As a side note to the main thread about dependencies:
How can I static link?
I"ve struggled for literally years to get gcc to statically link, but
it tries really hard to dynamically link instead. I have written way
too many scripts that move or re-name dynamic libs temporarily while
building, t
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:53 PM, Ronald Oussoren
wrote:
>> I'm using the
>> system zlib -- is that a bad idea? Should I build it too, to make sure
>> it matches the rest of it?
>>
>> (I do want the binaries to run anywhere the binary Python I'm using runs)
>
> It depends on the library.
OK -- it
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Matthias Baas wrote:
> From a user's point of view, I find that Windows installers as generated
> by bdist_wininst still provide the nicest user experience with OSX
> packages being a close second.
second? Aren't they essentially the same experience? But anyway..
On 22.05.13 18:30, Chris Barker - NOAA Federal wrote:
> Users also fall into two categories:
>
> 1) Folks that do Python development on OS-X much like Linux, etc --
> these folks are likely to use macports or homebrew, or are used to the
> .configure, make, make install dance. We don't need to do
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:49 PM, DavidWorrall wrote:
> I've been developing in Python on Mac's since b4 OSX and I have to give a
> workshop on the other side of the world in a (networked) non-OSX university
> lab (Windows, I think).
>
> Now I know dependencies are one of python's strengths,
no,
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:45 AM, Samuel John wrote:
> I am from the homebrew team and passionate python lover. I can almost feel
> your pain :-)
Thanks for joining the discussion -- really great to have a
homebrew-familiar person to discuss with.
However, and please to correct me if I'm wrong,
Hi,
I am from the homebrew team and passionate python lover. I can almost feel
your pain :-)
Some things install nice with pip, but others don't. That is why I started
to maintain a separate "tap" for additional homebrew python formulae like
pillow, numpy, scipy, matplotlib, pygame ... (one can
