In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matthias Baas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I have a question about distributing binary package on OSX (I'm still > rather new to OSX but now that I have a Mac I'd like to provide an OSX > binary of an Open Source package of mine). > I was using the bdist_mpkg distutils extension to create a binary and > could turn that into a *.dmg. Testing this installer on my own machine > works fine. So generating the binary is no problem at all (thanks to all > who contributed to this distutils extension! Great work! I hope this > will make it into the official Python build eventually) > My question is rather about the requirements of the generated installer, > i.e. who can use it to install the package? Does the installer only work > with MacPython or will it work with any version of Python (provided that > the version number matches, of course)? Does the installer just copy the > files into a predefined directory that must be the same on all machines > or is it like the Windows installer and it figures out itself where > Python is installed and puts the files into the correct location? > I'm creating the binary on Tiger. Will the binary work on Leopard as > well or does this require a recompile? > > Is there anything else that needs to be considered to get a "true" OSX > binary package? (I made sure everything was compiled as a universal > binary, but that's about it) > > I'm grateful for any infos on how to properly create a binary package on > OSX. I'm sure others can speak with more authority, but I believe that your package will be compatible with any *framework* python (as long as the first two version fields match). It will not be compatible with non-framework pythons such as fink python (at least at one time). Thus if a user has installed a framework python (in /Library/Frameworks or /Users/<user>/Library/Frameworks) then your package will be installed in that python's site-packages directory. This is buried deep in the framework. If the user has not installed a framework python then your package will be installed in the built-in python's site-packages directory (which on 10.4 is /Library/Python/2.3; I have no idea where it is on 10.5). -- Russell _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
