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| author | Jack Jansen <jack.jansen@cwi.nl> | 2000-09-24 22:01:53 (GMT) |
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| committer | Jack Jansen <jack.jansen@cwi.nl> | 2000-09-24 22:01:53 (GMT) |
| commit | 46e13027a8642901181c461b4e6b0e81c376bc8c (patch) | |
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| parent | 55a0bde2903e12b511c4ebb12d64547dea6d57cb (diff) | |
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Readme and relnotes for intermediate 2.0b1+ release.
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diff --git a/Mac/Relnotes b/Mac/Relnotes index cd8de68..4f61515 100644 --- a/Mac/Relnotes +++ b/Mac/Relnotes @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Changes in 2.0b1 since 1.5.2 ----------------------------- +Changes in 2.0b1+ since 1.5.2 +----------------------------- These release notes refer to Mac-specific changes only. See NEWS (in the Misc folder) for machine-independent changes. @@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ have to leave it at the highlights: - Added macos.FreeMem(), MaxBlock() and CompactMem(), mainly so apps in Python can give low-memory warnings. - MediaDescr module parses some QuickTime media descriptions (but definitely not all). +- A new method EasyDialogs.GetArgv() which makes it easy for the end-user to provide + unix-style sys.argv arguments. (new since 2.0b1) +- There's a new package, mkcwproject, that creates and builds CodeWarrior + projects. (new since 2.0b1) +- The "keep console open" options are now always, never, on error and on unseen output. The + latter is the new default. (new since 2.0b1) +- Missing Numeric modules are included. They may not be on sys.path, however. (new since 2.0b1) +- gdbm works again. (new since 2.0b1) + What is not in this distribution -------------------------------- @@ -36,7 +45,7 @@ What is not in this distribution - Stackless Python/microthreads hasn't been ported to 2.0 yet. If/when it becomes available Just will undoubtedly announce it on pythonmac-sig. - Carbon support is not in here, but should be happening as soon as GUSI is ready. -- Distutils is not in here, again due to lack of time. +- Distutils is not in here, but Corran Webster and myself are working on it. Known problems -------------- @@ -48,4 +57,3 @@ http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html. - Aliases do not work in sys.path entries. - Once you have used multiple threads you cannot raise KeyboardInterrupt anymore: typing command-. will immedeately exit the interpreter. -- The gdbm module does not work. |