[Python-checkins] bpo-34370: Update Tk 8.6 used with macOS installers

[Ned Deily]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/adf493227f1efd5d6b34f46b854142bf3b5a411c
commit: adf493227f1efd5d6b34f46b854142bf3b5a411c
branch: 3.6
author: Ned Deily <nad at python.org>
committer: Ned Deily <nad at python.org>
date: 2018-09-26T01:13:54-04:00
summary:

bpo-34370: Update Tk 8.6 used with macOS installers

Have macOS 10.9+ installer builds for 3.7.1rc and 3.6.7rc use a development
snapshot of Tk 8.6 (post-8.6.8) to mitigate certain scroller issues seen
with IDLE and tkinter apps.

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2018-09-25-23-37-39.bpo-34370.FQhtAD.rst
M Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py

diff --git a/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py b/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py
index b97d55bb0306..2959bea48a18 100755
--- a/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py
+++ b/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py
@@ -239,9 +239,9 @@ def library_recipes():
                   },
               ),
           dict(
-              name="Tk 8.6.8",
-              url="ftp://ftp.tcl.tk/pub/tcl//tcl8_6/tk8.6.8-src.tar.gz",
-              checksum='5e0faecba458ee1386078fb228d008ba',
+              name="Tk 8.6.8+",
+              url="http://core.tcl.tk/tk/tarball/16fdad9d/tk-16fdad9d.tar.gz",
+              checksum='b8e0df69021924e8392f03d506252bdb',
               patches=[
                   "tk868_on_10_8_10_9.patch",
                    ],
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2018-09-25-23-37-39.bpo-34370.FQhtAD.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2018-09-25-23-37-39.bpo-34370.FQhtAD.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b9b0c2c786f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2018-09-25-23-37-39.bpo-34370.FQhtAD.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Have macOS 10.9+ installer builds for 3.7.1rc and 3.6.7rc use a development
+snapshot of Tk 8.6 (post-8.6.8) to mitigate certain scroller issues seen
+with IDLE and tkinter apps.