[Pythonmac-SIG] Pythonmac-SIG Digest, Vol 55, Issue 2

[Noah Gift]

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> From: Christopher Barker <Chris.Barker at noaa.gov>
> To: Discussion of Numerical Python <numpy-discussion at scipy.org>,
> Pythonmac-Sig <pythonmac-sig at python.org>
> Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:12:02 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [Numpy-discussion] Problem with numpy on
> Leopard
> Robert Kern wrote:
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> The way I see it, python is a very good, robust, general purpose tool.
> It's a great thing for OS suppliers to provide python for system and
> users use -- I'd love to see it treated as other system libraries and
> utilities are, but to do that, there must be a versioning system for
> packages -- so Apple can use the version they installed, and a user can
> install and upgrade along side it, and not break anything.


I was just thinking the same thing.  It is awesome that Apple is getting
really big into Python, but it presents a small worry about how the system
version of Python and the fancy bridge, and the inevitable rapid development
of these third party modules, and Python itself.  For example, try upgrading
upgrading, say, mod_python on Cent OS 4.4.  Good luck with that...
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