Fwd: [Pythonmac-SIG] What is the future of Python on OSX?

[Rob Bedford]

My motivation is that I am probably going to DC for an extended work 
assignment and while the targets will mostly be UNIX and Windows I want 
the option of working on my Mac at night trying things out.

Currently I can use the Python that runs on XWindows with  the Fink 
installer however the site says Fink is broke in Jaguar.  While I would 
like to upgrade to Jaguar my internet connection and resources could be 
spotty and I want to leave with the best option available.  So I figured 
I would ask for feedback via the experts ;-)
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> On Thursday, September 5, 2002, at 05:05 PM, Tony Lownds wrote:
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>> What would you like? I'm still very interested in working on Tkinter. 
>> I'm intending on making an "install_IDLE" command for posting on 
>> sf.net (about 50% done with it). I share the impression of 
>> complication in Python MacOSX land, there are so many things in the 
>> air. AquaTk's last snapshot is really old and fixes bugs that are 
>> destined to be FAQs if it's the one people use. I have been assuming 
>> that Jack's 2.3 distro will be the leading distribution. He's been 
>> adding lots of build changes to CVS lately - probably just waiting for 
>> an Alpha. Jack, if I write an install_IDLE command, how likely would 
>> it be that IDLE could be included? How long is it before some alpha or 
>> pre-alpha releases?
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>> If IDLE isn't included in Jack's distro, I will be producing a Tkinter 
>> add-on package which includes IDLE and the Tkinter demos. I don't find 
>> the current built-from CVS very easy to use yet (too many other apps 
>> take over my .py mapping I think) as a package writer - maybe if 
>> ~/Library/Python is added to a path so people could install by 
>> dragging and dropping.
>>
>> -Tony
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>> At 3:15 PM -0500 9/5/02, Rob Bedford wrote:
>>> Along this path I want to upgrade to Jaguar and use the installed 
>>> Python is there a compatible AquaTk?
>>>
>>> Thanks
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>>> On Thursday, September 5, 2002, at 03:08 PM, Kurt Marek wrote:
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>>>> I'm pretty much a newbie to Python on the Mac. I notice that there 
>>>> are no less than three different distributions. Which one is going 
>>>> to turn into the 'default' version for OSX allowing both cli use and 
>>>> an Aqua TK IDLE? I've read through some of the posts in the archives 
>>>> which try to explain this issue, but it just seems to be getting 
>>>> more complicated. Is one of these distros taking the lead for 
>>>> offering mainstream Python on OSX?
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>> Kurt
>>>>
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