William knows much more about all of this than I do. With that said, I am a significant portion of the testing on OS X, and I have never used python.org. I would say dump it if you don't explicitly need it. Also, work out getting a build system for qgis that works, then start to tinker if you have to do so.
Cheers, John On Sep 17, 2010, at 4:16 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote: > There are 2 camps on this: system and python.org, though I don't want to > start a debate about that here ;) Both are valid, though I prefer the system > version, and it's also the one most tested with Qgis as far as I know. > > If you want to uninstall python.org, deleting > /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework is a start. It probably also has added > something to your PATH in your ~/.bash_profile. And there also may be > symlinks and scripts in /usr/local/bin, and maybe some headers or symlinks in > /usr/local/include. > > On Sep 17, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Matthew Denno wrote: > >> John, I guess the only reason was that I wanted to use Idle at one time. I >> don't care anymore though. In your opinion would it be better uninstall the >> python.org version? Will that remove >> \Library\Frameworks\Python.frameworks...? >> >> I am just trying to figure out how to proceed to get this cleaned up and >> working. >> >> >>> On Sep 17, 2010 5:41 PM, "John C. Tull" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Matthew, >>> >>> Is there a specific reason to use python.org? Generally speaking, it seems >>> to prove best on OS X to avoid overriding system provided bins and libs >>> when possible. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> John >>> >>> On Sep 17, 2010, at 1:39 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote: >>> >>>> I think it will default to 32bit. >>>> >>>> O... > > ----- > William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com> > http://www.kyngchaos.com/ > > "This is a question about the past, is it? ... How can I tell that the past > isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate > physical sensations and my state of mind?" > > - The Ruler of the Universe > > _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
