diff Mac/BuildScript/resources/ReadMe.txt @ 87393:4e12f145f18f

Issue #19551: PEP 453 - OS X installer now installs or upgrades pip by default.
author Ned Deily <nad@acm.org>
date Fri, 22 Nov 2013 22:25:43 -0800
parents f89beccd470c
children d666e8ee687d
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--- a/Mac/BuildScript/resources/ReadMe.txt	Sat Nov 23 11:59:40 2013 +1000
+++ b/Mac/BuildScript/resources/ReadMe.txt	Fri Nov 22 22:25:43 2013 -0800
@@ -17,6 +17,37 @@
 installer package icon.  Then select "Open using ... Installer" from
 the contextual menu that appears.
 
+              **NEW* As of Python 3.4.0b1:
+
+New Installation Options and Defaults
+=====================================
+
+The Python installer now includes an option to automatically install
+or upgrade pip, a tool for installing and managing Python packages.
+This option is enabled by default and no Internet access is required.
+If you do want the installer to do this, select the "Customize" option
+at the "Installation Type" step and uncheck the "Install or ugprade
+pip" option.
+
+To make it easier to use scripts installed by third-party Python
+packages, with pip or by other means, the "Shell profile updater"
+option is now enabled by default, as has been the case with Python
+2.7.x installers. You can also turn this option off by selecting
+"Customize" and unchecking the "Shell profile updater" option. You can
+also update your shell profile later by launching the "Update Shell
+Profile" command found in the /Applications/Python $VERSION folder. You may
+need to start a new terminal window for the changes to take effect.
+
+Python.org Python $VERSION and 2.7.x versions can both be installed and
+will not conflict. Command names for Python 3 contain a 3 in them,
+python3 (or python$VERSION), idle3 (or idle$VERSION), pip3 (or pip$VERSION), etc.
+Python 2.7 command names contain a 2 or no digit: python2 (or
+python2.7 or python), idle2 (or idle2.7 or idle), etc. If you want to
+use pip with Python 2.7.x, you will need to download and install a
+separate copy of it from the Python Package Index
+(https://pypi.python.org/pypi).
+
+
        **** IMPORTANT changes if you use IDLE and Tkinter ****
 
 Installing a third-party version of Tcl/Tk is no longer required