[Python-Dev] Should we help pythonmac.org?

[Steve Holden]

Someone told me the other day that macports made for difficult installs, 
but not being a Mac user I wasn't in a position to evaluate the advice.

I can see the desirability of having a Python-specific domain, but then 
again if the pydotorg team were going to maintain the content then they 
might just as well maintain it under python.org. I really do think it 
would be better if the Mac downloads were available from the same site 
as all the others, but I don't know whether we have the manpower and 
skills available to cut the releases and maintain the additional content.

I'm copying the pydotorg list to see what, if anything, they have to say 
about it. That's where the work is likely to land, so we'd better know 
in advance if it would cause problems.

regards
  Steve

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Alternatively, I just got mail from Bob Ippolito indicating that he'd
> be happy to hand over the domain to the PSF. It's got quite a bit more
> on it than Python distros, and it's a fairly popular resource for Mac
> users I imagine. However macports.org seems to have more Python stuff,
> and has a more recent version of 2.5. (2.5.2). Perhaps we should link
> to macports.org instead?
> 
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
>> On Aug 18, 2008, at 12:05 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone have connections with the owners of pythonmac.org?
>>> Apparently they are serving up an ancient version of Python 2.5. The
>>> Google App Engine has a minor issue in 2.5 that's solved in 2.5.1, but
>>> that is apparently not available from that site. Perhaps we can
>>> contribute more recent Mac versions, or provide them directly on
>>> python.org? (The Downloads -> Macintosh page points to pythonmac.org,
>>> which means lots of All Engine users download this old version.)
>> I'd be happy to arrange things with a Mac expert to put the Mac binaries on
>> the download site.
> 


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