[Pythonmac-SIG] Re: Which installer to use for MacPython-OSX?

[Jack Jansen]

On Wednesday, August 21, 2002, at 12:27 , Rudo Niemeijer wrote:

> At 12:00 -0400 19-08-2002, Jack Jansen wrote:
>> I could enable the folder selection option, but that would allow them 
>> to install anywhere (meaning they could install in lots of locations 
>> where stuff simply won't work).
>
> Basically I see nothing wrong in that.
[...]
> Within a mac model everything should work regardless of the 
> installation directory.

Rudo,
these two remarks are in contradiction: there are exactly three 
locations where the user can install Python so that it will work: /, 
/Network or $HOME. All other locations will result in a non-functional 
installation.

You shouldn't really think of these as locations, but more as answers 
the the question "For whom do you want to instal the software?": for 
everyone on the machine, for everyone on the network or for yourself 
only.

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