[PYTHONMAC-SIG] Re: MacPython 1.5 questions and suggestions

[Steven D. Majewski]

On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Jack Jansen wrote:

> > > What do you think about splitting the Tk library out of the Core PPC 
> > > Library ? 
> >
> > This sounds like a good idea.  I do it this way for Windows --
> > _tkinter is built standard but as a shared library.
> 
> I had missed this bit of Steven's post, and I'm confused. Tk isn't in the core 
> library, it is in the _tkinter plugin. So, it's already separated, and you can 
> already update it if a new version becomes available...

Thanks for the clarification -- I didn't see a separate Tk shared library,
and I made the wrong assumption. However, the same idea applies: linking
_tkinter to a shared Tk lib would make it easier to drop in a new Tk.
 I know that's a build option -- I'm suggesting it for the standard dist.
since the folks who don't want to or can't rebuild it are the ones who
would most appreciate a drop-in upgrade. ( I don't know what the future
release plans for Tk are -- for all I know, 8.0 may be stable - but you
know: generals always fighting the last war ... we've been thru quite a
stream of Tk releases. ) 


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