On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Russell E. Owen <rowen@uw.edu> wrote:
I'll be interested to learn how you make binary installers for python 3.x because the standard version of bdist_mpkg will not do it. I have heard of two other projects (forks or variants of bdist_mpkg) that will, but I have no idea of either is supported.
Ideally -- we go to binary wheels -- but don't know if the world is ready for that.
I have been able to building packages on 10.8 using MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.6 that will run on 10.6, so it will probably work. However I have run into several odd problems over the years building a binary installer on a newer system only to find it won't work on older systems for various reasons. Thus my personal recommendation is that you build on 10.6 if you want an installer that reliably works for 10.6 and later.
That is the easiest and most robust, for sure. And you can also keep that system "clean" -- i.e. no libfreetypes around to acidentally link to... -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception Chris.Barker@noaa.gov