2008/10/22 Dereck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > wrt: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/241920 > > I am wondering why an e-book of Dive Into Python is installed by default on > all Ubuntu Desktop installations? > > I personally don't quite see the use to most users, even those who wishing > to learn python. I myself downloaded a copy of this e-book from a google > search because I didn't know it was already on my system long ago. > > The compressed package takes about half a meg and installed uses a little > over 4 megs. It's not a great savings, but I think there are other things > that could be of greater value to our users.
Good catch ! Even if this free book (LGPL IIRC) is a very good one, it's strange that this one has been seeded as a dependency of ubuntu-desktop (maybe because python is installed by default ?). For your information, I am in touch with the French translator to update it (it is becoming old and some fundamental notions like the object base class are not taken into account) and publish it in a paper version. We will try to push our changes back in the original (English one) version. Didier
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