[Pythonmac-SIG] [q] Help with choosing "right" python port

[Sheila King]

--On Tuesday, August 9, 2005 8:40 PM +0200 Robert Valsjö 
<robert at venetwork.net> wrote:

> Bob's pages seems more updated. Is this the new "official" python for
> Mac (Framework based)?

Where is "Bob's pages" ? Are these the ones at undefined.org?

I've installed Bob's version of Python 2.4.1 recently under Tiger and found 
it to go much more smoothly for me than anything I tried to do with the 
"official" or for that matter "Bob's" python under Panther. I could not get 
the requisite Tcl-aqua libraries installed properly under Panther (not that 
I tried very hard when it didn't work out of the box).

Personally, as someone new to Macs (long time Python user ... well, 4+ 
years, anyhow) coming from Windows/Linux, I found it very difficult to get 
oriented as to what I should try to install on my Mac for using up-to-date 
Python. (Clearly, this is reflected in the originating email for this 
thread, as well as a recent post at discussions.apple.com in the Developer 
forum under the title "Python".)

Newcomers to Mac have a very difficult time at present deciding what Python 
to install and I think it is a real shame that the MacPython site, 
officially linked from Python.org, does not clearly and plainly address 
this issue.

I've lurked on this list for a few months now, and it took me a long time 
to figure out where and how to get "Bob's" python. It shouldn't be that 
hard. (Yes, I know I could have just asked...but how many people do you 
want posting to this list asking that question all the time? It should be 
easy to figure out from the web pages...)

Sorry for the Tuesday morning rant. Off to get more coffee...

-- 
Sheila King
sheila at thinkspot.net
http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/