[issue10907] OS X installer: warn users of buggy Tcl/Tk in OS X 10.6

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[issue10907] OS X installer: warn users of buggy Tcl/Tk in OS X 10.6

Tom Loredo added the comment: Ned- Thanks a lot for the clarifications. Both the tracker and modified web page have cleared things up for me. > "* No recommended or alternate Tcl/Tk is indicated for 32/64 on 10.6. But > the 2.7.2 patched README indicates > ActiveTcl-8.5.9 will work. Will i

[issue10907] OS X installer: warn users of buggy Tcl/Tk in OS X 10.6

Ned Deily added the comment: "* My impression was that Python's tkinter figures out what Tcl/Tk to link to at build time, not runtime. The table on the web site suggests I can use a pre-built Python with an ActiveTcl that I install myself later. Is this correct? If so, does ActiveTcl have

[issue10907] OS X installer: warn users of buggy Tcl/Tk in OS X 10.6

Tom Loredo added the comment: I see this is marked as fixed but pending; perhaps the following comment will be useful. I encountered the IDLE/Tk instability issue when working on the Homebrew formula for Python-2.6.5 a year ago (March 2010). Building a universal framework Python on Intel (3

[issue10907] OS X installer: warn users of buggy Tcl/Tk in OS X 10.6

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[issue10907] OS X installer: warn users of buggy Tcl/Tk in OS X 10.6

Ned Deily added the comment: 7. Backported to 2.7 in r88243 (to appear in 2.7.2). -- priority: release blocker -> status: pending -> open ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue10907] OS X installer: warn users of buggy Tcl/Tk in OS X 10.6

Ned Deily added the comment: Patch for items 2 and 3 committed (with release manager approval for 3.2) in r88003. Updated the OS X installer build instructions to better reflect current practices including use of A/S Tcl/Tk in r88004. Pending website changes and 2.7 backport (items 4 through

[issue10907] OS X installer: warn users of buggy Tcl/Tk in OS X 10.6

Michael Foord added the comment: This looks good Ned. My main concern is that we make it clear from the *Download* page that users who want IDLE to "just work" (even on 10.6) they should install the 32 bit version. Noting that Activestate Tcl/Tk 8.5 is a *requirement* for Tkinter/IDLE with th

[issue10907] OS X installer: warn users of buggy Tcl/Tk in OS X 10.6

David Beazley added the comment: A comment from the training world: The instability of IDLE on the Mac makes teaching introductory Python courses a nightmare at the moment. Sure, one might argue that students should install an alternative editor, but then you usually end up with two proble

[issue10907] OS X installer: warn users of buggy Tcl/Tk in OS X 10.6

Ned Deily added the comment: (I'll plan to commit to py3k later today pending any review comments and submit expanded pydotorg changes.) -- nosy: +michael.foord, ronaldoussoren stage: -> commit review Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file20408/pydotorg_10_6_tk.patch ___

[issue10907] OS X installer: warn users of buggy Tcl/Tk in OS X 10.6

New submission from Ned Deily : With 2.7 and now 3.2, we have been supplying two variants of OS X installers: the traditional 32-bit only version dynamically linked with Tk 8.4, the only version available across all supported OS X releases; and a new 64-bit/32-bit version dynamically linked wi