[issue10907] OS X installer: warn users of buggy Tcl/Tk in OS X 10.6

[Tom Loredo]

Tom Loredo <loredo at astro.cornell.edu> added the comment:

Ned-

Thanks a lot for the clarifications.  Both the tracker and modified
web page have cleared things up for me.

> "* No recommended or alternate Tcl/Tk is indicated for 32/64 on 10.6.  But the 2.7.2 patched README indicates
> ActiveTcl-8.5.9 will work.  Will it not work with 2.7.1?"
> 
> No, because at the time the 2.7.1 64-bit installer was built, the Active State 8.5.9 Cocoa Tk had not been released
> so that installer was built without a 3rd-party Tcl/Tk present in /Library/Frameworks....

I should have been clearer with my question.  I am interested in compatibility
when I build from source, which is why I was consulting the README files.  I
presume Python 2.7.1 will be happy with ActiveTcl-8.5.9 if it's present when
I build from source.  I built 2.7.1 with the TclTkAqua 8.5.9 backport, and
it works for the most part, i.e., IDLE and matplotlib start up fine and appear
to work, for a while.  I don't use IDLE much presently, but I use matplotlib a
lot with the Tk backend, and though it was stable for me with Py 2.6 and
and older Tcl/Tk, the 2.7.1/8.5.9 combo always eventually crashes for me (segfault)
after I've opened and closed a dozen windows or so.  I'll give ActiveTcl a try to
see if theirs is more stable.

That's just a "data point" for you; no need to respond.

Thanks for all your work on MacPython.

-Tom

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