Op 15 april 2012 13:10 schreef Stefan Peter <[email protected]> het volgende:
> Hi Harry > > Please forgive my ignorance when it comes to packaging for apple OS, but > bundling the complete python stuff with hugin seems at least > questionable to me. > > What happens if the users already has a python interpreter installed? > Are you aware that you may have to provide (security) updates and > support for the python part as well? How many different python flavors > and versions may end up on a mac with multiple applications installed > that use python if all packagers bundle their own version? > > Shouldn't it be be possible to state something like "If you want to use > the python plugins (highly recommended, by the way), please make sure a > python package is installed. I recommend ..." in the hugin bundle? > > I'm sure you know that there are official python builds for the mac at > http://www.python.org/getit/mac/. > > > Just my 2 cents. > > Regards > > Stefan Peter > > > Thanks for your comments. Your arguments are also literally the exact reason for the bundled Hugin app as it is delivered now. For a "python enabled" Hugin, swig is needed and it needs to be compiled versus a python version. Then hugin needs to be compiled against that same python and swig version to make it work. And that might work on my system but it's not portable to other systems. Every OSX comes with it's own python version. Sometimes as ppc/i386, sometimes as ppc/i386/x86_64 and lately as i386/x86_64, and between version 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7. And that's by Apple itself. The same "Apple certified" official builds can be downloaded from python.org, like you mentioned. These versions are somewhat newer: 2.7.3 and 3.2.3. These argument are on the other hand also true for other libraries and binaries, which are compiled normally for a certain version and architecture, but in this bundle as universal "linked to each other and against each other". That's exactly why we make the bundles: to make it "stand alone portable" apps. If I build a python enabled version, it will literally include python and swig inside the bundle to make the bundle again a "portable stand alone" application like the current bundles, be it without python. If I can't make that work, we might need to search for another option. Harry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx
