Diveintopython package - non-discoverable?

[Lukas Sabota]

Simon Gerber wrote:

>Greetings, Ubuntu devs, and curious lurkers (like myself).
>
>I've been testing Dapper, and noticed that the 'diveintopython'
>package is still installed by default. I'm a little curious as to the
>reasoning behind this. With so much effort going into usability,
>simplying the interface, making things discoverable, and hiding away
>options that 'Joe User' won't actually use, it's odd that this package
>is just well, sitting there.
>
>I do understand that Ubuntu wants to be Python friendly, and I quite
>like Python myself. But there is no indication the package is there at
>all. A perfectly good 347986 bytes will go to waste unless:
>
>a) You happen to be a python programmer
>
>and
>
>b) You happen to be paying particular attention during installation,
>and notice it is being installed
>
>or
>
>c) You search for python packages and notice it is already installed
>
>or
>
>d) You are in the habit of reading everything in /usr/share/doc/
>
>If this package is going to be kept, perhaps at least we could at
>least ship firefox with a bookmark pointing to the local file?
>
>But on the other hand, if we're going to all the effort of putting in
>a hyperlink, why not link to http://diveintopython.org/ in the first
>place, and save that space for ndiswrapper, or another hardware
>driver, or something else useful?
>
>Just a thought...
>
>Regards,
>Simon Gerber
>
>--
>Seen in the release notes for ACPI-support 0.34:
>
>'The "I do not wish to discuss it" release
>  * Add workaround for prodding fans back into life on resume
>  * Add sick evil code for doing sick evil things to sick evil
>    screensavers'
>
>  
>
Agreed.