[IPython-user] [IPython-dev] A few notes on threading+GUI event loops in Ipython1

[Steven H. Rogers]

Fernando Perez wrote:
> I should mention that in my view it is *critical* that we maintain
> twisted as an optional dependency for a pure-terminal system that can
> talk to the gui toolkits the way ip0 does today.  There are many, many
> users of ipython who make good use of the GUI toolkit support for whom
> adding a twisted dependency would be a hassle I don't want to get
> into.
>   
Speaking out of turn, since I'm not a maintainer, but while it is 
desirable to minimize dependencies, I don't understand why it would be 
critical.  If the Twisted solution turns out to be more robust and 
maintainable, adding the dependency would seem to be a good engineering 
trade-off.

# Steve