Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

[Kenneth McDonald]

If the amount of time it saved me justified it, I wouldn't hesitate to spend 250 pounds. To put it in a more measurable manner, I've found myself spending so much time attempting to get packages compiled under UNIXes (OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, etc.) that I would have no difficulty whatsoever in spending $500/year (or more) simply to get libraries and programs in a precompiled format that I could just install and have work--even if, in theory, I could get all that stuff "for free" by doing a full install myself. I'd hoped that most of this stuff would appear in precompiled format for OS X, but unfortunately it hasn't. Cheers, Ken On 14-Dec-05, at 10:16 PM, Alex Martelli wrote: On the other hand, it seems like most of this stuff is just available as installers for PCs. Am I being naive to think that installation of most of this stuff   (including getting it working) will be much easier in the PC world? PyQt for Windows is not available under GPL (as it is for Mac).  If shelling out 250 pounds (plus VAT) is "much easier" for you than doing a little compilation, or you can't use the GPL version anyway, etc, etc, then, maybe.

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