[Pythonmac-SIG] Install location

[Bob Ippolito]

On Apr 9, 2006, at 4:49 PM, Timothy Reaves wrote:

> 	Why is it the installer at http://www.python.org/download/releases/
> 2.4.3/ install into /Applications ?  Why does it not install as a
> framework?  ActiveState Python does, although they still user /usr/
> local/bin for the links.

It puts IDLE, BuildApplet, and the other applications that ship with  
MacPython in Applications.  This is not unusual.

It DOES install as a framework.

It DOES by default put symlinks in /usr/local/bin.

The slight differences in the way ActivePython behaves are deviations  
on their part.

-bob