Hi All, I'm not sure whether this is the correct thread/place for this, but is there any official "best practice" for Python under Leopard?
I.E., should we still be using the MacPython framework build (since I assume that is more likely to track current python versions than the Apple build). Is this on the main python or macpython websites somewhere? Thanks, Andrew Ronald Oussoren wrote: > Now that there are several people that want to support Apple's build of > python: how do we go forward from here? > > I think we should start a small project for "MacPython Addons", this > project will install: > > * Hotfix for distutils to ensure that distutils builds univeral binaries > (32-bit only at first) > * (possibly) hotfix to ensure that you can install '-fat-' eggs on 10.5 > * /Applications/Python-2.5/IDLE.app > > In there future we could add other changes, such as a 'python64' command > for running python in 64-bit code. IMHO this should be done only when we > have patches python.org tree that enable 4-way universal builds on > Leopard, otherwise we'd have a real risk of loosing these changes in a > future version. > > Ronald > > On 2 Jan, 2008, at 21:33, Bill Janssen wrote: > >>> Even though I've been an open source developer since long before the >>> word existed I find that I'm getting sick and tired of the reinvent- >>> the-world attitude that is far too common in the open source community. >>> >>> If I am new to Python on the Mac and I've played with Apple Python a >>> little, but as soon as I want to install one little add-on module I >>> have to first replace the whole existing Python with something new >>> (and not directly Apple-endorsed) I might just drop out. And at the >>> very least it's mightily inconvenient. >> >> Well said, Jack! I think supporting/fixing the Apple-supplied Python >> should be a goal. I certainly used the Tiger 'Apple' Python for >> everything, living with its various foibles, and I intend to do the >> same with Leopard. I can see why cutting edge developers might want >> to have other versions installed (I've got 2.6 and 3.0 on my Leopard >> machine, for instance), but all my normal software is developed >> against /usr/bin/python. >> >> Bill > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
