[Pythonmac-SIG] For your eyes only: MacPython-OS9 2.3 installer

[Skip Montanaro]

    Jack> For this one I would like positive feedback too, as so few people
    Jack> seem to be using MacPython-OS9 anymore. I will wait for at least
    Jack> one positive response for each of installation on OS9 and OSX
    Jack> before I announce this.

I'm not sure how useful my feedback will be, since I've never really used
MacPython in an OS9 environment.  I ran the installer on my Mac OS X 10.2.6
system after running the Classic startup app.  From inside an interpreter
window I ran

    from test import regrtest
    regrtest.main()

One test crashed (test_logging) and one failed (test_socket).  I then tried
each individually.  I won't bore you with all the details.  The failure from
test_logging is typical:

    Python 2.3 (#155, Jul 30 2003, 23:48:32)  [CW] on mac
    Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> from test import regrtest
    >>> regrtest.main(["test_logging"], verbose=True)
    test_logging
    test test_logging crashed -- socket.gaierror: (4, 'getaddrinfo failed')
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "Macintosh HD:Users:skip:Desktop:MacPython OS9:MacPython-OS9 2.3:Lib:test:regrtest.py", line 402, in runtest
        indirect_test()
      File "Macintosh HD:Users:skip:Desktop:MacPython OS9:MacPython-OS9 2.3:Lib:test:test_logging.py", line 484, in test_main
        test_main_inner()
      File "Macintosh HD:Users:skip:Desktop:MacPython OS9:MacPython-OS9 2.3:Lib:test:test_logging.py", line 431, in test_main_inner
        tcpserver = LogRecordSocketReceiver()
      File "Macintosh HD:Users:skip:Desktop:MacPython OS9:MacPython-OS9 2.3:Lib:test:test_logging.py", line 97, in __init__
        ThreadingTCPServer.__init__(self, (host, port), handler)
      File "Macintosh HD:Users:skip:Desktop:MacPython OS9:MacPython-OS9 2.3:Lib:SocketServer.py", line 330, in __init__
        self.server_bind()
      File "Macintosh HD:Users:skip:Desktop:MacPython OS9:MacPython-OS9 2.3:Lib:SocketServer.py", line 341, in server_bind
        self.socket.bind(self.server_address)
      File "<string>", line 1, in bind
    gaierror: (4, 'getaddrinfo failed')
    1 test failed:
        test_logging

There were 30 test failures for the socket modul.  All spewed the same
gaierror.

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