Scripting languages deprecated in Catalina

macOS
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(Cross posted on the MPU forum)

With the announcement that various scripting languages (python, ruby, etc) will apparently no longer be bundled with macOS in Catalina, I am wondering something which I haven’t seen anything about thus far.

I use python extensively for various scripting and automation projects. While the majority of my use cases sticks to to the “standard” python installation, I do have a few things that are dependent on the (probably now dead) pyobc bridging that allowed me to import the various macOS frameworks (like Foundation, CoreGraphics, etc).

I wonder: will any of that still be available in Catalina, or is that all going to disappear?

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in terms of Python, etc. it obviously won’t die. You’ll just have to go and get it.

Your best bet for a definitive answer on the future of pyobjc is to ask the author of pyobjc (Ronald Ousseren) via pyobjc-dev@lists.sourceforge.net.

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All seems to still be there in Big Sur:

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Seems like AppleScript dictionaries aren’t currently present on Message and Maps on Big Sur…

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That makes sense. I believe that Maps and Messages were entirely rewritten for Catalyst and unfortunately they don’t seem to prioritize AppleScript.