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

[Rob Bedford]

Thanks for the quick and helpful replies.  It sounds like the lowest 
risk is postpone the Jag update until I get back and use the UNIX/Fink I 
have installed.  Although I was hoping for some of the Windows 
connectivity stuff in Jag a Python I believe to be working is critical.  
Again thank you for the help.

On Thursday, September 5, 2002, at 05:32 PM, Tony Lownds wrote:

> With some CVS knowledge I can guide you through getting an IDLE that 
> works. What I can't do is make a snapshot - I'm not set up to make a 
> good featureful snapshot on a regular basis. Tk is the harder part - 
> Python is easy to get/use from CVS. See 
> http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/SourceForge/7933/0/7986005/for Tk, 
> and http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=5470 for Python. In a pinch my 
> website has a version of the Tcl/Tk stuff, which I haven't tried since 
> 10.1.
>
> -Tony
>
> At 5:17 PM -0500 9/5/02, Rob Bedford wrote:
>> 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 ;-)
>>>
>>> On Thursday, September 5, 2002, at 05:05 PM, Tony Lownds wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, September 5, 2002, at 03:08 PM, Kurt Marek wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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