Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ActiveState's OS X Python

2005-06-17 Thread Trent Mick
[Bob Ippolito wrote] > Well, there is the license: > > "You may make and give away verbatim copies of this Package for > personal use, or for use within your organization, provided that you > duplicate all of the original copyright notices and associated > disclaimers. You may not distribut

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ActiveState's OS X Python

2005-06-08 Thread Nick Matsakis
>> What do you think if Apple's (somewhat schizo, mind you) usage of >> /Library/Python/X.Y/[site-packages/] ? This would solve that issue. > and probably cause others.. I'd rather leave that location to Apple. > If it turns out that it's really a good idea to put something there, > then we can c

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ActiveState's OS X Python

2005-06-08 Thread Trent Mick
> >>One tool that would be nice is something that will migrate site- > >>packages from one to the other when you're switching. > >> > > > >What do you think if Apple's (somewhat schizo, mind you) usage of > >/Library/Python/X.Y/[site-packages/] > >? This would solve that issue. > > and probabl

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ActiveState's OS X Python

2005-06-08 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jun 8, 2005, at 12:30 AM, Trent Mick wrote: > [Bob Ippolito wrote] > >> One tool that would be nice is something that will migrate site- >> packages from one to the other when you're switching. >> > > What do you think if Apple's (somewhat schizo, mind you) usage of > /Library/Python/X.Y/[s

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ActiveState's OS X Python

2005-06-08 Thread Trent Mick
[Bob Ippolito wrote] > One tool that would be nice is something that will migrate site- > packages from one to the other when you're switching. What do you think if Apple's (somewhat schizo, mind you) usage of /Library/Python/X.Y/[site-packages/] ? This would solve that issue. Trent -- Tre

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ActiveState's OS X Python

2005-06-07 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jun 7, 2005, at 5:25 PM, Trent Mick wrote: > [Larry Meyn wrote] > >> Sorry for the wording, a failed attempt at humor. >> > > No worries. Just making sure that ActivePython wasn't doing anything > stupid. My successful attempt at paranoia. :) Well, there is the license: "You may make and giv

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ActiveState's OS X Python

2005-06-07 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jun 7, 2005, at 5:23 PM, Trent Mick wrote: > [Bob Ippolito wrote] > >> It'd probably be better off just moving it to /Library/Frameworks/ >> Backup/Python.framework or something, for at least these reasons: >> >> If a developer is going to naively embed ActivePython in their >> application, th

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ActiveState's OS X Python

2005-06-07 Thread Trent Mick
[Larry Meyn wrote] > Sorry for the wording, a failed attempt at humor. No worries. Just making sure that ActivePython wasn't doing anything stupid. My successful attempt at paranoia. :) Cheers, Trent -- Trent Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Pythonmac-SIG m

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ActiveState's OS X Python

2005-06-07 Thread Trent Mick
[Bob Ippolito wrote] > It'd probably be better off just moving it to /Library/Frameworks/ > Backup/Python.framework or something, for at least these reasons: > > If a developer is going to naively embed ActivePython in their > application, they'll probably just add a copy files phase to their

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ActiveState's OS X Python

2005-06-07 Thread Trent Mick
[andrea valle wrote] > Let's suppose I install ActivePython. > How do I install other modules? for example NumPy or PIL. > Is there a particular mechanism doing the dirty job (a job in which I > tipically don't succeed without package manager...)? The standard way for 3rd-party modules to do this

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ActiveState's OS X Python

2005-06-07 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jun 7, 2005, at 1:30 PM, Trent Mick wrote: >> On Jun 7, 2005, at 8:29 AM, Larry Meyn wrote: >> >>> There's a new kid in town and he doesn't play nice with MacPython >>> (but >>> he does ask first before kicking MacPython aside:) >>> >>> Any thoughts on how this affects the Python development

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ActiveState's OS X Python

2005-06-07 Thread andrea valle
Hi and thanks for the porting. I'm sorry if I'm asking obvious things but I'm just a sort of programmer. Let's suppose I install ActivePython. How do I install other modules? for example NumPy or PIL. Is there a particular mechanism doing the dirty job (a job in which I tipically don't succeed wi

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ActiveState's OS X Python

2005-06-07 Thread Larry Meyn
Trent, Sorry for the wording, a failed attempt at humor. I just glanced at the announcement and noticed that your installer will move macpython aside, but failed to notice that it adds some symlinks to still access macpython and there is a mechanism to put it back. It's just that having two

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ActiveState's OS X Python

2005-06-07 Thread Trent Mick
> On Jun 7, 2005, at 8:29 AM, Larry Meyn wrote: > > There's a new kid in town and he doesn't play nice with MacPython (but > > he does ask first before kicking MacPython aside:) > > > > Any thoughts on how this affects the Python development ecosystem for > > OS X? (.. and right on the heels of the

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ActiveState's OS X Python

2005-06-07 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jun 7, 2005, at 8:29 AM, Larry Meyn wrote: > There's a new kid in town and he doesn't play nice with MacPython (but > he does ask first before kicking MacPython aside:) > > Any thoughts on how this affects the Python development ecosystem for > OS X? (.. and right on the heels of the Intel ann

[Pythonmac-SIG] ActiveState's OS X Python

2005-06-07 Thread Larry Meyn
There's a new kid in town and he doesn't play nice with MacPython (but he does ask first before kicking MacPython aside:) Any thoughts on how this affects the Python development ecosystem for OS X? (.. and right on the heels of the Intel announcements.) http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/A