Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Python development on OSX

2011-01-17 Thread skip
Tony> I do want 2.7 because it's a requirement at work. I want to have Tony> the same versions & packages to avoid compatibility issues. Tony> I can put Python2.7 in a different directory and leave 2.6 there Tony> but I want the 2.7 installation to be the default one. Default fo

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Python 3.2rc1 available: new 10.6 IDLE and tkinter options

2011-01-17 Thread Stephen Gava
On 18/01/11 8:35 AM, Aahz wrote: On Mon, Jan 17, 2011, Ned Deily wrote: The first release candidate of Python 3.2 is now available. As with Python 2.7.1, two variants of Mac OS X installers are available for this release: the traditional 32-bit-only installer that works on all machines supp

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Python development on OSX

2011-01-17 Thread Tony Cappellini
I do want 2.7 because it's a requirement at work. I want to have the same versions & packages to avoid compatibility issues. I can put Python2.7 in a different directory and leave 2.6 there but I want the 2.7 installation to be the default one. On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Bill Janssen wrote

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Python 3.2rc1 available: new 10.6 IDLE and tkinter options

2011-01-17 Thread Aahz
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011, Ned Deily wrote: > > The first release candidate of Python 3.2 is now available. As with > Python 2.7.1, two variants of Mac OS X installers are available for this > release: the traditional 32-bit-only installer that works on all > machines supported by Mac OS X 10.3.9 t

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Python development on OSX

2011-01-17 Thread Bill Janssen
Tony Cappellini wrote: > And- I want to update the default python that came om my macbook pro to 2.7. > Should I do install that from Python.org? My advice? I've never had good luck trying to "update" the default Python that comes with the Mac. I'd recommend just leaving it alone and using it,

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Python development on OSX

2011-01-17 Thread Daniel O'Donovan
> And- I want to update the default python that came om my macbook pro to 2.7. > Should I do install that from Python.org? I personally think that this would be the simplest solution - but other distributions do have their virtues and proponents. For example, Enthought takes the pain out of mai

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Python development on OSX

2011-01-17 Thread Daniel O'Donovan
Hi Tony, >1. Why are there so many "variations" of the Python installer for the Mac? I think you'll find that the biggest difference between MacPorts python (and fink python) and most other builds (python.org for example), is that MacPorts uses X11 rather than Aqua (Apple's native window

[Pythonmac-SIG] Python 3.2rc1 available: new 10.6 IDLE and tkinter options

2011-01-17 Thread Ned Deily
The first release candidate of Python 3.2 is now available. As with Python 2.7.1, two variants of Mac OS X installers are available for this release: the traditional 32-bit-only installer that works on all machines supported by Mac OS X 10.3.9 through current 10.6.x ; and a new 64-bit/32-bit