[Python-Dev] Status of patch 764217, fix for tkFond.Font(name=)?

[Brett C.]

Russell E. Owen wrote:

> I submitted patch 764217 
>  awhile ago and it got some intial interest, but after applying the
> requested changes I've not heard anything for quite awhile.
> 
> The summary of the patch is: kFont.Font(name=xxx) crashes if a font by 
> the specified name already exists. This is a problem for several 
> reasons, the main one being that it makes life really tough if you want 
> to create a new tkFont.Font object for a given Tcl named font.
> 
> Is there anything I can do to get this moving again? I don't want to be 
> pushy, but I was certainly hoping to get it into Python 2.4.
> 

Nothing beyond what you have done; send an email here.  Now you just 
need to hope that it catches a developer's eye and motivates them enough 
to look over the patch and apply it (unfortunately I am not that 
developer; I don't know anything about Tkinter).

-Brett