[Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython 2.1b1 is ready!

[Russell E Owen]

I tried the net installer and switched to another application while 
it was running. At some point my Mac stopped responding (pointer 
still moved, but clicks were ignored). I heard a beep around then, so 
perhaps the installer was trying to tell me something. After waiting 
10 minutes I did a forced exit and the installer quit and all was 
well. I forgot to check what state the installation was in, I just 
threw it away.

The full installer ran fine, though there's a fairly long pause when 
the Configure application launches before it starts building applets 
(this could lead one to fear the Mac is hung; if it's easy to add a 
dialog box that indicates activity, that might be nice).

Both classic and carbon environments run great on my G4 with MacOS 
9.1 and Carbon 1.2.5. I didn't actually run the full tests this time, 
just my own code. I will run the full tests if desired.

Tk apps have the usual known problems: cannot quit and file events 
broken. Any chance of adding these to the release notes? I have 
emailed a possible modified version of the release notes directly to 
Jack.

Thank you very much for getting it down to one interpreter 
application -- having the others around as files with funny types 
seems like an excellent solution!

-- Russell