Demote idle to universe
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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python3-defaults (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
From what I can tell, idle is the only thing keeping tcl/tk in universe.
I think it's unnecessary as most Ubuntu developers use something other than idle to work on Python code.
I came across this while working on LP: #1720482 (tk8.6 recommends xterm which is one thing that appears to keep xterm in main. I think the fix there is to explictly have recommends/depends on gnome-
terminal for everything that recommends/depend on xterm in main.)
idle is explicitly seeded in
http://
It was added in 2005:
https:/
Dropped from development seed
https:/ /irclogs. ubuntu. com/2018/ 01/30/% 23ubuntu- devel.html# t13:21