[issue33942] IDLE: Improve Apple MacOS Tcl/Tk warning and web page

2018-06-23 Thread Jasper Trooster
Jasper Trooster added the comment: Hey, thanks for the quick response. I have to add that, when going to the download page to download site (https://www.python.org/downloads/) the big yellow button that says "Download Python 3.6.5" downloads the 64-/32-bit installer (at least, I think so as

[issue33942] IDLE: Improve Apple MacOS Tcl/Tk warning and web page

2018-06-22 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I agree that an install screen is a better place for the link. And if the 3.6.7 installer links with an included 8.6, the 8.5.7/9 message will be obsolete for the included IDLE, hence no point in patching it. Hooray. I will open separate issues about

[issue33942] IDLE: Improve Apple MacOS Tcl/Tk warning and web page

2018-06-22 Thread Ned Deily
Ned Deily added the comment: Jasper, as Terry notes, you can either download and install a version of ActiveState Tcl/Tk 8.5 (not 8.6) to use with the version of Python 3.6.5 installed or, better, download and install from the alternate 10.9+ 64-bit-only Python 3.6.5 insteller from

[issue33942] IDLE: Improve Apple MacOS Tcl/Tk warning and web page

2018-06-22 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Jasper: when you installed 3.6.5 on your 10.11 machine, you had a choice of the 64-/32-bit installer, good back to 10.6, and newer and better 64-bit installer, good back to 10.9. Since it seems that the latter, the new and improved option, should work for