[Image-SIG] PIL builds for Mac OS X

[Bill Janssen]

> Bill Janssen wrote:
> > As you say, we've discussed this before.  I think the #1 priority
> > should be an installer for PIL that works with the system Python, what
> > Chris is calling Apple Python.  That's what users have, pre-installed.
> > For Python 2.3.5 (on OS X 10.4), and Python 2.5 (on OS X 10.5). 
> 
> I beg to differ. Apple's Python2.5 on OS-X 10.5 (Leopard) is the only 
> one that is worth supporting. Early versions simply are not, and we 
> really, really, don't want to encourage anyone to use them -- it's just 
> not that hard to start with a download of an up to date Python.

As we've noted, this discussion has gone on before.  I seem to be
delivering quite a bit of functionality on the Tiger system Python
2.3.5, without issues.  Lots of people are.

>  > And universal, so that it works on both Intel and PPC.
> 
> Which isn't an option with the python Apple delivered with 10.4.

Sure it is.  Just two packages, one for Intel, and one for PPC, and a
preinstall script that selects the right one.

>  > After that's in place, then an installer for the non-Apple Python
>  > distributed from python.org would also be a good thing.
> 
> I still think this is the first priority -- it works on most OS-X 
> systems, etc. And it's analogous to Windows -- everyone builds Windows 
> binaries for the python.org Python -- it IS the Canonical python build.

Yes, it is like Windows -- and that shouldn't be the model.

Bill