Comments on: Python and Universal Binaries on Mac OS X http://bob.pythonmac.org/archives/2006/04/10/python-and-universal-binaries-on-mac-os-x/ Bob's Rants Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:22:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ronald Oussoren http://bob.pythonmac.org/archives/2006/04/10/python-and-universal-binaries-on-mac-os-x/#comment-3916 Ronald Oussoren Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:23:59 +0000 http://bob.pythonmac.org/?p=198#comment-3916 Actually the latest version of the universal build of python is 2.5 and can be downloaded from the python.org website. As it is just released there are little or no binary packages for 3th-party software available. There are also some compatibility issues with some 3th-party software due to the changes from 2.4 to 2.5, Pyrex is one if the affected packages. BTW. 2.5 is also the one with the best looking IDLE for OSX and has bindings to .py files, which means you can double-click on .py files to open them in IDLE (although you might have to change your launcher preferences for that, for some reason PythonLauncher stays the prefered "editor" for .py files. Actually the latest version of the universal build of python is 2.5 and can be downloaded from the python.org website. As it is just released there are little or no binary packages for 3th-party software available. There are also some compatibility issues with some 3th-party software due to the changes from 2.4 to 2.5, Pyrex is one if the affected packages.

BTW. 2.5 is also the one with the best looking IDLE for OSX and has bindings to .py files, which means you can double-click on .py files to open them in IDLE (although you might have to change your launcher preferences for that, for some reason PythonLauncher stays the prefered “editor” for .py files.

]]> By: Tony http://bob.pythonmac.org/archives/2006/04/10/python-and-universal-binaries-on-mac-os-x/#comment-3016 Tony Mon, 01 May 2006 07:37:05 +0000 http://bob.pythonmac.org/?p=198#comment-3016 Many thanks for this Bob, I expect to pick up my MacBookPro tomorrow and universal MacPython is going to be one of the first things I install. Cheers, Tone Many thanks for this Bob, I expect to pick up my MacBookPro tomorrow and universal MacPython is going to be one of the first things I install.

Cheers,
Tone

]]> By: bob http://bob.pythonmac.org/archives/2006/04/10/python-and-universal-binaries-on-mac-os-x/#comment-2859 bob Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:11:29 +0000 http://bob.pythonmac.org/?p=198#comment-2859 How am I supposed to know? I wouldn't be able to answer that question even if I did. Surely we'll all know in a few months, after WWDC. Personally I don't give a damn what Python Apple ships because I'm always going to need to install another. Vendor shipped software is never usable for creating self-contained redistributable applications anyway. Apple does not guarantee backwards compatibility outside of their own libraries. Depending on the vendor Python is a sure-fire way to get a load of user complaints whenever Apple happens to change minor versions of Python across a Mac OS X release. I highly doubt we'll see Python 2.5 in Leopard given the release schedule of Python and my best guess for Leopard. I'd recommend that they just derive something from our universal fork of 2.4.3. PyObjC would be convenient to have around though, file a radar if you want to see it make Leopard. How am I supposed to know? I wouldn’t be able to answer that question even if I did. Surely we’ll all know in a few months, after WWDC.

Personally I don’t give a damn what Python Apple ships because I’m always going to need to install another. Vendor shipped software is never usable for creating self-contained redistributable applications anyway. Apple does not guarantee backwards compatibility outside of their own libraries. Depending on the vendor Python is a sure-fire way to get a load of user complaints whenever Apple happens to change minor versions of Python across a Mac OS X release.

I highly doubt we’ll see Python 2.5 in Leopard given the release schedule of Python and my best guess for Leopard. I’d recommend that they just derive something from our universal fork of 2.4.3. PyObjC would be convenient to have around though, file a radar if you want to see it make Leopard.

]]> By: Jacob http://bob.pythonmac.org/archives/2006/04/10/python-and-universal-binaries-on-mac-os-x/#comment-2858 Jacob Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:14:56 +0000 http://bob.pythonmac.org/?p=198#comment-2858 Any chance that Python 2.5 and PyObjC will make it into Leopard? Any chance that Python 2.5 and PyObjC will make it into Leopard?

]]> By: js http://bob.pythonmac.org/archives/2006/04/10/python-and-universal-binaries-on-mac-os-x/#comment-2857 js Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:05:39 +0000 http://bob.pythonmac.org/?p=198#comment-2857 Thank you. Python and mac developers (especially the subset who are both) greatly appreciate this work. Great job! Thank you.

Python and mac developers (especially the subset who are both) greatly appreciate this work. Great job!

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