On Feb 10, 2006, at 2:31 PM, Bill Janssen wrote: >>> I agree. If the 2.4.x installer were bundled with TigerPython24Fix >>> and some quick-start IDLE app into a single installer, that would be >>> great, and an improvement over the current situation. (And could it >>> please *not* have the word "fix" in the title?) >> >> It *is* a fix, which is no longer necessary with the current branch >> (or if built on 2.4). > > Does that mean that if I download the 2.4.x upgrade installer and run > it on my 10.4.4 machine, I do not need to run the TigerPython24Fix? > > Why do I need to run it separately anyway? Why isn't just part of the > regular upgrade installer, run if necessary?
I'm tired of saying this. ONE last time. TigerPython24Fix fixes a bug in the current release (it's questionable as to if it's a bug in 10.4, or the build of 2.4, but it's a bug nonetheless). Discussing this is completely irrelevant because it's an already solved issue. Please forget it exists - I'm tired of discussing it. > And for that matter, why not include TigerPython23Compat as part of > the MacPython installer? TigerPython23Compat allows OS X 10.4's installation Python 2.3 to use packages built with OS X 10.3. Not very relevant to a Python 2.4. > And how about bundling tcltkaqua into it, as well? Tcl/Tk Aqua ships with OS X 10.4 and it's a relatively large dependency to just include for the sake of OS X 10.3 users. >> Also, the installer has always had IDLE.app. > > I'm glad to hear that about IDLE.app. But I'm depressed again when I > read pages like > http://rlai.cs.ualberta.ca/RLAI/RLsoftware/PythonLinks.html#IDLE. My > impression from reading that is that MacPython IDLE.app is extensively > broken. Those are reasons not to use IDLE with the built-in Python 2.3. Those issues are all trivial to fix for any build that we produce. -bob _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig