On Aug 23, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Russell E. Owen wrote: > I've been considering upgrading my Mac to 10.4.2. However, I notice > that > there are very few python packages for 10.4 at > <http://pythonmac.org/packages/>. I was wondering if this was > innocuous > (i.e. those who build such packages just aren't at 10.4 themselves) or > something more ominous such as a problem with building python packages > on 10.4?
The version marker for a package is the minimum required version (really -- the version of Mac OS X on which it was built). 10.3 packages work fine on 10.4, especially those for Python 2.4. > Also, I distribute a semi-standalone python app (which includes > everything except python itself). Right now it's compatible with > 10.3.x > and 10.4.x. But if I upgrade...are users on 10.3.9 likely to be > able to > use an app created under 10.4.x 9 (with the built-in python 2.3.5)? In > case it matters, I presently create the app with bundlebuilder, > though I > plan to switch to py2app someday. Well, semi-standalone apps are basically guaranteed not to work on 10.5, so you really should be looking to do standalone apps unless you want to maintain multiple versions in the future. > As an aside, I'd love to upgrade to python 2.4.x but then to > distribute > my app I'd have to figure out how to build a fully standalone app (one > that includes python). If you're using py2app, that happens by default when using a non- System interpreter. -bob _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
