[Pythonmac-SIG] Unix vs. Mac

[Jack Jansen]

Well well, this unix-vs-mac discussion is the closest we've had 
to a flamewar since the SIG's inception (and, luckily, still 
much closer to reasoned discussion than to a flamewar).

I just want to let everyone know that whatever I distribute as 
MacPython-OSX will have two faces: on the one hand there will be 
a 100% normal unix-Python available somewhere for people who 
know and love unix[1], on the other hand it will be possible to 
do everything a long time long time Mac user may want to do 
without ever having to touch the Terminal window[2].

The footnotes:
[1] In one distribution this may be the pre-installed 
/usr/bin/python. In another distribution it may be a normal 
Python but living in a funny /Library/Frameworks location, but 
aside from that be 100% normal.
[2] Users should be able to install/uninstall modules (and 
MacPython itself), for instance. An exception may be made for 
packages that come as C source: for these the user will have to 
load the developer tools anyway (which MacPython will not 
require) so I assume by the time they've crossed that bridge 
they should have lost their fear of the shell.
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- Jack Jansen        <Jack.Jansen@oratrix.com>        
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- If I can't dance I don't want to be part of your revolution -- 
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