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| author | Jack Jansen <jack.jansen@cwi.nl> | 2000-10-12 21:21:43 (GMT) |
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| committer | Jack Jansen <jack.jansen@cwi.nl> | 2000-10-12 21:21:43 (GMT) |
| commit | de51909d19b0355d866c61a83146c4a43decf45d (patch) | |
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Updated for 2.0c1
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -How to install Python 2.0b1+ on your Macintosh +How to install Python 2.0c1 on your Macintosh --------------------------------------------- If this is your first encounter with Python: you definitely need the @@ -13,11 +13,8 @@ now. The documentation is in HTML format, start with index.html. Caveats ------- -This is a beta version, so use with caution. This b1+ beta has received -only very little testing, use the older b1 if it proves problematic. - -If you have used an earlier version of 2.0b1 you _must_ remove your old -preference file, the files are incompatible. +This is a final candidate version, so use with caution, and please report +problems as soon as possible, to pythonmac-sig@python.org. Aside from the general new Python 2.0 features (compared to 1.5.2, there was no 1.6 for the macintosh) like unicode support the main new features @@ -75,9 +72,11 @@ After installing ---------------- It is probably a good idea to run the automatic tests. Start -Python and "import test.autotest". This should print only 2 or 3 errors, about some -AM/PM format not supported in strftime, about a MemoryError in test_longexp and -about a memory error in test_zlib. +Python and "import test.autotest". + +Three tests will fail on the mac, all with MemoryErrors: test_sha, test_longexp +and test_zlib. If you increase the PythonInterpreter memory partition size they +will pass. It will, however, print some messages about optional features not supported. Also, if you didn't run compileall before autotesting you may run out of memory the first time you run the @@ -97,8 +96,8 @@ Uninstalling ------------ Two items are installed in the system folder: the interpreter shared -library "PythonCore 2.0b1" lives in the Extensions folder and the -"Python 2.0b1 Preferences" file in the Python subfolder in the +library "PythonCore 2.0c1" lives in the Extensions folder and the +"Python 2.0c1 Preferences" file in the Python subfolder in the Preferences folder. All the rest of Python lives in the folder you installed in. @@ -139,9 +138,9 @@ that this means you can keep your older version around if you are unsure whether to upgrade. The bad news is that your old preference settings are lost and you have to set them again. -After you are satisfied that 2.0b1 works as expected you can trash +After you are satisfied that 2.0c1 works as expected you can trash anything in the system folder that has "python" in the name and not -"2.0b1". +"2.0c1". The installer ------------- @@ -170,6 +169,8 @@ Stern, Gordon Worley, Oliver Steele, M. Papillon, Steven Majewski, David Goodger, Chris Barker, Luc Lefebvre and all the other people who provided feedback, code or both! +MacPython includes waste, a TextEdit replacement which is (c) 1998 Marco Piovanelli. + Feedback -------- |