[Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython 1.5.1 available

[Jack Jansen]

MacPython 1.5.1 is now available at www.python.org (and at 
http://www.cwi.nl/~jack.macpython.html ). It contains all the new 1.5.1 
functionality, and a few new mac-specific things (since 1.5b3).

This release comes with an installer that can install Python for any of PPC, 
68, cfm68k macintoshes. The developer kit (to develop extension modules in C, 
or embed Python in your own application) is also included in the installer. 
Source is available for the truly demanding user.

Packages that are included and optionally installed are Tkinter, the NumPy 
numerics package (although not the very latest version), the PIL and img image 
handling packages and a few other third-party contributions, of which Just van 
Rossum's IDE, an integrated development environment with editor, debugger, 
etc. deserves special mention.

Additions since MacPython 1.4, the last "official" release, are too numerous 
to mention, see the release notes included in the package.

There is one gotcha with this release: the cfm68k version has problems with 
packages and NumPy. 68k users may have to use the static 68k interpreter or 
refrain from using these features (or stick with MacPython 1.4).

Discussion of MacPython primarily takes place on the pythonmac-sig mailing 
list. See the SIG section on www.python.org for details.
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