on Windows. Therefore, it would be useful for me to be able to install tcl/tk without also installing IDLE. However, in the Windows installer, tcl/tk and IDLE are bundled