David Warde-Farley wrote: > AFAIK, the System Python in 10.6 is 64-bit capable (but not in the > same way as Ron Oussoren's 4-way universal build script does it).
right -- I'm not sure if it's useful, though, I don't' think there is a 64 bit interpreter, for instance. But maybe that was the one delivered with 10.5. But I'm not the one to ask -- I don't have 10.6, I'm still on an old PPC running 10.4. > Pretty sure the python.org binaries are 32-bit only. I still think > it's sensible to prefer the waiting the rest of this sentence.. ;-) >> As the 2.6 series is binary compatible, you can build a single >> installer that will work with both > +1 on the general approach though it might get a bit more complicated > if the two Pythons support different sets of architectures (e.g. i386 > and x86_64 in System Python 10.6, i386 and ppc in Python.org Python, > or some home-rolled weirdness). Yes, the whole thing is a nightmare, really. 32bit ppc+i386 was bad enough -- with four now, it's really a mess. > With wxPython this doesn't so much > matter since wxMac depends on Carbon anyway (I think it still does, at > least, unless the Cocoa port's suddenly sped up an incredible amount), > which is a 64-bit no-no. You're right -- still strictly Carbon, and therefor strictly 32 bit. > I'm not really a fan of packages polluting /usr/local, I'd rather the > tree appear /opt/packagename well, /opt has kind of been co-opted by macports. > or /usr/local/packagename instead, for > ease of removal wxPython gets put entirely into: /usr/local/lib/wxPython-unicode-2.10.8 which isn't bad. > but the general approach of "stash somewhere and put > a .pth in both site-packages" seems fine to me. OK -- what about simply punting and doing two builds: one 32 bit, and one 64 bit. I wonder if we need 64bit PPC at all? I know I'm running 64 bit hardware, but never ran a 64 bit OS on it -- I wonder if anyone is? What machines/OS versions are available for building Mac installer with? I could do 10.4, 32 bit, ppc+intel. I'll post on the pythonmac list to see what folks there think. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion