Python 3.5.1 and Active Tcl/Tk 8.6.4.1

[ccgm]

BPO	25897
Nosy	@ronaldoussoren, @ned-deily, @serhiy-storchaka
Files	python update 1.png: screen shot with warning messages

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2015-12-17.22:12:14.858>
created_at = <Date 2015-12-17.21:29:54.409>
labels = ['OS-mac', 'invalid', 'expert-IDLE', 'type-bug', 'expert-tkinter']
title = 'Python 3.5.1 and Active Tcl/Tk 8.6.4.1'
updated_at = <Date 2015-12-17.23:42:03.942>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/ccgm'

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closed_date = <Date 2015-12-17.22:12:14.858>
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components = ['IDLE', 'macOS', 'Tkinter']
creation = <Date 2015-12-17.21:29:54.409>
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'not a bug'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue25897'
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[ccgm]

I have installed one copy of Python 3.5.1 and Tcl/Tk 8.6.4.1 in a high school lab with 28 more computers. Want to be sure I'm doing it correctly. Before the update we were running Python 2.7.10 and always got a warning: Tcl/Tk (8.5.9) may be unstable. I'm still getting the same warning after installing Tcl/Tk 8.6.4.1 . What to I need to do so 3.5.1 sees the correct Tcl/Tk file? What does unstable in this context mean? We had no issues I was aware of.

[ned-deily]

Please read the information at the web page linked to in that message you have been seeing: https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/. As explained there, the current Pythons downloaded from python.org for OS X dynamically link with Tcl/Tk 8.5.x, not 8.6.x. You should download and install the latest ActiveTcl 8.5 version for OS X which is currently 8.5.18.0 from http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads. You don't need to uninstall the 8.6.5.1 version that you've already installed; it will be ignored.

[ccgm]

Thank you very much.

Sent from George Moreno's iPhone

On Dec 17, 2015, at 15:12, Ned Deily <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:

Ned Deily added the comment:

Please read the information at the web page linked to in that message you have been seeing: https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/. As explained there, the current Pythons downloaded from python.org for OS X dynamically link with Tcl/Tk 8.5.x, not 8.6.x. You should download and install the latest ActiveTcl 8.5 version for OS X which is currently 8.5.18.0 from http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads. You don't need to uninstall the 8.6.5.1 version that you've already installed; it will be ignored.

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resolution: -> not a bug
stage: -> resolved
status: open -> closed

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[ccgm]

Thank you very much

Sent from George Moreno's iPhone

On Dec 17, 2015, at 14:48, SilentGhost <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:

Changes by SilentGhost <ghost.adh@gmail.com>:

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components: +IDLE, Macintosh, Tkinter
nosy: +gpolo, ned.deily, ronaldoussoren, serhiy.storchaka

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