[Python-Dev] Language Summit notes

Mark Dickinson dickinsm at gmail.com
Thu Apr 17 18:06:16 CEST 2014


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:26 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>wrote:

> What does this mean exactly? Under OS X and Linux, Python is typically
> installed by default.


Under OS X, at least, I think there are valid reasons to not want to use
the system-supplied Python.  On my up-to-date OS X 10.9.2 machine, I see
Python 2.7.5, NumPy 1.6.2, Matplotlib 1.1.1 and Twisted 12.2.0.  For at
least Matplotlib and NumPy, those versions are pretty old (mid 2012), and
I'd be wary of updating them on the *system* Python: I have no idea what I
might or might not break.

-- 
Mark
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