[Bug 1170757] Re: Python3-tk package is optional

[Dan]

Agreed. It's a really tiny package (29 KB installed!!) compared to the
LTS .iso, and when one wants to run pwsh scripts that were originally
created on Win10 for example, the functionality of 3 (if not more)
functions (System.Windows.Forms.Form, System.Windows.Forms.Label and
System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenuStrip - included in Win10 by default!)
are missing entirely and tk remains the easiest, smallest Ubuntu
variant...

** Also affects: powershell (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** No longer affects: powershell (Ubuntu)

** Also affects: python3-defaults (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Python3-tk package is optional

Status in python3-defaults package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in python3-stdlib-extensions package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  I'm sure this was a conscious choice by someone, but it needs to be
  rethought. If I install Python, I expect to get a working
  implementation of the Python language. The Python language includes
  Tkinter. It's not optional in the language standard, it shouldn't be
  optional in the package.

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