On Saturday, December 10, 2016, Terry Reedy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/10/2016 5:28 PM, Wes Turner wrote: > >> >> So forks with modules added or removed cannot be called Python? >> > > Distributions that make parts of the stdlib optional are not forks. The > PSF Windows installer makes tcl/tk, tkinter, IDLE, and turtle? modules > optional. > > Distributions that package additional modules with unmodified python x.y > are also, to me, not forks. But they are always given other names for the > combined package. ActiveState Python, Enthought Python, Anaconda > (Python). Separate names for separate distribution allow people to search > for particular distributions and discuss questions like "Which distribution > is best for purpose A?" > > I am sure that ActiveState Software Inc. would not be happy if you > distributed Python + selected modules and called it 'ActiveState Python' > ;-), Some for other distributions. So there needs to be a prefix or a suffix? [prefix] Python Python [suffix] > > -- > Terry Jan Reedy > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/wes. > turner%40gmail.com >
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