[Pythonmac-SIG] What to build binaries for???

[Christopher Barker]

Hi folks,

Another poster on the numpy list has been bitten by the "must have the 
system python" issue with the binary installer, meaning the python.org 
build.

1) I thought I provided a patch a good while ago to update that message 
-- did that get lost in the shuffle?

2) we're talking on that list about implementing what Robin Dunn has 
done for wxPython -- a single installer that puts numpy somewhere, then 
puts *.pth files in both the Apple and Python.org Pythons, so that a 
single installer will work with both.

But now we have issues as to what to support: 32+64 bit, PPC + intel. 
wxPython is strictly 32 bit, so it's a bit easier.

What is being delivered now? Is there a 64 bit build at Python.org? What 
has Apple delivered with 10.6 and 10.5?

Are we going to need multiple installers, maybe 32 and 64 bit?

This was messy enough a couple years ago!

What do you folks suggest?

-Chris





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