Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Python development on OSX

2011-01-17 Thread skip
appears ahead of my other locations: % type -a python python is /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python python is /Users/skip/local/bin/python python is /usr/local/bin/python python is /usr/bin/python You almost certainly *don't* want it to replace /

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Loading Python on my Mac

2011-01-12 Thread skip
hers more knowledgeable about Python-on-a-Mac will correct any mistakes I've made. -- Skip Montanaro - s...@pobox.com - http://www.smontanaro.net/ ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] 2.7.1 build?

2010-11-29 Thread skip
ency in the naming, but traditionally the first micro release of a series doesn't include the ".0". -- Skip Montanaro - s...@pobox.com - http://www.smontanaro.net/ ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.pyt

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Searchable digest for this list?

2010-11-11 Thread skip
Google? Searching for: site:mail.python.org Break on __THE_PROCESS_HAS_FORKED_AND_YOU_CANNOT_USE_THIS_COREFOUNDATION_FUNCTIONALITY___YOU_MUST_EXEC__() to debug. yielded just two hits. -- Skip Montanaro - s...@pobox.com - http://www.smontanaro.net

[Pythonmac-SIG] XCode for OS X 10.5?

2010-06-25 Thread Skip Montanaro
can't find a version of XCode which works with Mac OS X 10.5. All Apple will show me on their dev site is XCode 3.2 which requires Snow Leopard. I can't build a dang thing - no make or gcc for instance. Any pointers appreciated. Thanks, Skip

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [Python-Dev] Fwd: Broken link to download (Mac OS X)

2010-04-14 Thread skip
-L suggests that the only dylib files required are libgcc_s and libSystem, both in /usr/lib. Are you missing some header files perhaps? Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig u

[Pythonmac-SIG] Test message ... please ignore

2010-02-06 Thread skip
Testing a change to the footer. You can ignore. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Whats the invalid syntax about

2009-05-31 Thread skip
gt; while i < 3: ... print some_list[i], ";" ... i = i + 1 ... 6 ; 2 ; >>> print some_list[3] 5 -- Skip Montanaro - s...@pobox.com - http://www.smontanaro.net/ America's vaunted "free press" notwithstanding, story ideas that expose the

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Official 'right way' to create a universal build of Python?

2009-04-14 Thread skip
Mark> Having done this, how do I package things up to transfer them to Mark> the iBook? What files need to be transferred? If this is a one-time thing I would use brute force and tar up the entire source directory and put it over on your g4.

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Can't convert simple Python script to bundle with py2app

2008-12-01 Thread Skip Montanaro
> You're building a 2.7? what is that? I thought Python was going from 2.6 to > 3.0. Building from Subversion trunk identifies itself as 2.7a0. There will be a number of other 2.x versions released more-or-less in parallel with 3.y vers

[Pythonmac-SIG] Building Python 2.3 on Mac OS X 10.5.5

2008-11-30 Thread skip
(most recent call last): File "/Users/skip/.python.py", line 21, in ? from save_session import mark, save, load File "/Users/skip/misc/python/save_session.py", line 21, in ? raise ImportError("session save/restore requires readline module")

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Can't convert simple Python script to bundle with py2app

2008-11-30 Thread skip
n. I configured like so: ../configure --enable-framework='/Users/skip/Applications' \ --enable-shared --prefix='/Users/skip/local' \ CPPFLAGS='-I/Users/skip/local/include -I/opt/local/include' \ LDFLAGS='-L/U

[Pythonmac-SIG] Can't convert simple Python script to bundle with py2app

2008-11-28 Thread skip
I have a trivial little script: #!/usr/bin/env python import os import sys os.execl("/Users/skip/local/bin/gnuclient", *sys.argv[1:]) which I want to convert to a .app bundle. I downloaded and installed py2app using easy_install, successfully ran py2applet to

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Python-Mac wiki?

2008-10-17 Thread skip
uple years ago: http://wiki.python.org/moin/FrontPage?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=MacPython&titlesearch=Titles Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

[Pythonmac-SIG] How to record audio from Python?

2008-09-04 Thread skip
Can I easily control audio record/playback from Python on my Mac? I know zip about audio recording or about Apple APIs via Python. Pointers to simple examples would be much appreciated. Thanks, Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] non-framework Python 2.5.2 has empty lib-dynload

2008-04-24 Thread skip
tall target. All it does beyond that is create a symlink called "python" and install the Python man page. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] non-framework Python 2.5.2 has empty lib-dynload

2008-04-24 Thread skip
You can try running make -n altinstall and looking at the end of the output. You should see something like this: for i in X ; do \ if test $i != X; then \ echo /usr/bin/install -c -m 555 $i /Users/skip/local/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/`basename $i`; \ /usr

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] locating Python.h

2008-04-04 Thread skip
ource. As you concluded, the correct one to use is the one which corresponds to the Python executable you're using. I believe distutils uses sys.exec_prefix and the version of the running Pyhon to get a base directory for the installation. From there it's just a hop, skip and jump t

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] How to print unicode to OS-X Terminal.app

2008-02-13 Thread skip
f", "latin-1") u'\xef' >>> unicode("\xef", "latin-1").encode("utf-8") '\xc3\xaf' >>> print unicode("\xef", "latin-1").encode("utf-8") ï -- Skip Montanaro - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Having trouble building Python w/ Tcl/Tk on my new Macbook Pro

2008-02-09 Thread skip
Thanks Nicholas & Kevin for the hints about /Library and discovering the PPC-ed-ness of files. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

[Pythonmac-SIG] Having trouble building Python w/ Tcl/Tk on my new Macbook Pro

2008-02-09 Thread skip
n 31 00:40 HPServicesInterface.framework drwxrwxr-x 7 root admin 238 Jan 31 00:40 HPSmartPrint.framework drwxrwxrwx 6 skip staff 204 Feb 8 2005 HaskellSupport.framework drwxr-xr-x 9 ellen wheel 306 Sep 6 2006 Mono.framework drwxrwxr-x 5 root admin 170 Aug 4 2007 PluginManager

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Pystone numbers for different Macs...

2008-01-21 Thread skip
can build and run, are on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhrystone For the history of the pystone benchmark, UTSL: http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Lib/test/pystone.py Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@pytho

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Pystone numbers for different Macs...

2008-01-20 Thread skip
Jack> So: any other speculations as to why 2.66Ghz->3.0Ghz gives only a 1% Jack> increase in pystones? Maybe compilation flags. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Pystone numbers for different Macs...

2008-01-20 Thread skip
I saw a reasonable speedup (35461 -> 37313). Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Pystone numbers for different Macs...

2008-01-20 Thread skip
oesn't enter into things here. The pystones benchmark isn't multithreaded so even if Python was free-threaded the pystones benchmark wouldn't benefit from it. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Pystone numbers for different Macs...

2008-01-20 Thread skip
; MacBook Pro 2.33Ghz/3GByte) Thanks. Is that something available on the entire line of Core 2 Duo CPUs? Is it something I can enable on my dual processor G5 or my G4 PowerBook? If so, let me know and I'll add more rows. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG

[Pythonmac-SIG] Pystone numbers for different Macs...

2008-01-19 Thread skip
thon wiki: http://wiki.python.org/moin/MacPython/MacModelPerformance If you could help by adding some rows to the table, especially for current MacBook, MacBook Pro or (in the near future, MacBook Air) models, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, -- Skip Montanaro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.webf

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] readline support for OS X Leopard

2007-10-22 Thread skip
and my readline module is linked against that: % otool -L ~/local/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/readline.so /Users/skip/local/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/readline.so: /opt/local/lib/libreadline.5.2.dylib (compatibility version 5.0.0, current version 5.2.0) /opt/local/lib/libnc

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ctypes and gestalt

2007-09-25 Thread skip
Bill> The only use for the gestalt dependency is to check the version of Bill> OS X. Bill> I'd like to replace that with ... Looks find to me. I say check it in and let people (or buildbots) complain if something

[Pythonmac-SIG] How to generate C files in Mac/Modules?

2007-08-22 Thread skip
How are all the extension modules in Mac/Modules generated? I'm trying to remove PyArg_Parse() from the Python 3 C API. They use PyArg_Parse extensively. If they were autogenerated I'd rather fix the generator instead of editing each file by hand. Tha

[Pythonmac-SIG] Can someone help me reverse engineer this installer?

2007-07-03 Thread skip
e creator is on the Mac for Python-based apps. Thx, Skip Montanaro ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython wiki "moved" to Python wiki - now it's your turn...

2007-03-30 Thread skip
Kevin> I was just looking at the new MacPython pages at the Python Kevin> wiki--it appears nothing has been done with them since Skip moved Kevin> them over. I'm thinking this is a terrific opportunity to bring Kevin> them up to date: would anyone mind if I got s

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Roundup Issue Tracker

2007-02-28 Thread skip
Samuel> Anyone on this list installed the python based roundup issue Samuel> tracker with framework python2.5? Nope... Samuel> How did you use --prefix or --install_scripts with setup.py? Something like python setup.py install --prefix=/alter/na/tive/

[Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython wiki "moved" to Python wiki - now it's your turn...

2007-02-12 Thread skip
wiki had fallen into a bit of disrepair, even if you ignore the spam problem, so a little general TLC would probably help. Skip (*) Thank goodness for Emacs and Mozex... ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Any decision about the pythonmac.org wiki?

2007-02-11 Thread skip
cript to slurp the raw pages. Can you stick in a redirect or rewrite on your web server that maps all URLs which contain "action=edit" to a static page that says the wiki is frozen or is undergoing maintenance? I'll slurp, clean and map URLs as necessary, then install the re

[Pythonmac-SIG] Any decision about the pythonmac.org wiki?

2007-02-11 Thread skip
). Would that work for you? Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

[Pythonmac-SIG] So what can we do to clean up the wiki?

2006-12-30 Thread skip
r "spam" in the text of all pages. Many of the pages that are returned should just be deleted. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Hello, and Wiki vandalism

2006-12-29 Thread skip
Uche> shows the fixed version, but when I submit, it seems to be Uche> re-submitting the spam version. Really strange. Leaves me Uche> wondering what's the status of admin on the wiki. I just set up a login. I don'

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Does anyone on the planet know how to build python-2.5 (WITH READLINE)?

2006-11-18 Thread skip
.0.0 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5026)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import readline >>> readline.__file__ '/Users/skip/local/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/rea

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Pysqlite build problem

2006-10-16 Thread skip
raries=sqlite3 Ronald> Why do you add /usr/include and /usr/lib to include_dirs and Ronald> library_dirs? I didn't add them. They were there by default. I believe I tried taking them out leaving just /usr/local/* and the results were worse. I'll go back and give it another try w

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Pysqlite build problem

2006-10-15 Thread skip
skip> I'm trying to get pysqlite 2.3.2 built on my Mac (OSX 10.4.8, skip> gcc-4.0, Python 2.4.4c1) ... skip> stdarg.h: No such file or directory/usr/include/stdarg.h:4:25: skip> error: stdarg.h: No such file or directory I updated setup.cfg to

[Pythonmac-SIG] Pysqlite build problem

2006-10-15 Thread skip
ied reinstalling XCode 2 from the install disk, but I still don't see a gcc 4.0 version of stdarg.h. /usr/bin/gcc is a symlink to /usr/bin/gcc-4.0. Software Update says my machine is up-to-date. I must be missing something, but what? Thx, Skip

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Wiki suggestions

2006-09-24 Thread skip
Perry> I'm curious if anyone on this list has either a suggestion for Perry> some Python based Wiki software or a pointer to a site that can Perry> help me in my search. MoinMoin? http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ Skip ___

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Fixing the documentation...

2006-04-19 Thread skip
d to Python development, but if you send changes directly to me I'll try and get to them within a few hours or a day. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Mac Python is DEAD

2006-04-19 Thread skip
Ronald> It is annoying that www.python.org/download/mac doesn't mention Ronald> the universal installer. It does now. It will take a few minutes for the global build process to update the website, but I checked in a minimal change to Subver

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Mac Python is DEAD

2006-04-19 Thread skip
recent changes to the site, including a completely new tool chain used to build it, details about updating various bits like NEWS have been lost by many. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Icons for universal build (was: Download page on www.python.org now updated)

2006-03-04 Thread skip
Brendan> Python Documents: http://twototango.blogs.com/PythonDocument.icns Brendan> Python Launcher: http://twototango.blogs.com/PythonLauncher.icns Brendan> Idle: http://twototango.blogs.com/Idle.icns Dumb question probably, but what reads/writes those fil

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-03-02 Thread skip
; you might have a leg to stand on, but it's just "Python". Many people younger than 30 will not understand the reference. Most people outside North America and Europe won't know what it means either. I think you just have to accept that snakes are going to be part of the package.

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-03-01 Thread skip
(potential) users and Ronald> furthermore the snake-icon isn't actually used by MacPython Ronald> (yet?). I believe Bill has svn access now, so I'll leave that to him to decide. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@pyt

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-02-27 Thread skip
http://beta.python.org/download/mac/ still look wrong to you? It's got the python-squeezing-the-apple icon for me. If that's not the case for you perhaps you just need to do a page reload or empty your browser's cache (or your proxy server's cache). Skip __

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-02-25 Thread skip
o take care of that as well, just haven't had the chance. At the moment I'm trying to get the pyramid stuff working. Tim Parkin is helping me via the net. Once I've either gotten that taken care of (or given up on it) I will update the content a

[Pythonmac-SIG] ical.py loose in the wild

2006-02-12 Thread skip
My little iCal event/todo manipulator is loose and available from my Python Bits page: http://orca.mojam.com/~skip/python/ It allows you to add or print iCal events and todos from the command line. You can also feed appropriately formatted email messages to it and turn them into todos or

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] How to fetch iCal todo description?

2006-02-12 Thread skip
It's there now... Thanks, Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] How to fetch iCal todo description?

2006-02-11 Thread skip
didn't occur to me that it would be a bug in iCal. I thought I was just doing something wrong (looking for the wrong property or going about getting that bit of information the wrong way). Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

[Pythonmac-SIG] How to fetch iCal todo description?

2006-02-11 Thread skip
DESCRIPTION:This is a note for the todo...\nAnother line. DUE;TZID=America/Chicago:20060221T00 END:VTODO ... END:VCALENDAR Any clue how I can fetch it via appscript? Thx, -- Skip Montanaro http://www.musi-cal.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] appscript introspection?

2006-02-11 Thread skip
ned> 1. appscript supplies a help method for appscript objects. has> You can also render terminology to HTML file using the htmldoc has> module. Easiest way is via HTMLDictionary Thanks for the excellent help. They are just what I need

[Pythonmac-SIG] appscript introspection?

2006-02-10 Thread skip
larm to an event? Where can I find such information? Thx, -- Skip Montanaro http://www.musi-cal.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] strange #!/usr/bin/pythonw behavior...

2006-02-10 Thread skip
>> Alas, explicitly specifying the long path didn't work either. It >> bombs on import of appscript: Robert> Try Robert> #!/usr/bin/env /usr/bin/pythonw Cool! Works like a charm. Thanks... Skip ___

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] strange #!/usr/bin/pythonw behavior...

2006-02-10 Thread skip
>>> #!/usr/bin/pythonw Bob> Sounds like you're using OS X 10.3. It shipped with pythonw as a Bob> shell script, not an executable. skip> Yes, thanks. Shoulda thought to actually look at skip> /usr/bin/pythonw... Alas, explicitly specifying

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] strange #!/usr/bin/pythonw behavior...

2006-02-10 Thread skip
>> #!/usr/bin/pythonw Bob> Sounds like you're using OS X 10.3. It shipped with pythonw as a Bob> shell script, not an executable. Yes, thanks. Shoulda thought to actually look at /usr/bin/pythonw... Skip ___ Pytho

[Pythonmac-SIG] strange #!/usr/bin/pythonw behavior...

2006-02-09 Thread skip
t;/usr/bin/pythonw ical.py ..." it works just fine. Am I missing something? Thx, -- Skip Montanaro http://www.musi-cal.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Mac Intel Python status?

2006-01-27 Thread skip
t was written by Rich Salz several years ago. Python used to work with it, but eventually started using some readline functionality which libedit doesn't provide. I don't recall what that is. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Mac Intel Python status?

2006-01-25 Thread skip
apability of readline. I suggest you just comment out the readline checks in setup.py. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Database (SQL prefered) access on MacPython

2005-12-02 Thread skip
th no problems. Another guy here at work has used Sybase on his Mac (built the Object Craft module against the FreeTDS stuff). Pick your poison. -- Skip Montanaro Katrina Benefit Concerts: http://www.musi-cal.com/katrina [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Pythonma

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] py-rdiff-backup?

2005-09-17 Thread skip
e not even got a clue what "EA" means.) -- Skip Montanaro Katrina Benefit Concerts: http://www.musi-cal.com/katrina [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

[Pythonmac-SIG] How to get traceback from PySol?

2005-07-25 Thread skip
m, or do I have to just reinstall PySol and hope it goes away? Thx, -- Skip Montanaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] what's the plural of "Emacs"?

2005-06-15 Thread Skip Montanaro
nning though, so it should be a reasonable option. There is a Carbon patch for XEmacs (contributed by the same guy) that's available as a a branch on the XEmacs CVS repository. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.p

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] On posting long urls

2005-05-19 Thread Skip Montanaro
Jack> I've got the following javascript snippet in a bookmark in Jack> Safari's bookmark bar: Jack> javascript:void(location.href='http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url='+location.href) Cool. Seems to work with Firefox as well (1.0.3 on Sola

[Pythonmac-SIG] Silly question perhaps, but how do I use py2app?

2005-05-18 Thread Skip Montanaro
st.darwin-7.9.0-Power_Macintosh/python2.4-standalone/app/lib-dynload creating build/bdist.darwin-7.9.0-Power_Macintosh/python2.4-standalone/app/Frameworks error: You must specify either app or plugin I'd appreciate some tips on how to use it. Thanks, -- Skip Montan

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Recursion limit in OS X?

2005-05-12 Thread Skip Montanaro
ofile ulimit -s 8192 Works for me at least. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

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

2005-03-03 Thread Skip Montanaro
>> Thanks. I'll have to check to see if that will work for my laptop. >> I have plenty of other stuff on my plate though, so this particular >> issue has sort of moved to the back burner... Bob> If it runs 10.2, it'll run 10.3. You'll probably notice better Bob> performance,

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

2005-03-03 Thread Skip Montanaro
for my laptop. I have plenty of other stuff on my plate though, so this particular issue has sort of moved to the back burner... Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] pythonmac Wiki has been spammed.

2005-02-08 Thread Skip Montanaro
t;namespace" so that pythonmac.org/wiki/FAQ can Bob> still url rewrite to the right place. Let me check on the python.org maintainers list and get back to you (off-list unless there are others that care about these minutiae). Skip __

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] pythonmac Wiki has been spammed.

2005-02-08 Thread Skip Montanaro
the option to move would be available. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] pythonmac Wiki has been spammed.

2005-02-08 Thread Skip Montanaro
ithout too much trouble. Take a look at how that's managed for the python.org wiki: http://www.python.org/moin/WikiSpam That also includes a link to the main wiki page for that facility. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@p

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] fink vs DarwinPorts?

2005-02-07 Thread Skip Montanaro
mwh> I think bash appeared with 10.3. Or maybe 10.2. It was clearly there in 10.2. That's my shell on my laptop. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] fink vs DarwinPorts?

2005-02-07 Thread Skip Montanaro
>> Not to mention gcc... Bob> I said "... until you install Developer Tools". Mac OS X doesn't Bob> ship stock with gcc. Sorry, I missed that. In any case, even if gcc isn't distributed by default, it's certainly used

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] fink vs DarwinPorts?

2005-02-07 Thread Skip Montanaro
mwh> I think there's a fair bit actually -- gnutar, bash, gnumake... Not to mention gcc... Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

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

2005-01-26 Thread Skip Montanaro
dy. Where would an interested person find a log of release dates? Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

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

2005-01-26 Thread Skip Montanaro
t OS in quite awhile though. I suspect it has something to do with the fact that iTunes represents a very lucrative revenue stream for Apple, while Safari doesn't. Skip ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig

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 ma

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

2005-01-25 Thread Skip Montanaro
is has happened to me in the past.) I really hate to say this, but in this respect backward compatibility in Windows seems to be much better. Am I missing something? Thx, -- Skip Montanaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mojam.com/ ___ Python

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] The versioning question...

2004-12-27 Thread Skip Montanaro
want to achieve. That's more-or-less the scheme adopted where I work. If we have two versions of a sybase module installed side-by-side, the imports might look like: import local.db.sybase.v1 as sybase or import local.db.sybase.v2 as sybase It's a bit cumbersome, but it

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] The versioning question...

2004-12-27 Thread Skip Montanaro
paradoxical world of has> software for you Oh well, maybe in Python 3000... ;) Write a PEP and put it out for review. I don't recall seeing this raised in the Python community before. I certainly don't think it's something the core developers worry about, so maybe more