Leonardo Santagada wrote:
-1 to use mac ports python as the base python
On 18/08/2008, at 22:18, Bill Janssen wrote:
The official Mac Python should be an OS X application, with an icon,
living in /Applications, ideally with a Mac-standard editor app (the
2.5.1 I have has IDLE), etc.
No, probably not. Frankly, I think the official Mac Python should be
(and is) /usr/bin/python, the version that Apple ships with the
system. I always try to make my stuff work with that Python, instead
of installing a different version, which in my experience usually
leads to grief somewhere down the road.
I don't think this way, the official python should be the one from
python.org, as it is on windows or there will be no point to make python
2.5.1 and 2.5.2 (or any point release that is not incorporated in
vendors builds).
The only grief I ever had in using the python from python.org is that I
have to compile PyObjC from source, but this can be easily fixed.
Talking about this, why not just point pythonmac.org to python.org
python version and release the packages as eggs on cheeseshop?
(specially py2exe and pyobjc as those are usually heavily needed on macs).
I'm suspicious of any solution involving the word "just". I suppose we
will "just" be able to recruit volunteers to maintain the additional
content?
regards
Steve
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