> Could a Mac ever ship with an > > acceptable pre-installed Python? If not, perhaps the solution for > > Apple is to move /usr/bin/python to some other spot, like > > /usr/libexec/, or some such place. > > The issue of not being able to produce redistributable applications > still exists, and also backwards compatibility with previous versions > of Mac OS X.
So you're saying that the pre-installed version could never be really acceptable. In that case, perhaps we only need convince Apple to move /usr/bin/python to some more system-y place that wouldn't usually be on users' paths. We then in the MacPython world take the position that Python isn't really pre-installed on Macs, and the place for a person to start would be to download the installer and run it. Perhaps then in addition the installer could symlink /usr/local/bin/pythonw to /usr/bin/python, thereby solving the PATH issue. Bill _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
