FYI: The Apple provided python has an older version of numpy which is difficult (and probably unwise) to update. So it really only makes sense to install new versions of numpy for user installed copies of python. --Larry
On 7/25/08 12:33 PM, "Christopher Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When distributing Mac binaries of numpy, we've run into some confusion from > users on the Python dependency. bdist_mpkg reports the MacPython (python.org > <http://python.org> ) dependency as the "System Python". This terminology is > confusing as users see the "Apple Python" in the /System folder and believe > they meet the required version. Could this be changed to something more > descriptive? > > Updating the entry in the FRIENDLY_PREFIX is all that is needed. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12:31:38 $ grin -A 8 "FRIENDLY_PREFIX" > ./plists.py: > 70 : FRIENDLY_PREFIX = { > 71 + os.path.expanduser(u'~/Library/Frameworks') : u'User', > 72 + u'/System/Library/Frameworks' : u'Apple', > 73 + u'/Library/Frameworks' : u'python.org <http://python.org> > Framework Build', > 74 + u'/opt/local' : u'DarwinPorts', > 75 + u'/usr/local' : u'Unix', > 76 + u'/sw' : u'Fink', > 77 + } > > On the numpy-list, Christopher Barker had proposed changing it to this: > > u'/Library/Frameworks' : u'python.org <http://python.org/> Framework > Build', > > > Thanks! > Chris
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