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diff --git a/Mac/Relnotes b/Mac/Relnotes index 2bfe003..3d99c13 100644 --- a/Mac/Relnotes +++ b/Mac/Relnotes @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -Changes in 2.2b2 since 2.1.1 +Changes in 2.2c1 since 2.1.1 ---------------------------- These release notes refer to Mac-specific changes only. See NEWS (in the Misc folder) -for machine-independent changes. Changes that are new in 2.2b2 are flagged as such. +for machine-independent changes. Changes that are new in 2.2c1 are flagged as such. - The main change is that all toolbox modules have moved to a package called Carbon. @@ -11,20 +11,27 @@ for machine-independent changes. Changes that are new in 2.2b2 are flagged as su some open questions and join the discussions on pythonmac-sig if you have anything to contribute. Aside from reducing clutter this change will also benefit the port to Mach-O/OSX Python later. +- All toolbox modules have been updated to Universal Headers 3.4. [2.2c1] +- Toolbox modules are weaklinked against InterfaceLib (for PPC builds) and raise + an exception when you call an unimplemented one on an old MacOS. [2.2c1] - On input MacPython now accepts either \n (unix style) or \r (mac style) newlines for text files. This behaviour can be turned off with a preference. This is an experimental feature; again: feedback is requested. +- The IDE looks better on OS X, but still not as good as on OS9. [2.2c1] - Command-dot handling has been improved a lot: scripts are now much easier to interrupt, - and they only scan for cmd-. while in the foreground. [2.2b2] -- "Copy" from the MacPython console window was always disabled. Fixed. [2.2b2] -- This release should run on MacOS 8.1 again. [2.2b2 build 116] -- A new, rather different GUSI I/O library is used. Please report any strange behaviour - with I/O to the pythonmac-sig mailing list! [2.2b2] + and they only scan for cmd-. while in the foreground. +- "Copy" from the MacPython console window was always disabled. Fixed. +- This release should run on MacOS 8.1 again. +- A new, rather different GUSI I/O library is used. +- time.time() returns positive values again. [2.2c1] - There is a new module macresource which makes it easier to open a resource file accompanying your script when the script is not (yet) converted to an applet. This module will later also do the right thing in Mach-O/OSX Python. +- (Carbon only) experimental modules Carbon.CG (CoreGraphics) and CarbonEvt have + been added. [2.2c1] - A new, experimental module hfsplus is included, which gives access to some of the - functionality of the HFS+ API. [2.2b2] + functionality of the HFS+ API. +- A new, experimental module gives access to Carbon Events. [2.2c1] - Threads had a stack that was too small for many serious Python applications (20K). They now get 64K. There is still no overflow check, though. - Garbage collection and the gc module have (finally) been enabled. @@ -48,9 +55,7 @@ for machine-independent changes. Changes that are new in 2.2b2 are flagged as su What is not in this distribution -------------------------------- -- Stackless Python/microthreads hasn't been ported to 2.2 yet. If/when it becomes available - Just will undoubtedly announce it on pythonmac-sig and the MacPython homepage. -- The toolbox modules have not been updated to Universal Header 3.4 or CarbonLib 1.4 yet. +- The toolbox modules have not all been updated to Universal Header 3.4 or CarbonLib 1.4 yet. Known problems -------------- @@ -58,13 +63,14 @@ Known problems This list is probably incomplete, more problems may be listed on the MacPython homepage, http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html. -- MacPython 2.2b2 (and MacPython 2.1) will not run correctly on a multiprocessor MacOS X +- MacPython 2.2 (and MacPython 2.1) will not run correctly on a multiprocessor MacOS X machine, it will quickly deadlock during I/O operations. The GUSI I/O library is suspected, hints/clues/workarounds are solicited. - Tkinter does not work under Carbon. - The IDE and Tkinter do not work together. Run tkinter programs under PythonInterpreter. - Tkinter file events do not work, unless you have opened the file through Tcl (but then you cannot access it from Python). +- The IDE object and class browser look funny on OSX, but they work fine. - Aliases may not work in sys.path entries. - PythonInterpreter used interactively will eat a lot of processor cycles. You should use PythonIDE for interactive work and PythonInterpreter for scripts only. This is especially |