In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kevin Walzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Russell E. Owen wrote: > > I'd love to upgrade to Leopard, but I maintain a python application that > > needs to run on 10.4 (and preferably 10.3.9). > > > > So...is it now practical to build 10.4-compatible applications using > > py2app on a 10.5 computer? What is involved? (For instance I remember > > reading that the built-in python needed some fixes for distutils to be > > able to make fat binaries, but I have no idea what the fixes are or how > > to install them). > > > > Does it help (or hurt?) if I use a 3rd party installation of Python, > > instead of the built in python? > > > > -- Russell > > > > As long as all the binary bits in your app bundle are compatible with > 10.4, then you should be fine. > > I develop and build Phynchronicity > (http://www.codebykevin.com/phynchronicity.html) on 10.5, and it runs > with no problem on 10.4. I build everything using the > "-mmacosx-version-min=10.4." This is using a custom build of Python > 2.5.1 that links to Tk 8.5, my own build of Tk 8.5, and various Tk > extensions. > > I can't speak for 10.3.9. Thank you very much. So if I understand this right...as long as I install a python that was built with the -mmacosx-version-min=10.4 flag then distutils will automatically build python packages using the same flag. (Of course I can also install 10.4-compatible package binaries, but I'm hoping to upgrade to Tcl/Tk 8.5 and I doubt I'll find binaries for that.) If so...does it suffice to use the Mac Python binaries that were built to be compatible with 10.4 or must I compile my own python and explicitly add use that flag? -- Russell _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
