The contents of PEP206 as provided by Moshe. Spell checked,

formatting, XXX=>TBD, and a few other editor's notes added by Barry.

pep-0206.txt

@@ -3,7 +3,83 @@ Title: 2.0 Batteries Included
 Version: $Revision$
 Owner: moshez@math.huji.ac.il (Moshe Zadka)
 Python-Version: 2.0
-Status: Incomplete
+Status: Draft
+
+
+
+Introduction
+
+    This PEP describes the `batteries included' proposal for Python
+    2.0, the fat distribution containing commonly used third party
+    extension modules.  This PEP tracks the status and ownership of
+    this proposal, slated for introduction in Python 2.0.  It contains
+    a description of the proposal and outlines how to support it.
+
+
+
+Batteries Included Philosophy
+
+    The Python source distribution always maintained the philosophy of
+    "batteries included" -- having a rich and versatile standard
+    library which is immediately available, without making the user
+    download separate packages.  This gives the Python language a head
+    start in many projects.  However, the Python standard library
+    often relies on important Open Source libraries which might be
+    unavailable on many computers, so that the user has to separately
+    download and compile those.  Some examples are the zlib
+    compression library, and the gmp number manipulation library.
+
+    TBD -- can anyone give reference to some article describing 
+    TBD -- "batteries included?"
+
+
+
+The Proposed Solution
+
+    The proposed solution is to download a few important third-party
+    libraries, and distribute them with the source distribution of
+    Python.  In addition, the build procedure will be changed to build
+    those libraries by default, and build the Python modules which
+    rely on them linked against those libraries.  Individual users
+    will still be able to link the Python modules against already
+    installed libraries, or disable them completely.
+
+    Additionally, some Open Source third-party modules will also be
+    distributed together with the source distribution.
+
+    TBD -- does this mean some will be distributed but not enabled by
+    default?  [ed]
+
+    Here is the list of libraries which are proposed to be dealt with
+    in this manner, and where they can be downloaded:
+
+    zlib -- http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/zlib/zlib.tar.gz
+    expat -- ftp://ftp.jclark.com/pub/xml/expat.zip.
+    Tcl -- http://dev.scriptics.com:80/download/tcl/tcl8_3/tcl8.3.1.tar.gz
+    Tk -- http://dev.scriptics.com:80/download/tcl/tcl8_3/tk8.3.1.tar.gz
+    PIL -- http://www.pythonware.com/downloads/Imaging-1.1.tar.gz
+    libjpeg -- ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
+    ncurses -- ftp://dickey.his.com/ncurses/ncurses.tar.gz
+
+
+
+Software covered by the GNU Public License
+
+    TBD -- please explain why GPL'd software is not included in Python
+    (and perhaps the difference between GPL and LGPL).
+
+
+
+Open Issues
+
+    Where does all this source live? 
+
+    What should the build procedure look like?
+
+    What to do if compilation of a supporting library fails?
+
+    ESR also mentioned libpng, but I don't know of a Python module
+    that uses it.