Folks, I know you hear about these version issues all the time (I have done a bit of searching of the archives ;-), but I think this might be the first case I'm aware of where someone is trying to backport Python 2.3 to Mac OS X 10.5, as opposed to trying to get a newer version of Python running on an older machine.
My problem is that I'm trying to run the Access Grid software for doing video conferencing (see <http://www.accessgrid.org/>), and the latest version of AG is built on top of Python 2.3. Of course, Apple ships Python 2.5 with Mac OS X 10.5, so AG won't run on my machine (see <http://bugzilla.mcs.anl.gov/accessgrid/show_bug.cgi?id=1731>). There is an alpha release of an Intel-only version of AG for Mac OS X 10.5 which has been built with Python 2.5, but that doesn't help me since I'm running on a PowerMac G5 (PPC). So, while they work on their issues of trying to get their code brought up-to-date to work with Python 2.5, I figured I'd go the other route and see if I can get Python 2.3 installed on my machine (with wxPython 2.6 and Tcl/Tk Aqua 8.4.9, see <http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/software/releases/3.1/macosx.html>). I checked around, and there doesn't seem to be much in the FAQ at <http://wiki.python.org/moin/MacPython/FAQ>, and I'm at a loss to be able to find any other resources that talk about this subject. I'm a little loathe to just grab the latest source version of Python 2.3 (2.3.7, according to <http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.3.7/>), without at least a little encouragement that this should work, typical stumbling blocks to look for, etc.... And yes, this does have to be installed in a place that won't interfere with the system-supplied Python 2.5, and once Python 2.3 is installed then I need to go figure out how to install AG with a non-standard location for the Python installation. But first things first, and that means getting Python 2.3 installed on this machine in a non-competing/non-destructive location. Does anyone have advice, URLs, or other suggestions that may be helpful? Thanks! -- Brad Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu> _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
