Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [OT] To upgrade Mac OSX or not?

2005-01-25 Thread Brian Lenihan
On Jan 25, 2005, at 7:53 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote: This is probably a bit off-topic for this list, but is the only Mac-specific mailing list I subscribe to, and Mac OSX versioning seems to affect MacPython and many apps built with it. I was prompted to write after seeing Brian Lenihan's post abo

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [OT] To upgrade Mac OSX or not?

2005-01-25 Thread Chris Barker
- Original Message - From: Skip Montanaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This is probably a bit off-topic for this list, That's OK. This list is the only one I'm on where folks that seem to really understand OS-X reside as well. > It seems that Apple's upgrade policy almost forces me to buy new

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Python+Automator?

2005-01-25 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jan 25, 2005, at 18:28, Bob Savage wrote: On Jan 24, 2005, at 7:04 PM, has wrote: The idea here is to develop Automator actions so that _end users_ can automate with complete ease and simplicity, not to make the writing of actions simple. False dichotomy. While I absolutely agree with the first

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Python+Automator?

2005-01-25 Thread Bob Savage
On Jan 24, 2005, at 7:04 PM, has wrote: The idea here is to develop Automator actions so that _end users_ can automate with complete ease and simplicity, not to make the writing of actions simple. False dichotomy. While I absolutely agree with the first, I see absolutely no reason why writing acti

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [OT] To upgrade Mac OSX or not?

2005-01-25 Thread Paul Berkowitz
On 1/25/05 8:13 AM, "Skip Montanaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Am I missing something? > > Charles> Umm . . . Software Update? > > Software Update won't take me from 10.2 to 10.3. I'm as Software Updated as > I can be on my laptop, but it's still 10.2. You made it sound as if this

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [OT] To upgrade Mac OSX or not?

2005-01-25 Thread Skip Montanaro
>> Am I missing something? Charles> Umm . . . Software Update? Software Update won't take me from 10.2 to 10.3. I'm as Software Updated as I can be on my laptop, but it's still 10.2. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.or

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [OT] To upgrade Mac OSX or not?

2005-01-25 Thread Nicholas Riley
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 09:53:38AM -0600, Skip Montanaro wrote: > Here's the rub. Apple seems to rather quickly drop support for what appear > (numerically) to be minor releases. 10.1 is long gone. I have 10.3 on my > G5 and 10.2 on my laptop. I'm loathe to buy 10.3 at this point for my > lapto

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [OT] To upgrade Mac OSX or not?

2005-01-25 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jan 25, 2005, at 10:53, Skip Montanaro wrote: This is probably a bit off-topic for this list, but is the only Mac-specific mailing list I subscribe to, and Mac OSX versioning seems to affect MacPython and many apps built with it. I was prompted to write after seeing Brian Lenihan's post about

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [OT] To upgrade Mac OSX or not?

2005-01-25 Thread Charles Hartman
On Jan 25, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote: It seems that Apple's upgrade policy almost forces me to buy new versions as soon as they are released. If I snooze when new releases come out I quickly get left in the dust and wind up either skipping a version or upgrading right before the ne

[Pythonmac-SIG] [OT] To upgrade Mac OSX or not?

2005-01-25 Thread Skip Montanaro
This is probably a bit off-topic for this list, but is the only Mac-specific mailing list I subscribe to, and Mac OSX versioning seems to affect MacPython and many apps built with it. I was prompted to write after seeing Brian Lenihan's post about PySol for Mac OSX. Visiting the page I saw "10.3