[Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython 2.1b1 is ready!
Russell E Owen
owen@astro.washington.edu
Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:03:37 -0800
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