Re: Python versions, portgroups, and portfiles

2010-11-30 Thread Konrad Hinsen
On 29 Nov 2010, at 22:16, Marshall Perrin wrote: Since 2.7 is going to be a long-term stable version of python (see http://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/2.7.html) it seems like we would want to get really solid support for it into macports. This is useful for me personally, so I'd like to

Python versions, portgroups, and portfiles

2010-11-29 Thread Marshall Perrin
Hi all, I've recently switched to using Python 2.7 as my primary python version, using Macports to install it. I've found however that Macports' system for handling python versions is a bit cumbersome, since there are separate py26-* and py27-* packages, and despite the fact that 2.7

Re: Python versions, portgroups, and portfiles

2010-11-29 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Nov 29, 2010, at 15:16, Marshall Perrin wrote: I've recently switched to using Python 2.7 as my primary python version, using Macports to install it. I've found however that Macports' system for handling python versions is a bit cumbersome, since there are separate py26-* and py27

Re: Python versions, portgroups, and portfiles

2010-11-29 Thread Marshall Perrin
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:10 Ryan Schmidt ryandes...@macports.org wrote: So the easiest way for us to accept Python 2.7 versions of existing Python 2.6 ports is to receive a diff from the Python 2.6 portfile, and the diff should of course include the minimum changes needed to accomplish the

Re: Port commit questions regarding python versions and philosophy for splitting ports

2010-10-30 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Oct 29, 2010, at 10:19, Michelle Gill wrote: On Oct 29, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: You can always contribute new ports and patches using MacPorts Trac :) http://trac.macports.org/newticket I am aware of the trac system. Based on the MacPorts Guide, I thought that

Re: Port commit questions regarding python versions and philosophy for splitting ports

2010-10-29 Thread Michelle Gill
? I only have python 2.6 on my system right now. Would I need to install python 2.5 (and 2.7, etc.) so I can build a port for multiple versions of python? Is support for other python versions handled in a way that doesn't involve the submission of packages for each python version? You don't

Re: Port commit questions regarding python versions and philosophy for splitting ports

2010-10-29 Thread Bradley Giesbrecht
maintained), does one have to build to support all versions? I only have python 2.6 on my system right now. Would I need to install python 2.5 (and 2.7, etc.) so I can build a port for multiple versions of python? Is support for other python versions handled in a way that doesn't involve

Re: Port commit questions regarding python versions and philosophy for splitting ports

2010-10-29 Thread Michelle Gill
Hi Bradley, On Oct 29, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: You can always contribute new ports and patches using MacPorts Trac :) http://trac.macports.org/newticket I am aware of the trac system. Based on the MacPorts Guide, I thought that commit rights were required for new

Port commit questions regarding python versions and philosophy for splitting ports

2010-10-28 Thread Michelle Gill
there are multiple versions maintained), does one have to build to support all versions? I only have python 2.6 on my system right now. Would I need to install python 2.5 (and 2.7, etc.) so I can build a port for multiple versions of python? Is support for other python versions handled in a way

Re: Port commit questions regarding python versions and philosophy for splitting ports

2010-10-28 Thread Daniel J. Luke
.) so I can build a port for multiple versions of python? Is support for other python versions handled in a way that doesn't involve the submission of packages for each python version? You don't have to build Portfiles for each version in the sense that you're volunteering and so whatever you

Re: Python Versions

2007-11-10 Thread Weissmann Markus
On 09.11.2007, at 23:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Awesome, thanks for the info. I'll take a look at some 2.4 ports and see about modifying them to work with python 2.5. Often it is sufficient to change the line PortGroup python24 1.0 to PortGroup python25 1.0 of course IF the module

Re: Python Versions

2007-11-09 Thread William Davis
On Nov 9, 2007, at 2:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've been using MacPorts to install python modules, but I'm finding that a lot of packages seem to depend on python 2.4 rather than 2.5. Is MacPorts generally still using python 2.4 as the default python version? Is there a way

Re: Python Versions

2007-11-09 Thread Lefteris Tsintjelis
William Davis wrote: Or even get your feet wet, and try making a port yourself. I know the developers on this list would be glad to help you do that :) Is there any general port add howto for this? Regards, Lefteris ___ macports-users mailing

Re: Python Versions

2007-11-09 Thread Daniel J. Luke
On Nov 9, 2007, at 3:45 PM, Lefteris Tsintjelis wrote: William Davis wrote: Or even get your feet wet, and try making a port yourself. I know the developers on this list would be glad to help you do that :) Is there any general port add howto for this?

Re: Python Versions

2007-11-09 Thread bensonk
Awesome, thanks for the info. I'll take a look at some 2.4 ports and see about modifying them to work with python 2.5. Benson On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 03:53:00PM -0500, Daniel J. Luke wrote: On Nov 9, 2007, at 3:45 PM, Lefteris Tsintjelis wrote: William Davis wrote: Or even get your feet