Given the size of the Mac/ source directory, in the
2.1.1 source distribution
(314 python files, 13 MB uncompressed of
platform-specific material; a large amount of
Mac-specific modules in the module documentation, would
it be possible to move this outside the Python core
source distribution ?

This is taking dispk space and consuming CVS cpu time
for nothing, for all but a few developpers.

Thanks,

Frederic Giacometti

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Actually, it even a lot worse: there are over 1300 files in
the Mac directory.
Just think of the time CVS spends on them :((

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This won't happen. The Mac hierarchy was deliberately
introduced into the Python CVS recently to simplify
maintenance of the PythonMac port, and it won't be removed
just for size reasons.

OTOH, removing specific code because it is not used anymore
may be feasible - it just needs somebody to identify these
pieces.

The file count is down to 268 not including files under .svn/.  Although the size has increased to 17MB.  Given the size of disks, etc and the effort involved with changing this, it's not likely to happen.