[Pythonmac-SIG] For your eyes only - MacPython 2.3b2 installer available

[Brian Lenihan]

On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 08:03 AM, Jack Jansen wrote:

> Folks,
> a 2.3b2 installer for MacPython (the OSX version, currently for 10.2  
> only)
> is available at  
> <http://www.cwi.nl/ftp/jack/python/mac/MacPython-OSX-2.3b2-1.dmg>.
>
> Please give it a try and let me know whether it works. If it does then  
> I'll advertise
> this more widely tomorrow.

The previously reported PackageManager problem - executable =  
os.path.join(execdir, "python.exe")

import test.autotest  results in a usage message being printed and a  
traceback:

option -p not recognized
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<input>", line 1, in ?
   File  
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/test/ 
autotest.py", line 6, in ?
     regrtest.main()
   File  
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/test/ 
regrtest.py", line 150, in main
     usage(2, msg)
   File  
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/test/ 
regrtest.py", line 114, in usage
     sys.exit(code)
SystemExit: 2

import test.autotest results from the command line:

25 tests skipped:
     test_al test_bsddb3 test_cd test_cl test_curses test_dl
     test_email_codecs test_gl test_imgfile test_largefile
     test_linuxaudiodev test_locale test_nis test_normalization
     test_ossaudiodev test_pep277 test_poll test_socket_ssl
     test_socketserver test_sunaudiodev test_threaded_import
     test_timeout test_urllibnet test_winreg test_winsound
1 skip unexpected on darwin:
     test_threaded_import


Should the help docs be available in the IDE?  Perhaps they could be a  
package to keep the installer size down.

The Numeric package installed using the PackageManager

The AquaTk package description does not make it clear to the user what  
should be done other than providing a show homepage button.  My  
previously installed AquaTK works.