[Pythonmac-SIG] Confused at the state of Python for OSX

[Samuel Smith]

  I religiously read the macpython sig and it is impressive how much 
activity there has been the last few weeks. So much so that I am now 
officially confused.
I have been preparing to make the jump to OSX as my day to day OS 
from OS9 and am just about there. But I can't figure out which 
version of Python I should use.

There are posts referring to what I believe are 3 versions of python 
on the Mac for OSX?. Regular Unix python, MachO Python, and Carbon 
MacPython.

To complicate things there is the fink installation of MachO? versus 
the cvs source installation.

I used to use Unix on a daily basis a few years ago so I am not 
afraid of the Unix version but I am confused vis a vis MachO python.

It sounds like they can coexist.

There are so many reports of problems that I am not sure which one 
will be most productive for me.

Would someon who has a clear picture of the current state of python 
for OSX care to elaborate or at least point me to a readme that is up 
to date?

  (I know its been discussed before but things are changing so fast)


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