Comment 4 for bug 32228

I take your point about where we are NOW, however I'm looking towards a
time when Ubuntu is more widespread and solutions on top of it have a
need for greater integration. Python is my preferred platform for that
integration, and this is the early foundation of that.

Consider the implications of Microsoft's new scripting effort around the
shell (is it called Monad?) and C#. Perhaps mono is the right long term
solution (or iron-python on mono) but in the immediate present I would
like to maintain the position that Python on Ubuntu is ubiquitous and
present by default. I'd be happy to discuss this further over a beer,
but for now the high-level policy remains.

What is certainly open to tweaking and patching is the selection of
Python packages that are installed by default, I'm sure there is plenty
of room for optimisation it has not been reviewed (much) since a late
night in Brazil two years ago. Suggestions welcome, but "get rid of it
all" won't get more of a response from me.