metaperl wrote: > I'm about to get a new OS X box on which I will rewrite a bunch of data > munging scripts from Perl to Python. I know that there are several port > services for OS X (fink, darwin ports, opendarwin). So I am not sure > whether to use their port of Python or whether to build from scratch or > use the Python image file. Also ActivePython is something of a choice > but for some reason not a front-running one for me. I tend to like > Gentoo-style compile from source over pre-bundled all-in-one solutions > like ActivePython. > > I'm not going to do much other than maybe install Plone and do some XML > and CSV processing. Most everything I need is in the Python stdlib. > Maybe down the road some graphics and web stuff (I like Clever Harold > or Pylons for that... but I still ahve not examined the 900 other web > app options in Python :)
These days, I install the OS X universal binary provided on the Python language web site. You can find it at http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.4.3. It's more comprehensive and much more up-to-date than the version included in OS X. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list