[Pythonmac-SIG] Staying with system Python in Tiger

[Bob Ippolito]

On May 2, 2005, at 10:40 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote:

> After digging more deeply into Tiger and finding that Apple has indeed
> included wxPython 2.5.3 and added the "build applet" tool to the
> Developer Tools, I've decided to keep my Python packages based on the
> Apple system Python. This will require fewer downloads for end users,
> and mean far less work for me in repackaging things (which means I  
> will
> get it done much sooner). I will have to assemble a new installer for
> PyQt-Mac, but migrating my other packages will be trivial. I'll  
> post an
> announcement when everything is ready.

IIRC, Build Applet was there in 10.3 too... but just because Apple  
ships something doesn't mean its usable.  bundlebuilder is quite  
flawed, and Build Applet is just a shim on top.

-bob