[Python-Dev] Miscellaneous comments on Tkinter and related matters

[Charles G Waldman]

Cameron Laird writes:
 > I can rarely afford to dip into Python-Dev.  My head is exploding
 > too much of the time as it is.
 > 
 > Maybe I can help with the recent Tkinter discussions, though.

 > 2.  I agree that MacOS is the thorny problem for
 >     the standard Pysolution. 

What is the impact of the fact that MacOS X will run X?  Doesn't this
open the door to a lot of new possibilities, at least if we don't need
to support Mac OS[6-9].  Or is the installed base of MacOS[6-9] just
way too big to even think about dropping (or deprecating) support for
it?