[Python-Dev] Python 2.6.3

[Russell E. Owen]

In article <C11F8211-8938-4C68-8221-C3C73E8E517B at mac.com>,
 Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com> wrote:

> On 9 Sep, 2009, at 19:29, Ned Deily wrote:
> >
> >
> > Without trying to put Ronald on the spot (too much!), it would be a  
> > good
> > idea to get his assessment where things stand wrt 2.6 on 10.6 before
> > setting a final release date.
> 
> MacOS X 10.6 support should be stable now, except for a critical issue
> with IDLE: opening a new window hangs IDLE (issue 6864).
> 
> That said, I haven't scanned the issue tracker for more 10.6 related  
> issues.
> 
> BTW. I'm fine with a sept. 25th release, that should give us enough time
> to shake out issues with OSX 10.6 support.
> 
> Ronald---------------------------------------------------------------------

Some or all earlier Mac binaries of Python 2.6 were not compatible with 
3rd party Aqua Tcl/Tk (e.g. ActiveState's versions) -- at least on MacOS 
X 10.5. I hope that will be fixed with the current release.

-- Russell