removal of diveintopython seed
Scott Ritchie
scott at open-vote.org
Wed Oct 22 18:54:03 BST 2008
Dereck wrote:
> 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.
>
As one developer at UDS put it, "because it makes Mark happy"
I see you've CCed him for the same reason ;)
Thanks,
Scott Ritchie
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