Ned Deily <n...@acm.org> added the comment:
Here's a brain dump of possible options I see for 3.2rc2:
1. document and do nothing
-> IDLE (and other tkinter program) crashes whenever a user types a
composing character (like Option u in US layout for an umlaut) when the
64-/32-bit installer is used
2. don't ship the OS X 64-bit installer, only the traditional 32-bit one
3a. don't ship IDLE.app and bin/idle with 64-bit installer
3b. don't ship tkinter, IDLE.app, and bin/idle with 64-bit installer
4. for 64-bit installer, link tkinter with Aqua Tk 8.4, like 32-bit
installer
-> no tkinter available in (default) 64-bit mode, users would need to
force 32-bit execution
-> need to fix IDLE to only run in 32-bit mode
5a. for 64-bit installer, link tkinter with a third-party X11 Tk 8.5, most
likely MacPorts
-> X11 version works in both 64- and 32- and is likely more widely
tested (on Unixes). MacPorts for example currently supplies an X11 Tk by
default.
-> non-native look and feel
-> is X11 installed by default on 10.6? (check and document)
-> MacPorts currently does not supply binary packages so users would
need to install Xcode developer tools
5b. for 64-bit installer, have the installer build an X11 Tk 8.5 (using the
installer's existing third-party lib infrastructure) and ship with the 64-bit
installer
-> same as 5a except that IDLE and tkinter would now work out of the
box but at the cost of the additional unknown development and testing work to
get Tk built with the installer
At the moment, for 3.2rc2 my inclination is to pursue option 4 and at least
explore the feasibility of option 5b with a fallback to option 3a while
encouraging (but not depending) on a future fix for Cocoa Tk. Again, this
applies only to the 64-/32-bit installer; the traditional 32-bit installer is
linked with Carbon Tk 8.4 which does not have this problem.
Post 3.2, I think it makes sense to pursue a previously-discussed option to
support multiple Tk versions with one release so users can choose. That would
also have the potential benefit of making Tk 8.5 available in one form or
another for users of earlier OS X releases. But that's a matter for later
exploration.
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nosy: +michael.foord, rhettinger, ronaldoussoren
stage: -> needs patch
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