[Pythonmac-SIG] For your eyes only: new 2.3rc1+ installer

[Rob Managan]

>On woensdag, jul 23, 2003, at 23:00 Europe/Amsterdam, Chris Lee wrote:
>
>>You probably already know this but the package manager doesn't 
>>manage to get through firewalls.
>
>No, I didn't know this! Code was added before 2.3b1 to make it go 
>through firewalls (basically using urllib2 in stead of urllib, which 
>should be firewall-aware. This definitely needs to be fixed, or at 
>the very least warned about.
>
>What are the symptoms you see?
>
>And, for the rest of the crowd here: is anyone having success using 
>PM behind a firewall? Was there anything special you needed to do?

We have a firewall and I have no problems using PM to install.


>>   Also in my install the help pages come up blank.
>
>This also is news to me. There is one thing you need to do (which is 
>obscurely mentioned in the installer welcome message): you need to 
>start the IDE once so it can register the help book.
>
>Does the "MacPython Help" show up in your Help Viewer bookshelf?
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No trouble with Help. The macPython Help is there also
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