Mac OS X 10.9 and Python 3.3

Finally upgraded to Python 3.3.3. The ordinary maintenance release fixed the problem with the previous release.

The previously documented patch (http://slott-softwarearchitect.blogspot.com/2013/10/mac-os-x-109-mavericks-crashes-python.html) is no longer required.

Time to start incrementally installing all the various add-on components: docutils, PyYaml, Django, Jinja2, SQLAlchemy, etc.

Also, time to put more focus into rewriting various projects to finally cut the cord with Python2. At this point, there's no longer a reason to be looking backwards.

Mac OS X 10.9 "Mavericks" Crashes Python -- Patch Available

I upgraded to Mac OS X 10.9 "Mavericks" today.

Python 3.2.4 crashed in odd places. Not all the time. But help() stopped working to give one example.

I upgraded to Python 3.3 (it's about time to do that, anyway.)

It crashed, also. Similar places.

Here's the workaround: http://bugs.python.org/issue18458

There's a script which you can download and run. This will tweak your installations until the next maintenance release of Python.

Whew. That was close.

Now I need to square away setuptools and "easy_install-3.3" all the missing pieces of my 3.2 environment.