BIND segway -> python -> first-class ports

[Daniel O'Connor]

On 4 Dec 2013, at 12:41, Alfred Perlstein <alfred at freebsd.org> wrote:
> So yes, let's get python in base, but *not make it user visible*. We need to only make it visible for internal use of our "src base".

This would still be problematic for, say hypothetical Python bindings to BIND (I have no idea if they exist but let's assume they do).

Either the bindings are hidden, in which case only 'base' can use them which makes them pointless, or they would need to be an external port (but they which Python would they use? ergh..)

This is like the problem with Open Office having its own Python - unless you run that binary you can't safely use the bindings which renders them almost useless.

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