+1 to removing it. It's there because I very much wanted to promote Python as a ubiquitous scripting language across Ubuntu. Initially we included Python interfaces for as much of the system as we could. I think that has been eroded over time given the pressures of disk space and the focus on non-developer users to the point where D-I-P is unnecessary.
To quote an e-mail from Mark on ubuntu-desktop@:
+1 to removing it. It's there because I very much wanted to promote Python as a ubiquitous scripting language across Ubuntu. Initially we included Python interfaces for as much of the system as we could. I think that has been eroded over time given the pressures of disk space and the focus on non-developer users to the point where D-I-P is unnecessary.