On Feb 9, 2006, at 2:49 PM, I. Vinogradov wrote: > On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:33:17 -0800 > Bob Ippolito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> >> It's the job of Fink or DarwinPorts to sustain their Python >> communities. There are already too many choices, I'd really like to >> avoid even more confusion. > > Perhaps this could be mentioned on the Bill's page to the effect that > it's discouraged to use those sources.
I wouldn't explicitly discourage it.. I would rather have the page state that it's focus is to recommend and support users of a particular framework distribution of Python, and that the information may not apply to other sources of Python such as from Fink or DarwinPorts. >> The way that Python is used in such an environment is closer to how >> it is used on a Linux or BSD distribution, given that it has managed >> packages and is only usable from a shell. > <snip> > > They are convinient in a sense that they provide one source for all > the > extensions for mac. IIRC both are mentioned on SciPy installation > instructions. Nevermind that on Tiger SciPy install is a whole ugly > can > of worms. > > Cutting down on number of standards is a good thing in this case. The extension problem (on win32 and Mac OS X anyway) is going to be fixed by setuptools sooner than later... it just needs some more time. -bob _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
