<div dir="ltr">Just drop support for 10.6 with Python 3.4. Problem solved. People on that old of a version of the OS can build their own Python 3.4 or do the right thing and upgrade or just install Linux.<div><br></div><div>
This isn't Windows. Compiler tool chains are freely available for the legacy platform. We don't need to maintain such a long legacy support tail there ourselves.</div><div><br></div><div>-gps</div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Ryan Gonzalez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rymg19@gmail.com" target="_blank">rymg19@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Meh...I hate it when tools download stuff without me noticing.<div><br></div><div>Honestly, a separate 10.6 build would work well. Plus, if a new Clang versions includes some awesome feature that could make Python builds better, you'd be able to take advantage of it better.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Bill Janssen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:janssen@parc.com" target="_blank">janssen@parc.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div>Russell E. Owen <<a href="mailto:rowen@uw.edu" target="_blank">rowen@uw.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> In article <<a href="mailto:B3293155-E4D5-4389-A555-C31BC49CE539@gmail.com" target="_blank">B3293155-E4D5-4389-A555-C31BC49CE539@gmail.com</a>>,<br>
> Raymond Hettinger <<a href="mailto:raymond.hettinger@gmail.com" target="_blank">raymond.hettinger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > On Sep 14, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Ned Deily <<a href="mailto:nad@acm.org" target="_blank">nad@acm.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> > > The<br>
> > > most recent Developer Tools for 10.8 and 10.7 systems, Xcode 4.6.x, have<br>
> > > a mature clang but do not provide a 10.6 SDK. Even with using an SDK,<br>
> > > it's still possible to end up inadvertently linking with the wrong<br>
> > > versions of system libraries. We have been burned by that in the past.<br>
> ><br>
> > I think we should offer a separate Mac build just for 10.6<br>
> > (much like we do for the 32-bit PPC option for 10.5).<br>
><br>
> If Apple drops support for gcc in 10.9 I guess we have to go this route,<br>
<br>
</div>Could go the Sage route -- Sage first checks for an up-to-date version<br>
of gcc, and downloads it and builds it for its own use if necessary.<br>
<br>
Bill<br>
<div><br>
> but please be careful. Every time you add a new version of python for<br>
> MacOS X it means that folks providing binary installers (e.g. for numpy)<br>
> have to provide another binary, and folks using those installers have<br>
> another chance of picking the wrong one.<br>
><br>
> If you do make a 10.6-only installer, what is the minimum version of<br>
> MacOS X the modern compiler would support? 10.7 gives a more measured<br>
> upgrade path, but 10.8 gives a better compiler.<br>
><br>
> -- Russell<br>
><br>
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