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Readme and relnotes for intermediate 2.0b1+ release.
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Mac/ReadMe

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How to install Python 2.0b1 on your Macintosh
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How to install Python 2.0b1+ on your Macintosh
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If this is your first encounter with Python: you definitely need the
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Caveats
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This is a beta version, so use with caution.
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This is a beta version, so use with caution. This b1+ beta has received
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only very little testing, use the older b1 if it proves problematic.
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If you have used an earlier version of 2.0b1 you _must_ remove your old
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preference file, the files are incompatible.
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Aside from the general new Python 2.0 features (compared to 1.5.2, there
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was no 1.6 for the macintosh) like unicode support the main new features

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Changes in 2.0b1 since 1.5.2
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Changes in 2.0b1+ since 1.5.2
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These release notes refer to Mac-specific changes only. See NEWS (in the Misc folder)
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- Added macos.FreeMem(), MaxBlock() and CompactMem(), mainly so apps in Python can
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give low-memory warnings.
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- MediaDescr module parses some QuickTime media descriptions (but definitely not all).
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- A new method EasyDialogs.GetArgv() which makes it easy for the end-user to provide
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unix-style sys.argv arguments. (new since 2.0b1)
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- There's a new package, mkcwproject, that creates and builds CodeWarrior
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projects. (new since 2.0b1)
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- The "keep console open" options are now always, never, on error and on unseen output. The
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latter is the new default. (new since 2.0b1)
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- Missing Numeric modules are included. They may not be on sys.path, however. (new since 2.0b1)
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- gdbm works again. (new since 2.0b1)
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What is not in this distribution
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- Stackless Python/microthreads hasn't been ported to 2.0 yet. If/when it becomes available
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- Carbon support is not in here, but should be happening as soon as GUSI is ready.
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- Distutils is not in here, again due to lack of time.
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- Distutils is not in here, but Corran Webster and myself are working on it.
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Known problems
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- Aliases do not work in sys.path entries.
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- Once you have used multiple threads you cannot raise KeyboardInterrupt anymore:
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- The gdbm module does not work.

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