[Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython v2.5 on OS 10.5 yet?

[David Warde-Farley]

On 30-Jun-09, at 9:16 PM, Leonardo Santagada wrote:

> I remember that Google App Engine had troubles with default python  
> on osx. Also there was probably a reason for python versions 2.5.2,  
> 2.5.3 and 2.5.4 be released (and you could look on the changelog). I  
> would say that if none of the bugs that were fixed on python 2.5.1  
> onward affect you, you have no need to upgrade.

Google App Engine, do you mean the dev environment? You're probably  
better off using Python.org Python for that, yes, since the 10.5  
System Python predates GAE by a fair while. ..

> What I don't understand is why apple doesn't update the python  
> package on new minor releases... they do ship some new libraries why  
> not python?

In short, not many system-critical apps depend on Python (if any) and  
Apple just doesn't see it a big enough deal to commit resources to  
updates. I don't think they update Ruby or Perl either (irb --version  
tells me I'm running a release from 2005). If you disagree, you should  
voice your concern to Apple.

Also, Python.org provides binaries for the most up-to-date releases,  
and users of course are free to build it from source themselves. AFAIK  
PyObjC now easy_install's fine with these builds, so the only thing  
missing will be the closed-source stuff that Apple doesn't make public  
(i.e. the CoreGraphics SWIG wrappers which seem to be leaky anyway).

David