Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-09-20 Thread Ronald Oussoren
On Sep 21, 2006, at 3:10 AM, Robert Love wrote: I asked the original question and I want to thank folks for contributing answers. On Sep 20, 2006, at 3:31 PM, Ronald Oussoren wrote: A major conceptual difference between MacPorts/Fink and MacPython is that the the first two are projects

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-09-20 Thread Bob Ippolito
On 9/20/06, Robert Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 20, 2006, at 8:16 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote: > > > On 9/20/06, Robert Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I asked the original question and I want to thank folks for > >> contributing answers. > >> > >> On Sep 20, 2006, at 3:31 PM, Ronald

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-09-20 Thread Robert Love
On Sep 20, 2006, at 8:16 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote: > On 9/20/06, Robert Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I asked the original question and I want to thank folks for >> contributing answers. >> >> On Sep 20, 2006, at 3:31 PM, Ronald Oussoren wrote: >> >> > >> > A major conceptual difference betwee

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-09-20 Thread Bob Ippolito
On 9/20/06, Robert Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I asked the original question and I want to thank folks for > contributing answers. > > On Sep 20, 2006, at 3:31 PM, Ronald Oussoren wrote: > > > > > A major conceptual difference between MacPorts/Fink and MacPython > > is that the the first two

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-09-20 Thread Robert Love
I asked the original question and I want to thank folks for contributing answers. On Sep 20, 2006, at 3:31 PM, Ronald Oussoren wrote: > > A major conceptual difference between MacPorts/Fink and MacPython > is that the the first two are projects to use unix software on the > mac, while MacPy

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-09-20 Thread Bob Ippolito
On 9/20/06, Russell E. Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Ronald Oussoren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > To increase the confusion: there's also an ActiveState distribution > > of Python. This is also a framework install. I have no idea why you > > would want to

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-09-20 Thread Russell E. Owen
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ronald Oussoren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To increase the confusion: there's also an ActiveState distribution > of Python. This is also a framework install. I have no idea why you > would want to use this unless you need commercial support for your > pytho

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-09-20 Thread Bob Ippolito
On 9/20/06, Christopher Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ronald Oussoren wrote: > > A major conceptual difference between MacPorts/Fink and MacPython is > > that the the first two are projects to use unix software on the mac, > > while MacPython is more focused on fitting in with the OS. > > To

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-09-20 Thread Christopher Barker
Ronald Oussoren wrote: > A major conceptual difference between MacPorts/Fink and MacPython is > that the the first two are projects to use unix software on the mac, > while MacPython is more focused on fitting in with the OS. To be clear: is it even possible to use Macports or fink python for

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-09-20 Thread Ronald Oussoren
On Sep 20, 2006, at 10:46 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote: On 9/20/06, Ronald Oussoren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The MacPorts folks have over 300 ports that are python related, I assume they actually test their ports ;-). As Bob noted MacPython is supported by the Python community, "we" also maintai

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-09-20 Thread Bob Ippolito
On 9/20/06, Ronald Oussoren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 20, 2006, at 8:25 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote: > > > On 9/20/06, Blake Winton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Bob Ippolito wrote: > >>> On 9/19/06, Robert Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like a simple explanation of what MacPyt

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-09-20 Thread Ronald Oussoren
On Sep 20, 2006, at 8:25 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote: On 9/20/06, Blake Winton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bob Ippolito wrote: On 9/19/06, Robert Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd like a simple explanation of what MacPython does for me and my existing installation. I did check the FAQ but didn'

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-09-20 Thread Bob Ippolito
On 9/20/06, Blake Winton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Ippolito wrote: > > On 9/19/06, Robert Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'd like a simple explanation of what MacPython does for me and my > >> existing installation. I did check the FAQ but didn't see any thing > >> like this. > > MacP

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-09-20 Thread Blake Winton
Bob Ippolito wrote: > On 9/19/06, Robert Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'd like a simple explanation of what MacPython does for me and my >> existing installation. I did check the FAQ but didn't see any thing >> like this. > MacPython is newer and community supported. It can be used to build