In an unprecedented move MacPython 2.2a3 is available only a scant 26 hours or so after the unix/windows distribution of 2.2a3. MacPython 2.2a3 is available via http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html, as usual, and in hqx or macbinary form, as a full installer, an active installer and a source distribution (as usual:-). Aside from the general new 2.2a3 features there are three specific changes in MacPython that are worth mentioning: - The structure of the MacOS toolbox modules has changed. All the modules have been put into a "Carbon" package (which, despite the name, runs fine in the classic PPC runtime model). There is a backwards compatibility folder on sys.path that will keep imports with the old names working (with an obnoxious warning). - Plugin modules are now in :Lib:lib-dynload in stead of in :Mac:PlugIns, to make the installed tree look more like the unix tree. - On input, unix line-endings are now acceptable for all text files. This is an experimental feature (awaiting a general solution, for which a PEP has been promised but not started yet, the giulty parties know who they are:-), and it can be turned off with a preference. The downside of the quick release is that the installer has only been tested on MacOSX 10.0.4 and MacOS 9.1. Please report problems on older releases of MacOS asap. -- Jack Jansen | ++++ stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal ++++ Jack.Jansen@oratrix.com | ++++ if you agree copy these lines to your sig ++++ www.cwi.nl/~jack | ++++ see http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/ ++++