[Python-Dev] Re: python-dev Summary for 2003-09-01 through
2003-09-15[draft]
Terry Reedy
tjreedy at udel.edu
Fri Sep 19 13:44:09 EDT 2003
"Brett C." <bac at OCF.Berkeley.EDU> wrote in message
> But then the point of OS X 10.3 possibly becoming the largest
install
> base of Python of any version (it will be 2.3) came up.
I an somehow amused at the prospect of Apple OX (Uni)X releases
influencing the timing of Python releases.
> With rough estimates being thrown around of 5 million installs
> in about a year's
> time, the point that making it difficult to run Python 2.3.x code on
> that size of an install base would be bad.
I've begun work on a 2.3 based project. If I were to get users who
have received rather than installed Python, I would be more hesitant
to simply say 'upgrade', especially for minor features in a 2.3.x.
> that this is Mac it should not be expected that most users will want
to,
> let alone know how, to add a secondary install of Python since the
> original is used by the OS and thus should not be overwritten).
I presume a Mac installer would know how to add rather than overwrite.
I am curious whether anyone has ever suggested to PC makers that
Python + PyWin would be a useful addition to their Windows package --
both for setup/admin scripts (as done by RedHat. ..., and now
Apple -- I don't know the specifics) and as a freebie addon (Basic for
the 21st Century)?
Terry J. Reedy
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