[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src setup.py,1.52,1.53

[Jack Jansen]

> > Disabled _curses modules on MacOSX. The curses version is a 1994 BSD
> > curses, far too old for _cursesmodule.c.
> 
> But what if someone installs their own, better version of curses,
> e.g. in /usr/local?  Maybe you should only disable it if it's darwin
> *and* if it's in a standard location?  Or if the header file contains
> a certain characteristic string?

This is probably a good idea, but I know absolutely nothing about curses, so 
someone else will have to do this (I think the standard location trick isn't 
good enough, Apple could supply a more decent curses in a next release, so 
it'll have to be the string trick). And actually I don't _want_ to know 
anything about curses, really:-)

Maybe you can reopen the bug and assign it to someone who uses curses? I think 
the bug isn't OSX specific, I would be very surprised if other FreeBSD's at 
least don't have the same problem (why would Apple take FreeBSD but put an 
older version of curses in, after all).
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