Kevin Walzer wrote on 5/21/08 12:13 AM: > The Package Manager infrastructure is obsolete--no one has updated that > stuff for years.
Sure, I understand that this PM isn't used in newer versions of MacPython, but shouldn't the packages remain available somewhere so that they can be downloaded? > In fact, the version of Python that runs on 10.2 is > also obsolete, and not just because it's 2.3.x--Python on the Mac went > through some pretty significant architectural changes to support > universal binaries, i.e. PPC and Macintel. Python 2.3 is the minimum requirement of the program (athenaCL) for which I am hoping to build a GUI, so I would prefer to develop targeting 2.3 if I can to ensure maximum compatibility for all users. And the PSF thinks that 2.3 is still relevant enough to have released a patch for it just two months ago. athenaCL is distributed as Python source code and run by double-clicking on a .py file. I expect to distribute the GUI in the same manner for Windows, Mac, and Linux, so it really doesn't matter that MacPython has undergone these changes. :) > For instance, the WASTE text > library (the basis for the old Python IDE, for instance) is no longer > supported. As a side note, I'm not aware of any recent version of Tk > which supports 10.2 (you need Tcl/Tk to install Tkinter); ditto for > wxPython. WASTE support is not an issue since this is not a Mac-only program and I think the 8.4.6 version of Tk is plenty recent enough. athenaCL has a very small user base so it is important to me that the GUI can run on almost any system that the underlying program can. (athenaCL even has an up-to-date Mac OS 9 package although I don't think I will be able to make the GUI work on OS 9 too ...) > My strong suggestion is to upgrade your system. I think 10.3.9 is the > absolute minimum that is supported by universal versions of Python. > You'd be in far better shape with 10.4, or 10.5. 10.5 is not an option as I still need Classic but I am considering 10.4 for a few reasons. Even if I upgrade, I will need to test this project on Python 2.3, I think. Thanks for the reply. However, my immediate need is to get Tkinter working on 10.2. Does anyone have the 2.3 Tkinter package for 10.2 or how can I compile it myself? Thanks. Anthony Kozar mailing-lists-1001 AT anthonykozar DOT net http://anthonykozar.net/ _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
