On Jun 30, 2009, at 7:13 PM, DavidW wrote:
On http://www.python.org/download/mac/ we read
Python comes pre-installed on Mac OS X, but due to Apple's release
cycle, it's often one or even two years old. The overwhelming
recommendation of the "MacPython" community is to upgrade your
Python by downloading and installing a newer version from the
Python standard release page.
If you are using Mac OS X 10.5, see the Leopard wiki page for
detailed information.
The Leopard wiki page (http://wiki.python.org/moin/MacPython/
Leopard) says
Python releases have progressed far enough that it may be worth
installing the current MacPythondistribution, however there may be
conflicts between MacPython installations and Mac OS X development
tools, such as problems building PyObjC applications in Xcode. Mac
OS X 10.5.x (Leopard) comes with the 2.5.1 Python distribution pre-
installed, with an integrated Python Launcher.app. At the time of
Leopard's launch, the official release version of Python was also
2.5.1. So some users may wish to avoid installing the pythonmac.org
distribution and use the built-in python.
(EditText (last edited 2009-04-28)
Is this still current? Have the issues been resolved to the point of
being able to unconditionally recommend say v2.5 or 2.5 on OX10.5?
I remember that Google App Engine had troubles with default python on
osx. Also there was probably a reason for python versions 2.5.2, 2.5.3
and 2.5.4 be released (and you could look on the changelog). I would
say that if none of the bugs that were fixed on python 2.5.1 onward
affect you, you have no need to upgrade.
Maybe someone has a better answer than mine...
What I don't understand is why apple doesn't update the python package
on new minor releases... they do ship some new libraries why not python?
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Leonardo Santagada
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