In article <b26ba0b9-804d-402e-8af5-c9d9fa94a...@mac.com>, Ronald Oussoren <ronaldousso...@mac.com> wrote:
> On 21 Jul, 2011, at 2:27, Ned Deily wrote: > > > In article <c3f76eda-e6cd-4f97-8abf-a770f5a4c...@rosspixelworks.com>, > > Dan Ross <d...@rosspixelworks.com> wrote: > > > >> Installing python.org's framework should work shouldn't it? > > > > The 64-bit/32-bin python.org installers (current releases are 3.2.1 and > > 2.7.2) *should* work on 10.7 Lion. I'm not so sure about the > > traditional 32-bit-only ones (the 10.3+ ones). As with 10.6, I expect > > you will need to install ActiveState Tcl/Tk 8.5 if you want to use > > Tkinter or IDLE as there have been some recent fixes for Cocoa Tk. I > > just have completed downloading the official 10.7 release and should > > have some preliminary results posted by tomorrow. > > Both should work, but only the 64-bit/32-bit installer is truly useful: the > xcode version for Lion is from the 4.x series and that no longer supports > building PPC extensions, hence the Python installed by the 32-bit installer > cannot build new extensions. Ouch. I've been using the 32-bit (10.3) versions so I can build apps that run on MacOS X 10.5 and later (10.4 as well, but I have no requirement for that). It sounds like the only ways to do that now are: - Compile Python from source, plus all packages I use (numpy, matplotlib, PIL...) - Use the 32-bit version of Python and never, ever build an extension on 10.7. - Try to use an older XCode on 10.7. I doubt that would work properly, if at all. - Stay with 10.6 or at least keep it around for building apps to distribute. I suspect it'll be at least 6 months and probably closer to a year before I can abandon 10.5 users. It'd be nice to have a python.org python that at least supported 10.5-10.7 (the 64 bit version required 10.6 and later, I believe due to limitations in Apple's Tck/Tk). It sounds as if it would ditch PPC support and either be 32-bit or else require a 3rd party Tck/Tk such as ActiveState's offering. -- Russell _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG
