[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Mac Relnotes,1.24,1.25
Jack Jansen
jackjansen@users.sourceforge.net
Wed, 29 Aug 2001 15:04:10 -0700
Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Mac
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv9198/Python/Mac
Modified Files:
Relnotes
Log Message:
Started on release notes and readme for 2.2a2.
Index: Relnotes
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Mac/Relnotes,v
retrieving revision 1.24
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -C2 -d -r1.24 -r1.25
*** Relnotes 2001/08/03 13:31:34 1.24
--- Relnotes 2001/08/29 22:04:08 1.25
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! Changes in 2.1.1 since 2.1
! --------------------------
These release notes refer to Mac-specific changes only. See NEWS (in the Misc folder)
! for machine-independent changes.
! - Handling non-ascii characters in sys.path on non-MacRoman systems should be fixed,
! iff MacPython has a codec for the charset. Otherwise you should get an error, at least.
! Pathnames in sys.path also retain their original case again.
! - IDE could crash on corrupt preferences. Fixed.
! - IDE will now work if you use either pre or sre as re.
! - Evt.WaitNextEvent could give an error when bit 15 was set, which could cause a problem
! with IDE in classic mode. Fixed.
! - MacOS8.X users in classic mode had problems with Fm not loading, which also caused
! IDE not working. Fixed.
! - Fm.IsAntiAliasedTextEnabled and Fm.SetAntiAliasedTextEnabled have gone for now, to
! fix the problem above.
! - Disabled the Tkinter file I/O event handler, which was there but didn't work anyway.
! - Problems with loading dynamic modules that are part of a package into BuildApplication-
! generated programs were fixed.
! - The order of the EasyDialogs yes/no/cancel buttons has been conformed to the Mac
! standard.
! - Handling of Dialogs and Windows that were not created by Python is a bit more graceful
! now, which may fix some crashes.
! - Ctl.SendControlMessage has gone. But it didn't work anyway.
! - Various problems with the TextEdit and Waste demos have been fixed.
! - Embedding/extending only: in preparation to allowing the use of MacPython modules in
! unix-Python on OSX the xxx_New and xxx_Convert routines are now optionally vectored via
! glue routines in macglue.c. The only change that may be needed for embedders/extenders is
! that you may want to include pymactoolbox.h in your sources.
! - Embedding/extending only: Most MacPython source is now much more Mach-O friendly, and
! should work with Universal Headers 3.4.
! - Experimental: an Mlte module has been added, an interface to the Multi Lingual Text
! Engine. There is a minimal example in :Mac:Demos:mlte.
! - Experimental: some support for FSRef objects has been added. You can do little more that
! convert them to/from FSSpecs. Carbon only.
! - Experimental: the CF module has some support for CoreFoundation types. CFString
! and CFURL work, to a degree, and can be converted to/from Python strings and Unicode
! objects. Carbon only.
What is not in this distribution
--------------------------------
! - The garbage collection mods have not been enabled, mainly due to lack of test-time.
! - Stackless Python/microthreads hasn't been ported to 2.1 yet. If/when it becomes available
Just will undoubtedly announce it on pythonmac-sig and the MacPython homepage.
Known problems
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! Changes in 2.2a2 since 2.1.1
! ----------------------------
These release notes refer to Mac-specific changes only. See NEWS (in the Misc folder)
! for machine-independent changes. But note that more things may have changed: MacPython
! 2.2a2 is built from newer sources than unix/windows 2.2a2 (for CVS users: the r22a2-mac
! tag is what you are looking for).
! - The main change is that all toolbox modules have moved to a package called Carbon.
! So things like "import Res" should be changed to "from Carbon import Res", and
! "from Res import *" to "from Carbon.Res import *". Please see the readme file for
! some open questions and join the discussions on pythonmac-sig if you have anything
! to contribute. Aside from reducing clutter this change will also benefit the
! port to Mach-O/OSX Python later.
! - On input MacPython now accepts either \n (unix style) or \r (mac style) newlines
! for text files. This is an experimental feature; again: feedback is requested.
! - There is a new module macresource which makes it easier to open a resource file
! accompanying your script when the script is not (yet) converted to an applet.
! This module will later also do the right thing in Mach-O/OSX Python.
! - Threads had a stack that was too small for many serious Python applications (20K).
! They now get 64K. There is still no overflow check, though.
! - Garbage collection and the gc module have (finally) been enabled.
! - EasyDialogs.ProgressBar now has indeterminate progressbars if you specify maxval=0.
! This is also the new default. Patch supplied by Dean Draayer.
! - Various outdated scripts have been moved to :Mac:Unsupported.
! - Various outdated items from :Mac:Lib:test have been removed.
What is not in this distribution
--------------------------------
! - Stackless Python/microthreads hasn't been ported to 2.2 yet. If/when it becomes available
Just will undoubtedly announce it on pythonmac-sig and the MacPython homepage.
+ - The toolbox modules have not been updated to Universal Header 3.4 or CarbonLib 1.4 yet.
Known problems
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http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html.
! - MacPython 2.1.1 (and MacPython 2.1) will not run correctly on a multiprocessor MacOS X
machine, it will quickly deadlock during I/O operations. The GUSI I/O library is suspected,
hints/clues/workarounds are solicited.
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http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html.
! - MacPython 2.2a2 (and MacPython 2.1) will not run correctly on a multiprocessor MacOS X
machine, it will quickly deadlock during I/O operations. The GUSI I/O library is suspected,
hints/clues/workarounds are solicited.