[Numpy-discussion] OSX installer: please test

[Stéfan van der Walt]

Hi,

On 19/04/2008, Jarrod Millman <millman at berkeley.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Christopher Burns <cburns at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>  > I've built a Universal Mac binary for numpy 1.1.0.  If Mac people would
>  > kindly test it, I'd appreciate any feedback.
>  >
>  > Download here:
>  > https://cirl.berkeley.edu/numpy/numpy-1.1.0rc1-py2.5-macosx10.5.dmg
>  >
>  > Technical details:
>  > - Built on OSX 10.5.2, Intel Core 2 Duo
>  > - Using XCode 3.0 with gcc 4.0.1 and the Accelerate.framework 1.4.2,
>  > gfortran 4.2.1 and Python 2.5.2 from python.org (MacPython)
>  >  - Used bdist_mpkg 0.4.3 to make the distribution
>  >
>  > Since it uses the MacPython, it will install numpy under here:
>  > /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages
>
>
> Hello,
>
>  If anyone has tested this out, please let us know.  If you have a Mac
>  and haven't tested this, please do so.  This is one of the very last
>  things that I need feedback on before finally scheduling the next
>  NumPy release.

Is there any reason why "System Python 2.5" (specifically) is a
requirement?  I run Python 2.5 from macports, so the installer
prohibits me from installing NumPy.

Cheers
Stéfan