[Bug 255602] lang/python38: 'import turtle' fails: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_tkinter'

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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 21:53:18 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=255602

--- Comment #6 from Torsten Zuehlsdorff <tz@freebsd.org> ---
I am closing this because lang/python38 has been removed from the ports tree.
The broader discussion about stdlib modules requiring external dependencies
(turtle/tkinter, etc.) was acknowledged by the maintainer (koobs@) as a design
issue, but it was left open as a "medium-term reminder" for Python 3.8
specifically. If this packaging question is still relevant for current Python
versions, a new bug should be filed.

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