In article <44f47665-6748-41bf-a4e3-64ae5d88d...@mac.com>, Ronald Oussoren <ronaldousso...@mac.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > We had a short discussion on the 2.7-macosx10.5 installer for python 2.7 at > the europython language summit due to the unfortunate problems with IDLE and > Tkinter in that installer: tkinter doesn't work in 64-bit due to being linked > with Tk 8.4 and for some reason IDLE.app doesn't work either (even though > that worked earlier in the develpment process). > > The consensus at the summit was to replace the macosx10.5 installer (ppc, > x86, x86_64) by a macosx10.6 (x86, x86_64) installer for future releases. > That enables linking with Tk 8.5 and that would solve a number of issues > other than being available in 64-bit code. > > Users of OSX 10.5 (or earlier) can still use the macosx10.3 installer, that > would stay the same. The only difference for OSX 10.5 users is that they > cannot use 64-bit code without building their own binaries. > > The alternative to raising the OSX requirement is to ship Tk 8.5 in the > installer and that would grow the installer, and would increase my load. > > Ronald > > P.S. It should be possible to use the future macosx10.6 installer to install > on 10.5 as well if you install Tk 8.5 yourself, but this won't be prominently > advertised.------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- I assume users of 106 can also use the 10.3.9 version if they wish -- e.g. for people building applications that need to run on a wide range of Macs. If so, this sounds fine to me. Users who need maximum compatibility can use the 10.3.9 version. Users who want 64-bit can install the 10.6-only version. -- Russell _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG
