python search / tkinter question

[belinda thom]

Hi,

Is there a particular reason that searching for python ports produces:

51 % port search python
gnome-bindings-python          devel/gnome-bindings-python  
2.12         The GNOME bindings for Python
subversion-pythonbindings      devel/subversion-pythonbindings  
1.4.2        Python bindings for the subversion version control system.
gnome-python-desktop           gnome/gnome-python-desktop  
2.14.0       Python modules for some GNOME Desktop libraries.
python21                       lang/python21  2.1.3        An  
interpreted, object-oriented programming language
python22                       lang/python22  2.2.3        An  
interpreted, object-oriented programming language
python23                       lang/python23  2.3.5        An  
interpreted, object-oriented programming language
python24                       lang/python24  2.4.3        An  
interpreted, object-oriented programming language
python25                       lang/python25  2.5          An  
interpreted, object-oriented programming language
py-biopython                   python/py-biopython 1.41          
python tools for computational molecular biology
py-dnspython                   python/py-dnspython 1.3.5        DNS  
toolkit for Python
py-ipython                     python/py-ipython 0.7.2        An  
enhanced Interactive Python shell
py-pythoncad                   python/py-pythoncad DS1-R22       
Python-based CAD package
py-wxpython                    python/py-wxpython 2.6.3.2      Python  
interface to the wxWindows cross platform GUI
mod_python                     www/mod_python 3.2.8        Apache2  
module that embeds Python within the server.

but that tkinter isn't included in this list?

52 % port search tkinter
py-tkinter                     python/py-tkinter 2.4.3        Python  
bindings to the Tk widget set

Thanks!

--b