Eliminating X dependency from python

[Bryan Blackburn]

On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 04:02:00PM -0700, Michael_google gmail_Gersten said:
> >> So, two questions:
> >> 1. Why is the default for a scripting language to bring in the entire
> >> gui system? Why isn't that a variant?
> >
> > http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#pydeps
> 
> That hardly answers it, and yet does.
> 
> Alright, then this question: Why isn't the gui an optional package?

It is; as others have mentioned, the +no_tkinter variant will disable the tk
stuff (which is where the X11 dependencies are originating).

> 
> Equally, does someone knowledgeable want to update that FAQ? It's
> talking about Python 23 and 24, so it's kinda out of date; do those
> same issues still apply, or are there new issues now in 26?

It's still the same for later versions, as it still should be applicable to
2.6, 2.7, and 3.1 at the moment.

Bryan