On 30/12/2018 22:25, Avi Gross wrote: > I admit I have not studied the charter for the group.
As moderator I feel the need to step in here because the charter is extremely apropos to that function and some clarification may be helpful. Mark is correct in that the group is focused on the core language and standard library as documented on python.org. That is, it does not cover third party modules like SciPy or Pillow or frameworks like wxPython or Django etc, regardless of how popular these may be. That having been said, we do normally allow questions on these modules to go through because there is a fair amount of in-house expertise and so a fair chance of providing an answer without protracted discussion. The group also has a secondary mission included in the statement Mark quoted, which is to help beginners "learn computer programming" and that aspect of our charter encompasses the occasional non-python led topic on the nature of programming and the wider areas of software engineering - although we prefer topics to be illustrated using Python. Occasionally, language comparisons are valid in highlighting areas where Python is stronger or weaker relative to other tools. The final valid area for discussion is the meta topic of what (and how) the group should discuss. But that subject raises its head very rarely these days. > The standard library is not something I consider as > many distributions automatically add libraries ... While that is true, the term 'standard library' is generally understood to be the one distributed from and documented with the official language. In our case that means the python.org web site. Distributions like Anaconda, Entropy, Maya, and RaspberryPi etc all exist for specific audiences and add modules suited to those tasks. But they also have their own support communities better qualified to deal with their issues. Sometimes the best answer is a simple referral to one of those community fora. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor