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diff --git a/Mac/Relnotes b/Mac/Relnotes index 374fa91..0adac32 100644 --- a/Mac/Relnotes +++ b/Mac/Relnotes @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -Changes in 2.1b1 since 2.0 +Changes in 2.1b2 since 2.0 -------------------------- These release notes refer to Mac-specific changes only. See NEWS (in the Misc folder) -for machine-independent changes. Changes since previous alfa/beta releases for 2.1 are +for machine-independent changes. Changes since 2.1b1 are marked with [*] and at the bottom of the list. -- The good news: this release is Carbon-based, so it runs natively on MacOS 8.6 or +- This release is Carbon-based, so it runs natively on MacOS 8.6 or later and MacOSX. - Alternatively there is a classic PPC interpreter as well. There are two reasons you might want to use this: (a) you have a pre-MacOS9 system and don't want to install @@ -52,26 +52,16 @@ marked with [*] and at the bottom of the list. the .mcp.xml files in CodeWarrior. - ConfigurePython has been replace by two applets: ConfigurePythonClassic and ConfigurePythonCarbon. These will select either execution model for machines - supporting both, and it will also build all the standard applets. [*] -- Dlg.ModalDialog() almost invariably crashed. This showed in EasyDialogs, EditPythonPrefs - and meny other things. Fixed. [*] -- Carbon MacPython did not work with CarbonLib 1.1 or later. Fixed. [*] -- IDE flashed a window and complained about it. Fixed, by getting rid of regex in - favor of re. Code not fully tested. [*] -- IDE could crash on some edit operations due to WEGetUndoInfo(). Fixed. [*] -- time.time() again returns positive values. [*] -- Classic PPC is included again. [*] -- Numeric is included again. It is now built using distutils, and lives in :Lib:site-python. - This makes it a lot easier to replace Numeric with a new version (when one comes out). [*] -- PIL is included again. [*] + supporting both, and it will also build all the standard applets. - PythonInterpreterCarbon and PythonInterpreterClassic are now files of type "Atmp", not "APPL", so there should not be any confusion as to what the real application is - (PythonInterpreter). [*] -- PythonIDE used to burn CPU cycles when idle, this has been fixed. PythonInterpreter - still has the problem. [*] -- A BBEdit language module by Chris Stern is included in the :Mac:Contrib folder. [*] + (PythonInterpreter). +- A BBEdit language module by Chris Stern is included in the :Mac:Contrib folder. - The ConfigurePython applets will now detect if the preference file refers to a different - folder than where they live. They offer to remove the preference file in this case. [*] + folder than where they live. They offer to remove the preference file in this case. +- Import case-check was broken in 2.1b1, this is fixed. [*] +- A side-effect of the previous fix is that getpass works again. [*] +- BuildApplication was broken under Carbon. Fixed. [*] What is not in this distribution @@ -87,6 +77,7 @@ Known problems This list is far from complete, more problems may be listed on the MacPython homepage, http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html. +- Tkinter does not work under Carbon. - The IDE and Tkinter do not work together. Run tkinter programs under PythonInterpreter. - After running a Tkinter program your menubar may end up dead, with command-alt-escape the only way to terminate Python. |