> Mac users definitely *do* expect installers. Building Python requires, I > believe, the XCode development tools to be installed. Even then, > building a full version of Python - with *all* the C extensions that are > part of a Python release - is not a trivial task.
The same is true for any other operating system, though: you need to install the compiler tool chain (sometimes, you need to buy it first), and compiling Python with all extensions is not a trivial task. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
