[Pythonmac-SIG] Please test the 2.2 installer

[Jack Jansen]

Recently, Stefan Witzgall <stefan.witzgall@online.de> said:
> [cut some traceback]
> File "archive_1_red:Python 2.2:Mac:Tools:IDE:Splash.py", line 51, in
> UpdateSplash
> splash.GetDialogWindow().ValidWindowRect(splash.GetDialogPort().portRect)
> NotImplementedError: Not available in this shared library/OS version

After some mailing back and forth with Jason I'm afraid this is
unfixable. The current (Universal 3.4) version of CarbonAccessors.o
does not have the ValidWindowRect call anymore (which the previous
3.3.2 version did have). I could hack something together with two
versions of CarbonAccessors.o, but this would be a nightmare to people
who want to build from source.

I'm currently thinking that I'll release 2.2 as "partially MacOS 8.1
compatible" (the interpreter works, the IDE doesn't). We (me + the
people who have access to 8.1) should then put together a patch set
that can be overlayed onto a MacPython installation and that replaces
all calls to ValidWindowRect() with
GetPort()/SetPort()/ValidRect()/SetPort() sequences.

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