[Pythonmac-SIG] Python development on OSX

2011-01-16 Thread Tony Cappellini
Hello everyone, I've been doing Python development on Windows for several years, and now I will also be trying this on OSX. After getting my Macbook Pro, I've updated the os/software, then tried updating to Python 2.7. No knowing there are so many places to get the core Python installer for OSX,

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Python development on OSX

2011-01-16 Thread Tony Cappellini
Thanks Dan Fink? Which one is that? On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Daniel O'Donovan dan.odono...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Tony, 1. Why are there so many variations of the Python installer for the Mac? I think you'll find that the biggest difference between MacPorts python (and fink

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Python development on OSX

2011-01-16 Thread Tony Cappellini
Using fink and MacPorts help integration with many linux type apps (particularly helpful for scientific programming) whilst the native, Framework builds are better for native looking Macintosh apps - and the Apple bundled python is obviously native. This is a simple summary, and there are 101

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Python development on OSX

2011-01-16 Thread Ned Deily
In article aanlktimaqylndoskyvo5fnpfui4lwd61697nauutw...@mail.gmail.com, Tony Cappellini cappy2...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Daniel O'Donovan dan.odono...@gmail.comwrote: I think you'll find that the biggest difference between MacPorts python (and fink python) and

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Python development on OSX

2011-01-16 Thread Ned Deily
In article aanlktinytr56wgpjgh1vyxbsmbxv8trvp4zjwlhyz...@mail.gmail.com, 1. Why are there so many variations of the Python installer for the Mac? (I'm not referring to 32-bit vs 64-bit architectures, although that does complicate things quite a bit). For example, there is the OSX