On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Russell E. Owen <ro...@uw.edu> wrote: > I'll be interested to learn how you make binary installers for python > 3.x because the standard version of bdist_mpkg will not do it. I have > heard of two other projects (forks or variants of bdist_mpkg) that will, > but I have no idea of either is supported.
Ideally -- we go to binary wheels -- but don't know if the world is ready for that. > I have been able to building packages on 10.8 using > MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.6 that will run on 10.6, so it will probably > work. However I have run into several odd problems over the years > building a binary installer on a newer system only to find it won't work > on older systems for various reasons. Thus my personal recommendation is > that you build on 10.6 if you want an installer that reliably works for > 10.6 and later. That is the easiest and most robust, for sure. And you can also keep that system "clean" -- i.e. no libfreetypes around to acidentally link to... -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 _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion