I support your decision not to fully support Apple's python, and Mac Ports uses internal distros of all supported software. (in other words. if pyhton 2.5 is a dependency, you will wind up with MacPorts' version of python at /opt/local/bin/ and it's up to you to decide which one to use.
On Dec 20, 2007 5:35 AM, Ronald Oussoren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 19 Dec, 2007, at 23:21, Christopher Barker wrote: > > > Nehemiah Dacres wrote: > >> so we're still not supporting Apple's shipped python? > > That depends on what you mean by "support" ;-) > > >> > > > > Well, Apple does what Apples does. Every single version of python that > > they have shipped as had at least one bug (or misfeature), and they > > have > > never provided an update within an OS-X version. (For example, if > > nothing else, the Apple python with Leopard doesn't build Universal > > Binaries when you use setup.py) > > That's easily fixable. I'm thinking about reviving Jack's MacPython > addons idea: a small .mpkg that will install IDLE.app, a 64-bit > command-line interpreter and some small fixes (such as the distutiles > one). That should make Leopard's builtin python a lot more useable > without requireing people to basicly install the same version of > python that is already on their system. > > My only problem in this regard is a complete lack of time to do this > in :-(. > > Ronald > -- "lalalalala! it's not broken because I can use it" http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=194281&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=15927703
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