[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Document changes to OS X installer configurations for 2.7.7.
ned.deily
python-checkins at python.org
Sat May 17 23:32:07 CEST 2014
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/28ce7dd2070b
changeset: 90732:28ce7dd2070b
branch: 2.7
parent: 90728:568041fd8090
user: Ned Deily <nad at acm.org>
date: Sat May 17 14:29:22 2014 -0700
summary:
Document changes to OS X installer configurations for 2.7.7.
As of 2.7.8, the 32-bit-only installer will support OS X 10.5
and later systems as is currently done for Python 3.x installers.
For 2.7.7 only, we will provide three installers:
the legacy deprecated 10.3+ 32-bit-only format;
the newer 10.5+ 32-bit-only format;
and the unchanged 10.6+ 64-/32-bit format.
Although binary installers will no longer be available from
python.org as of 2.7.8, it will still be possible to build from
source on 10.3.9 and 10.4 systems if necessary.
files:
Mac/BuildScript/README.txt | 58 ++-
Mac/BuildScript/resources/ReadMe.txt | 26 +
Mac/BuildScript/resources/Welcome.rtf | 10 +-
Mac/README | 231 +++++++++----
Misc/NEWS | 14 +
5 files changed, 242 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Mac/BuildScript/README.txt b/Mac/BuildScript/README.txt
--- a/Mac/BuildScript/README.txt
+++ b/Mac/BuildScript/README.txt
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@
an Installer package from the installation plus other files in ``resources``
and ``scripts`` and placed that on a ``.dmg`` disk image.
-For Python 2.7.x and 3.2.x, PSF practice is to build two installer variants
+For Python 2.7.x and 3.x, PSF practice is to build two installer variants
for each release.
-1. 32-bit-only, i386 and PPC universal, capable on running on all machines
- supported by Mac OS X 10.3.9 through (at least) 10.8::
+Beginning with Python 2.7.8, we plan to drop binary installer support for
+Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.x systems. To ease the transition, for Python 2.7.7
+only there will be three installers provided:
+
+1. DEPRECATED - 32-bit-only, i386 and PPC universal, capable on running on all
+ machines supported by Mac OS X 10.3.9 through (at least) 10.9::
/usr/bin/python build-installer.py \
--sdk-path=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk \
@@ -45,8 +49,42 @@
- need to change ``/System/Library/Frameworks/{Tcl,Tk}.framework/Version/Current`` to ``8.4``
* Note Xcode 4.* does not support building for PPC so cannot be used for this build
+2. 32-bit-only, i386 and PPC universal, capable on running on all machines
+ supported by Mac OS X 10.5 through (at least) 10.9::
-2. 64-bit / 32-bit, x86_64 and i386 universal, for OS X 10.6 (and later)::
+ /usr/bin/python build-installer.py \
+ --sdk-path=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk \
+ --universal-archs=32-bit \
+ --dep-target=10.5
+
+ - builds the following third-party libraries
+
+ * NCurses 5.9
+ * SQLite 3.7.13
+ * Oracle Sleepycat DB 4.8 (Python 2.x only)
+
+ - uses system-supplied versions of third-party libraries
+
+ * readline module links with Apple BSD editline (libedit)
+
+ - requires ActiveState ``Tcl/Tk 8.4`` (currently 8.4.20) to be installed for building
+
+ - recommended build environment:
+
+ * Mac OS X 10.5.8 Intel or PPC
+ * Xcode 3.1.4
+ * ``MacOSX10.5`` SDK
+ * ``MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.5``
+ * Apple ``gcc-4.2``
+ * system Python 2.5+ for documentation build with Sphinx
+
+ - alternate build environments:
+
+ * Mac OS X 10.6.8 with Xcode 3.2.6
+ - need to change ``/System/Library/Frameworks/{Tcl,Tk}.framework/Version/Current`` to ``8.4``
+ * Note Xcode 4.* does not support building for PPC so cannot be used for this build
+
+3. 64-bit / 32-bit, x86_64 and i386 universal, for OS X 10.6 (and later)::
/usr/bin/python build-installer.py \
--sdk-path=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk \
@@ -57,13 +95,13 @@
* NCurses 5.9 (http://bugs.python.org/issue15037)
* SQLite 3.7.13
+ * Oracle Sleepycat DB 4.8 (Python 2.x only)
- uses system-supplied versions of third-party libraries
* readline module links with Apple BSD editline (libedit)
- * builds Oracle Sleepycat DB 4.8 (Python 2.x only)
- - requires ActiveState Tcl/Tk 8.5.9 (or later) to be installed for building
+ - requires ActiveState Tcl/Tk 8.5.15 (or later) to be installed for building
- recommended build environment:
@@ -82,10 +120,10 @@
considered a migration aid by Apple and is not likely to be fixed,
its use should be avoided. The other compiler, ``clang``, has been
undergoing rapid development. While it appears to have become
- production-ready in the most recent Xcode 4 releases (Xcode 4.5.x
- as of this writing), there are still some open issues when
- building Python and there has not yet been the level of exposure in
- production environments that the Xcode 3 gcc-4.2 compiler has had.
+ production-ready in the most recent Xcode 5 releases, the versions
+ available on the deprecated Xcode 4.x for 10.6 were early releases
+ and did not receive the level of exposure in production environments
+ that the Xcode 3 gcc-4.2 compiler has had.
General Prerequisites
diff --git a/Mac/BuildScript/resources/ReadMe.txt b/Mac/BuildScript/resources/ReadMe.txt
--- a/Mac/BuildScript/resources/ReadMe.txt
+++ b/Mac/BuildScript/resources/ReadMe.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,32 @@
for current information about supported and recommended versions of
Tcl/Tk for this version of Python and of Mac OS X.
+ **** IMPORTANT ****
+
+Binary installer support for 10.4 and 10.3.9 to be discontinued
+===============================================================
+
+Python 2.7.7 is the last release for which binary installers will be
+released on python.org that support OS X 10.3.9 (Panther) and 10.4.x
+(Tiger) systems. These systems were last updated by Apple in 2005
+and 2007. As of 2.7.8, the 32-bit-only installer will support PPC
+and Intel Macs running OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and later. 10.5 was the
+last OS X release for PPC machines (G4 and G5). (The 64-/32-bit
+installer configuration will remain unchanged.) This aligns Python
+2.7.x installer configurations with those currently provided with
+Python 3.x. Some of the reasons for making this change are:
+there were significant additions and compatibility improvements to
+the OS X POSIX system APIs in OS X 10.5 that Python users can now
+take advantage of; it is increasingly difficult to build and test
+on obsolete 10.3 and 10.4 systems and with the 10.3 ABI; and it is
+assumed that most remaining legacy PPC systems have upgraded to 10.5.
+To ease the transition, for Python 2.7.7 only we are providing three
+binary installers: (1) the legacy deprecated 32-bit-only 10.3+
+PPC/Intel format, (2) the newer 32-bit-only 10.5+ PPC/Intel format,
+and (3) the current 64-bit/32-bit 10.6+ Intel-only format. While
+future releases will not provide the deprecated installer, it will
+still be possible to build Python from source on 10.3.9 and 10.4
+systems if needed.
Using this version of Python on OS X
====================================
diff --git a/Mac/BuildScript/resources/Welcome.rtf b/Mac/BuildScript/resources/Welcome.rtf
--- a/Mac/BuildScript/resources/Welcome.rtf
+++ b/Mac/BuildScript/resources/Welcome.rtf
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1038\cocoasubrtf350
-{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}
+{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1265\cocoasubrtf200
+\cocoascreenfonts1{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}
{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
-\paperw11904\paperh16836\margl1440\margr1440\vieww9640\viewh10620\viewkind0
-\pard\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\ql\qnatural
+\paperw11905\paperh16837\margl1440\margr1440\vieww9640\viewh10620\viewkind0
+\pard\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640
\f0\fs24 \cf0 This package will install
\b Python $FULL_VERSION
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
\b IDLE
\b0 and a set of pre-built extension modules that open up specific Macintosh technologies to Python programs.\
\
-See the ReadMe file and the Python documentation for more information.\
+See the ReadMe file and the Python documentation for important information, including the dropping of support for OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4 in future Python 2.7.x binary installers.\
\
\b IMPORTANT:
diff --git a/Mac/README b/Mac/README
--- a/Mac/README
+++ b/Mac/README
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
-============
-MacOSX Notes
-============
+=========================
+Python on Mac OS X README
+=========================
+
+:Authors:
+ Jack Jansen (2004-07),
+ Ronald Oussoren (2010-04),
+ Ned Deily (2014-05)
+
+:Version: 2.7.7
This document provides a quick overview of some Mac OS X specific features in
the Python distribution.
-Mac-specific arguments to configure
-===================================
+OS X specific arguments to configure
+====================================
* ``--enable-framework[=DIR]``
@@ -15,11 +22,11 @@
_`Building and using a framework-based Python on Mac OS X` for more
information on frameworks.
- If the optional directory argument is specified the framework it installed
+ If the optional directory argument is specified the framework is installed
into that directory. This can be used to install a python framework into
your home directory::
- $ configure --enable-framework=/Users/ronald/Library/Frameworks
+ $ ./configure --enable-framework=/Users/ronald/Library/Frameworks
$ make && make install
This will install the framework itself in ``/Users/ronald/Library/Frameworks``,
@@ -36,9 +43,10 @@
Create a universal binary build of Python. This can be used with both
regular and framework builds.
- The optional argument specifies which OSX SDK should be used to perform the
- build. This defaults to ``/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.10.4u.sdk``, specify
- ``/`` when building on a 10.5 system, especially when building 64-bit code.
+ The optional argument specifies which OS X SDK should be used to perform the
+ build. This defaults to ``/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.10.4u.sdk``. When building
+ on OS X 10.5 or later, you can specify ``/`` to use the installed system
+ headers rather than an SDK.
See the section _`Building and using a universal binary of Python on Mac OS X`
for more information.
@@ -56,9 +64,14 @@
1. What is a universal binary
-----------------------------
-A universal binary build of Python contains object code for both PPC and i386
-and can therefore run at native speed on both classic powerpc based macs and
-the newer intel based macs.
+A universal binary build of Python contains object code for more than one
+CPU architecture. A universal OS X executable file or library combines the
+architecture-specific code into one file and can therefore run at native
+speed on all supported architectures. Universal files were introduced in
+OS X 10.4 to add support for Intel-based Macs to the existing PowerPC (PPC)
+machines. In OS X 10.5 support was extended to 64-bit Intel and 64-bit PPC
+architectures. It is possible to build Python with various combinations
+of architectures depending on the build tools and OS X version in use.
2. How do I build a universal binary
------------------------------------
@@ -71,12 +84,12 @@
$ make install
This flag can be used with a framework build of python, but also with a classic
-unix build. Either way you will have to build python on Mac OS X 10.4 (or later)
-with Xcode 2.1 (or later). You also have to install the 10.4u SDK when
-installing Xcode.
+unix build. Universal builds were first supported with OS X 10.4 with Xcode 2.1
+and the 10.4u SDK. Starting with Xcode 3 and OS X 10.5, more configurations are
+available.
The option ``--enable-universalsdk`` has an optional argument to specify an
-SDK, which defaults to the 10.4u SDK. When you build on OSX 10.5 or later
+SDK, which defaults to the 10.4u SDK. When you build on OS X 10.5 or later
you can use the system headers instead of an SDK::
$ ./configure --enable-universalsdk=/
@@ -88,34 +101,51 @@
Python Developer's Guide (http://docs.python.org/devguide/setup.html)
for more information.
-2.1 Flavours of universal binaries
-..................................
+2.1 Flavors of universal binaries
+.................................
-It is possible to build a number of flavours of the universal binary build,
-the default is a 32-bit only binary (i386 and ppc). The flavour can be
+It is possible to build a number of flavors of the universal binary build,
+the default is a 32-bit only binary (i386 and ppc). Note that starting with
+Xcode 4, the build tools no longer support ppc. The flavor can be
specified using the option ``--with-universal-archs=VALUE``. The following
values are available:
+ * ``intel``: ``i386``, ``x86_64``
+
* ``32-bit``: ``ppc``, ``i386``
+ * ``3-way``: ``i386``, ``x86_64``, ``ppc``
+
* ``64-bit``: ``ppc64``, ``x86_64``
* ``all``: ``ppc``, ``ppc64``, ``i386``, ``x86_64``
- * ``3-way``: ``ppc``, ``i386`` and ``x86_64``
+To build a universal binary that includes a 64-bit architecture, you must build
+on a system running OS X 10.5 or later. The ``all`` and ``64-bit`` flavors can
+only be built with an 10.5 SDK because ``ppc64`` support was only included with
+OS X 10.5. Although legacy ``ppc`` support was included with Xcode 3 on OS X
+10.6, it was removed in Xcode 4, versions of which were released on OS X 10.6
+and which is the standard for OS X 10.7. To summarize, the
+following combinations of SDKs and universal-archs flavors are available:
- * ``intel``: ``i386``, ``x86_64``
+ * 10.4u SDK with Xcode 2 supports ``32-bit`` only
-To build a universal binary that includes a 64-bit architecture, you must build
-on a system running OSX 10.5 or later. The ``all`` flavour can only be built on
-OSX 10.5.
+ * 10.5 SDK with Xcode 3.1.x supports all flavors
-The makefile for a framework build will install ``python32`` and ``pythonw32``
-binaries when the universal architecures includes at least one 32-bit architecture
-(that is, for all flavours but ``64-bit``).
+ * 10.6 SDK with Xcode 3.2.x supports ``intel``, ``3-way``, and ``32-bit``
-Running a specific archicture
-.............................
+ * 10.6 SDK with Xcode 4 supports ``intel`` only
+
+ * 10.7 and 10.8 SDKs with Xcode 4 support ``intel`` only
+
+ * 10.8 and 10.9 SDKs with Xcode 5 support ``intel`` only
+
+The makefile for a framework build will also install ``python2.7-32``
+binaries when the universal architecture includes at least one 32-bit
+architecture (that is, for all flavors but ``64-bit``).
+
+Running a specific architecture
+...............................
You can run code using a specific architecture using the ``arch`` command::
@@ -130,6 +160,13 @@
wrapper tools that execute the real interpreter without ensuring that the
real interpreter runs with the same architecture.
+Using ``arch`` is not a perfect solution as the selected architecture will
+not automatically carry through to subprocesses launched by programs and tests
+under that Python. If you want to ensure that Python interpreters launched in
+subprocesses also run in 32-bit-mode if the main interpreter does, use
+a ``python2.7-32`` binary and use the value of ``sys.executable`` as the
+``subprocess`` ``Popen`` executable value.
+
Building and using a framework-based Python on Mac OS X.
========================================================
@@ -139,16 +176,17 @@
The main reason is because you want to create GUI programs in Python. With the
exception of X11/XDarwin-based GUI toolkits all GUI programs need to be run
-from a fullblown MacOSX application (a ".app" bundle).
+from a Mac OS X application bundle (".app").
While it is technically possible to create a .app without using frameworks you
will have to do the work yourself if you really want this.
A second reason for using frameworks is that they put Python-related items in
only two places: "/Library/Framework/Python.framework" and
-"/Applications/MacPython 2.6". This simplifies matters for users installing
+"/Applications/Python <VERSION>" where ``<VERSION>`` can be e.g. "3.4",
+"2.7", etc. This simplifies matters for users installing
Python from a binary distribution if they want to get rid of it again. Moreover,
-due to the way frameworks work a user without admin privileges can install a
+due to the way frameworks work, a user without admin privileges can install a
binary distribution in his or her home directory without recompilation.
2. How does a framework Python differ from a normal static Python?
@@ -163,43 +201,55 @@
3. Do I need extra packages?
----------------------------
-Yes, probably. If you want Tkinter support you need to get the OSX AquaTk
-distribution, this is installed by default on Mac OS X 10.4 or later. If
-you want wxPython you need to get that. If you want Cocoa you need to get
-PyObjC.
+Yes, probably. If you want Tkinter support you need to get the OS X AquaTk
+distribution, this is installed by default on Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Be
+aware, though, that the Cocoa-based AquaTk's supplied starting with OS X
+10.6 have proven to be unstable. If possible, you should consider
+installing a newer version before building on OS X 10.6 or later, such as
+the ActiveTcl 8.5. See http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/. If you
+are building with an SDK, ensure that the newer Tcl and Tk frameworks are
+seen in the SDK's ``Library/Frameworks`` directory; you may need to
+manually create symlinks to their installed location, ``/Library/Frameworks``.
+If you want wxPython you need to get that.
+If you want Cocoa you need to get PyObjC.
4. How do I build a framework Python?
-------------------------------------
This directory contains a Makefile that will create a couple of python-related
-applications (fullblown OSX .app applications, that is) in
-"/Applications/MacPython 2.6", and a hidden helper application Python.app
-inside the Python.framework, and unix tools "python" and "pythonw" into
-/usr/local/bin. In addition it has a target "installmacsubtree" that installs
+applications (full-blown OS X .app applications, that is) in
+"/Applications/Python <VERSION>", and a hidden helper application Python.app
+inside the Python.framework, and unix tools "python" and "pythonw" into
+/usr/local/bin. In addition it has a target "installmacsubtree" that installs
the relevant portions of the Mac subtree into the Python.framework.
It is normally invoked indirectly through the main Makefile, as the last step
-in the sequence::
+in the sequence
- $ ./configure --enable-framework
- $ make
- $ make install
+ 1. ./configure --enable-framework
-This sequence will put the framework in /Library/Framework/Python.framework,
-the applications in "/Applications/MacPython 2.6" and the unix tools in
-/usr/local/bin.
+ 2. make
+
+ 3. make install
-It is possible to select a different name for the framework using the configure
-option ``--with-framework-name=NAME``. This makes it possible to have several
-parallel installs of a Python framework.
+This sequence will put the framework in ``/Library/Framework/Python.framework``,
+the applications in ``/Applications/Python <VERSION>`` and the unix tools in
+``/usr/local/bin``.
-Installing in another place, for instance $HOME/Library/Frameworks if you have
-no admin privileges on your machine, has only been tested very lightly. This
-can be done by configuring with --enable-framework=$HOME/Library/Frameworks.
-The other two directories, "/Applications/MacPython-2.6" and /usr/local/bin,
-will then also be deposited in $HOME. This is sub-optimal for the unix tools,
-which you would want in $HOME/bin, but there is no easy way to fix this right
-now.
+Installing in another place, for instance ``$HOME/Library/Frameworks`` if you
+have no admin privileges on your machine, is possible. This can be accomplished
+by configuring with ``--enable-framework=$HOME/Library/Frameworks``.
+The other two directories will then also be installed in your home directory,
+at ``$HOME/Applications/Python-<VERSION>`` and ``$HOME/bin``.
+
+If you want to install some part, but not all, read the main Makefile. The
+frameworkinstall is composed of a couple of sub-targets that install the
+framework itself, the Mac subtree, the applications and the unix tools.
+
+There is an extra target frameworkinstallextras that is not part of the
+normal frameworkinstall which installs the Tools directory into
+"/Applications/Python <VERSION>", this is useful for binary
+distributions.
What do all these programs do?
===============================
@@ -207,35 +257,54 @@
"IDLE.app" is an integrated development environment for Python: editor,
debugger, etc.
-"PythonLauncher.app" is a helper application that will handle things when you
+"Python Launcher.app" is a helper application that will handle things when you
double-click a .py, .pyc or .pyw file. For the first two it creates a Terminal
window and runs the scripts with the normal command-line Python. For the
latter it runs the script in the Python.app interpreter so the script can do
-GUI-things. Keep the "alt" key depressed while dragging or double-clicking a
-script to set runtime options. These options can be set once and for all
-through PythonLauncher's preferences dialog.
+GUI-things. Keep the ``Option`` key depressed while dragging or double-clicking
+a script to set runtime options. These options can be set persistently
+through Python Launcher's preferences dialog.
-"BuildApplet.app" creates an applet from a Python script. Drop the script on it
-and out comes a full-featured MacOS application. BuildApplet.app is now
+"Build Applet.app" creates an applet from a Python script. Drop the script on it
+and out comes a full-featured Mac OS X application. "Build Applet.app" is now
deprecated and has been removed in Python 3. As of OS X 10.8, Xcode 4 no
longer supplies the headers for the deprecated QuickDraw APIs used by
the EasyDialogs module making BuildApplet unusable as an app. It will
not be built by the Mac/Makefile in this case.
-The commandline scripts /usr/local/bin/python and pythonw can be used to run
-non-GUI and GUI python scripts from the command line, respectively.
+The program ``pythonx.x`` runs python scripts from the command line. Various
+compatibility aliases are also installed, including ``pythonwx.x`` which
+in early releases of Python on OS X was required to run GUI programs. In
+current releases, the ``pythonx.x`` and ``pythonwx.x`` commands are identical
+and the use of ``pythonwx.x`` should be avoided as it has been removed in
+current versions of Python 3.
How do I create a binary distribution?
======================================
-Go to the directory "Mac/OSX/BuildScript". There you'll find a script
-"build-installer.py" that does all the work. This will download and build
+Download and unpack the source release from http://www.python.org/download/.
+Go to the directory ``Mac/BuildScript``. There you will find a script
+``build-installer.py`` that does all the work. This will download and build
a number of 3rd-party libaries, configures and builds a framework Python,
installs it, creates the installer package files and then packs this in a
-DMG image.
+DMG image. The script also builds an HTML copy of the current Python
+documentation set for this release for inclusion in the framework. The
+installer package will create links to the documentation for use by IDLE,
+pydoc, shell users, and Finder user.
-The script will build a universal binary, you'll therefore have to run this
+The script will build a universal binary so you'll therefore have to run this
script on Mac OS X 10.4 or later and with Xcode 2.1 or later installed.
+However, the Python build process itself has several build dependencies not
+available out of the box with OS X 10.4 so you may have to install
+additional software beyond what is provided with Xcode 2. OS X 10.5
+provides a recent enough system Python (in ``/usr/bin``) to build
+the Python documentation set. It should be possible to use SDKs and/or older
+versions of Xcode to build installers that are compatible with older systems
+on a newer system but this may not be completely foolproof so the resulting
+executables, shared libraries, and ``.so`` bundles should be carefully
+examined and tested on all supported systems for proper dynamic linking
+dependencies. It is safest to build the distribution on a system running the
+minimum OS X version supported.
All of this is normally done completely isolated in /tmp/_py, so it does not
use your normal build directory nor does it install into /.
@@ -260,7 +329,7 @@
configure: WARNING: ## -------------------------------------- ##
This almost always means you are trying to build a universal binary for
-Python and have libaries in ``/usr/local`` that don't contain the required
+Python and have libraries in ``/usr/local`` that don't contain the required
architectures. Temporarily move ``/usr/local`` aside to finish the build.
@@ -269,7 +338,7 @@
Uninstalling a framework can be done by manually removing all bits that got installed.
That's true for both installations from source and installations using the binary installer.
-Sadly enough OSX does not have a central uninstaller.
+OS X does not provide a central uninstaller.
The main bit of a framework install is the framework itself, installed in
``/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework``. This can contain multiple versions
@@ -283,14 +352,12 @@
And lastly a framework installation installs files in ``/usr/local/bin``, all of
them symbolic links to files in ``/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/X.Y/bin``.
-Odds and ends
-=============
-Something to take note of is that the ".rsrc" files in the distribution are
-not actually resource files, they're AppleSingle encoded resource files. The
-macresource module and the Mac/OSX/Makefile cater for this, and create
-".rsrc.df.rsrc" files on the fly that are normal datafork-based resource
-files.
+Resources
+=========
- Jack Jansen, Jack.Jansen at cwi.nl, 15-Jul-2004.
- Ronald Oussoren, RonaldOussoren at mac.com, 30-April-2010
+ * http://www.python.org/download/mac/
+
+ * http://www.python.org/community/sigs/current/pythonmac-sig/
+
+ * http://docs.python.org/devguide/
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -436,6 +436,20 @@
- Issue #21303, #20565: Updated the version of Tcl/Tk included in the
installer from 8.5.2 to 8.5.15.
+Mac OS X
+--------
+
+- As of 2.7.8, the 32-bit-only installer will support OS X 10.5
+ and later systems as is currently done for Python 3.x installers.
+ For 2.7.7 only, we will provide three installers:
+ the legacy deprecated 10.3+ 32-bit-only format;
+ the newer 10.5+ 32-bit-only format;
+ and the unchanged 10.6+ 64-/32-bit format.
+ Although binary installers will no longer be available from
+ python.org as of 2.7.8, it will still be possible to build from
+ source on 10.3.9 and 10.4 systems if necessary.
+ See Mac/BuildScript/README.txt for more information.
+
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