Ned Deily added the comment:
I've added a more prominent warning to the 3.2 download page
(http://python.org/download/releases/3.2/) along the lines suggested by Raymond
(although I wasn't able to get it formatted as a separate line without causing
other spacing to change):
* Mac OS X 64-bit
Michael Foord added the comment:
For what it's worth I prefer Raymond's original wording. Installing the
Activestate Tcl/Tk will never be a *bad* thing to do for using Python, so I
don't see a problem with stating it as a requirement. Users are unlikely to see
the current warning when they do
Raymond Hettinger added the comment:
If you want to be less specific making recommendations for getting it to work,
at least have a prominent disclosure of some sort:
Mac OS X 32-bit i386/PPC Installer (3.2rc1) for OS X 10.3 through 10.6 [2] (sig)
Mac OS X 64-bit/32-bit Installer (3.2rc1) for
Ned Deily added the comment:
I'm a little concerned about that wording change. I proposed the current
wording and footnote because the situation is dynamic and is not so cut and
dried. For one, Apple could at anytime fix their Tcl/Tk. Another, ActiveState
could issue a new (and presumably b
New submission from Raymond Hettinger :
On the releases page at http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.2/ the note
about Tcl needs to be made more prominent for the 32/64 bit Mac OS installer.
Right now, it's buried in another page referenced in a footnote at the bottom
of the release. I
