Hi Chris, On Feb 8, 2006, at 5:11 PM, Christopher Barker wrote:
> Kevin Ollivier wrote: >> My point is: When people upgrade Python, anyway, anyhow, their >> extensions will break. MacPython 2.4 doesn't do anything more or >> less than Apple's Python in stopping that; it simply lets you put >> off upgrading your Python should you want to do so. > > Right. To be softer: I think it's a good idea to only base your > stuff on things you either control or you're confident your OS > vendor won't change in the next release. That's why I advocate > installing your own Python. > >> Python extensions always break when you upgrade the major Python >> version. Users *should* be aware of this, regardless of what >> platform they use or where they get their Python from. > > Sure. > >> nothing Apple can do to resolve the problem except stop updating >> Python or stop bundling, both of which would be very bad. > > Yes, they could. They could keep 2.3.5 around and add 2.4.* to it, > rather than replacing it. That's what I do when I upgrade. Then all > my utilities still work, while I slowly add all the extensions to > the new version. I had 1.5.6, 2.0, 2.2 and 2.3 on my Linux box for > a while! > > I'm not sure Apple should do that, and if they did, I'm not sure > how long they should keep it up -- you could get a lot of python > versions lying around after a while! Yes, true, I had thought about that earlier but forgot to mention it. :-) Actually, OS X and Python both seem to be updating with less frequency, so they may not mind just adding 2.3 to the mix. We'll have to see, I guess. It might be nice if they commit to including two versions, i.e. removing 2.3 when 2.5 gets into OS X, which IMHO might be a nice solution to the issue. We'll have to see when Leopard arrives. > By the way, Kevin, do you have any idea how hard it's going to be > to build wxPython far and with the universal python Bob et. al are > working on? I haven't built the Universal Python sources Bob uploaded yet, but I don't anticipate any major issues. The one thing that might happen is duplicate -isysroot entries because that gets added into wx-config if you build Universal for wxWidgets itself. But sometime in the next week or two I hope to devote some time to ironing that out. Kevin > -Chris > > > -- > Christopher Barker, Ph.D. > Oceanographer > > NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice > 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax > Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
