[Python-Dev] peps: Update with bugfix releases.

Russell E. Owen rowen at uw.edu
Mon Feb 13 23:52:18 CET 2012


In article <nad-49D85A.22070509022012 at news.gmane.org>,
 Ned Deily <nad at acm.org> wrote:

> In article <rowen-BA4FCF.11522909022012 at news.gmane.org>,
>  "Russell E. Owen" <rowen at uw.edu> wrote:
> > One problem I've run into is that the 64-bit Mac python 2.7 does not 
> > work properly with ActiveState Tcl/Tk. One symptom is to build 
> > matplotlib. The results fail -- both versions of Tcl/Tk somehow get 
> > linked in.
> 
> The 64-bit OS X installer is built on and tested on systems with A/S 
> Tcl/Tk 8.5.x and we explicitly recommend its use when possible.
> 
> http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/
> 
> Please open a python bug for this and any other issues you know of 
> regarding the use with current A/S Tcl/Tk 8.5.x with current 2.7.x or 
> 3.2.x installers on OS X 10.6 or 10.7.

Yes. I apologize.

See the discussion in the Mac python mailing list (I replied to your 
email there). I was trying to build a matplotlib binary installer and 
ran into problems. I don't know where the problem comes from, and it may 
well not have anything to do with the python build.

-- Russell



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