On 12/14/10 11:25 PM, Ludwig Schwardt wrote: > - The only GUI backends worth building on Mac OS X are TkAgg and the > native macosx one, in my humble opinion.
wx works just fine on OS-X, though I'm pretty sure it's no longer a build-time dependency (no compiled code) > - I have been successfully using the Apple "system" Python since Mac > OS 10.5 to run numpy/scipy/matplotlib/ipython and never encountered > any major build or usage problems. I agree that Mac OS 10.4 and > earlier needed a Python reinstallation, but do not see why it is > currently still a strong requirement. I'm not sure how strong, and I don't know about numpy issues, but there are some other key issues: 1) not a native readline 2) Apple has NEVER updated any of their Python installs 3) You can't re-distribute it (py2app) 4) I thought there was a TK issue, but I'm not a TK user. 5) It'll only work on a given OS-X version (i.e. you can't distribute a binary that will work on multiple versions of OS-X -- at least not older ones) Anyway, for years, the MacPython community has tried to establish a standard for the binaries that people build -- Python on the Mac is something of a nightmare, what with Apple's Python, python.org's build, fink, macports, etc.... The ONLY reasonable versions to build binaries for are the python.org builds, unless you want to build a LOT of different binaries. Note that Robin Dunn has managed to build wxPython binaries that work on both python.org and Apple pythons -- neat trick, that -- but not many people seem to want to do that kludge. > As improved documentation I can contribute (yet another :-)) tutorial > for building and installing matplotlib and friends on a clean Mac OS > 10.6 system, with a minimum of downloaded packages and using the > standard system stuff as far as possible. That would still be nice -- I'm still not sure if you can count on X11 being installed, though -- do you know? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
