[GRASS-dev] dateutil dependency killing GRASS 7

[Michael Barton]

So now I'm confused. Does it come with the Python that comes with Macs and can be installed (normal install) on Windows? Or is it something that needs to be installed separately?

Michael
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On Oct 23, 2012, at 8:46 AM, Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>
 wrote:

> 
> Michael Barton wrote:
> 
>> I want to retract my concern over dateutil.
>> 
>> Both William and Helena have shown that it IS available in the
>> default Python distribution.
> 
> It isn't, however, part of the Python standard library, so it needs to
> be explicitly listed as a dependency, distinct from Python.
> 
> I have no particular opinion as to whether or not dateutil should be
> used, but it should not be an optional dependency. I.e. either require
> it or don't use it, but don't offer two subtly-different APIs.
> 
> -- 
> Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>