Dan Ross <d...@rosspixelworks.com> wrote: > I currently use a Framework of 2.6.2 for my Python work but I always see a > lot of posts about using Fink or MacPorts builds. > > Could anyone shed some light on why they use these rather than a Framework? > > Advantages/disadvantages?
I think the big reason is that they are an integrated system rather than separate installs and typically no way to uninstall. Easy to add/remove/upgrade stuff, without having to know how everything works. Of course, OS X isn't really designed to support either. So you take your chances with OS upgrades. I used Fink in 2003-2004, and found that it got me into lots of hard-to-diagnose trouble, due to minor inconsistencies between Fink packages, and between Fink system assumptions and OS X system assumptions. I finally gave up on it, re-installed my system to get rid of any /sw bits, and have since then always installed open source packages from source. Sometimes it takes a bit longer, but at least I can figure out what's happening. (This was a few years ago; Fink may have improved mightily since then, for all I know.) Bill _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig