[Pythonmac-SIG] Let's discuss MacPython distributions for january

[Charles Hartman]

1. As a more or less perpetual newbie at this, much as I welcome the 
chance to upgrade, I cast my vote for a *reversible* change in the 
Apple-installed version. If I screw everything up, I'd like to be able 
to go back. Or, alternatively, make it impossible even for me to screw 
up. (Ha ha.)

2. Bravo! Bravo!


Charles Hartman
Professor of English, Poet in Residence
http://cherry.conncoll.edu/cohar
http://villex.blogspot.com
On Dec 23, 2004, at 6:12 PM, Jack Jansen wrote:

> Fixing this for 2.4.1 and 2.3.5 themselves is rather easy (and 
> sketched in the mail mentioned above). Fixing this in the 
> Apple-installed 2.3 is a bit more difficult, though. We can either 
> modify it in-place (with admin permission) or do a complicated patch 
> that Ronald came up with last year. While in general you should not 
> muck with Apple-installed things I think that for this once I have a 
> preference for the simple in-place modification over the slightly 
> convoluted patch. Opinions, anyone?