On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:49 PM, DavidWorrall <v...@avatar.com.au> wrote:
> I've been developing in Python on Mac's since b4 OSX and I have to give a > workshop on the other side of the world in a (networked) non-OSX university > lab (Windows, I think). > > Now I know dependencies are one of python's strengths, no, it's not! I think dependencies are still kind of a nightmare with Python. pip and pypi do a pretty good job with pure-python packages, and an OK job with compiled-with-no-other-dependencies packages, but packages that have other dependencies are a pain - python provides no support whatsoever for that. > it got me to wondering if there are some angels out there > who support a downloadable collection of useful tools for various versions > that python on OSX, Linux and Windows OSs that members of this group would > recommend. Christoph Golke is one such angel for Windows, and Pyton(x,y) and PyWin (or something like that) are other all-in-0ne free distributions for Windows. Nothing that I know of (free and open) for the Mac -- hence my note -- maybe you'd like to help build one? > 2.7.x seems the most viable Python. My orientation is scientific with an > added emphasis on sound. > > I've looked at Enthought's offerings, for example. They seem pretty slick, > but don't know what corporate "dependencies" I might be inadvertently > "buying" into in adopting their builds. Enthought or Anaconda are the two commercial offerings I know of. And they are pretty good options, actually. I don't know the downsides. For y part, I dn't use them, but maybe I should. A few years back I tried Enthought when I needed to get some Windows boxes up and running quickly. IN that case, I found that EPD installs and is configured for MinGW, rather than the MS compiler -- and, it turns out, didn't work for compiling some custom extensions I needed. Honestly, when it barfed on me, I dropped it and moved on, without hardly any debugging time -- so it may have been a trivail fix. So the only issue I know if is that EPD used MinGW, rather than the MS compiler -- don't know if that's a problem, though. I suspect Anaconda os the same. > Any thoughts/recommendations- or suggestions of a more appropriate forum to > ask this - would be much appreciated. with your science focus, you may try the scipy list, or the scientific python LinedIn discussion group. But for Mac-focuses questions, this is a good one. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG
