Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src setup.py,1.52,1.53

Disabled _curses modules on MacOSX. The curses version is a 1994 BSD curses, far too old for _cursesmodule.c.
But what if someone installs their own, better version of curses, e.g. in /usr/local? Maybe you should only disable it if it's darwin *and* if it's in a standard location? Or if the header file contains a certain characteristic string?
This is probably a good idea, but I know absolutely nothing about curses, so someone else will have to do this (I think the standard location trick isn't good enough, Apple could supply a more decent curses in a next release, so it'll have to be the string trick). And actually I don't _want_ to know anything about curses, really:-)
Maybe you can reopen the bug and assign it to someone who uses curses? I think the bug isn't OSX specific, I would be very surprised if other FreeBSD's at least don't have the same problem (why would Apple take FreeBSD but put an older version of curses in, after all). -- 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/spg-l/sigaction.htm

Maybe you can reopen the bug and assign it to someone who uses curses?
Reopened, but left unassigned. (SF bug #457633 right?)
I think the bug isn't OSX specific, I would be very surprised if other FreeBSD's at least don't have the same problem (why would Apple take FreeBSD but put an older version of curses in, after all).
Well, maybe Apple took a copy of FreeBSD several years ago...
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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