OS-X binary name...
Hi all,
The binary for OS-X on sourceforge is called:
numpy-1.3.0-py2.5-macosx10.5.dmg
However, as far as I can tell, it works just fine on OS-X 10.4, and maybe even 10.3.9.
Perhaps a re-naming is in order? But to what?
I'd say:
numpy-1.3.0-py2.5-macosx10.4.dmg
but would folks think that it's only for 10.4?
maybe:
numpy-1.3.0-py2.5-macosx-python.org.dmg
to indicate that it's for the python.org build of python2.5, though I'v never seen anyone use that convention.
-Chris
David Warde-Farley wrote:
On 6-May-09, at 2:03 AM, Christopher Barker wrote:
maybe:
numpy-1.3.0-py2.5-macosx-python.org.dmg
+1 on having python.org in the name. It clarifies and reinforces the case that this isn't for the "Apple-shipped" Python
exactly.
(which I heard comes with NumPy now?).
yup, but an old and crusty version...
-Chris
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Christopher Barker Chris.Barker@noaa.gov wrote:
Hi all,
The binary for OS-X on sourceforge is called:
numpy-1.3.0-py2.5-macosx10.5.dmg
However, as far as I can tell, it works just fine on OS-X 10.4, and maybe even 10.3.9.
I have to confess I don't understand mac os x backward compatibility story. Are you sure they are compatible ? Or is it just a happy accident ?
Perhaps a re-naming is in order? But to what?
I'd say:
numpy-1.3.0-py2.5-macosx10.4.dmg
but would folks think that it's only for 10.4?
maybe:
numpy-1.3.0-py2.5-macosx-python.org.dmg
to indicate that it's for the python.org build of python2.5, though I'v never seen anyone use that convention.
At that point, we could just drop macosx altogether I think. I changed the name convention for scipy build scripts.
cheers,
David
David Cournapeau wrote:
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Christopher Barker
The binary for OS-X on sourceforge is called:
numpy-1.3.0-py2.5-macosx10.5.dmg
However, as far as I can tell, it works just fine on OS-X 10.4, and maybe even 10.3.9.
I have to confess I don't understand mac os x backward compatibility story. Are you sure they are compatible ? Or is it just a happy accident ?
I can't be sure without knowing how it was built, but probably. The python.org python was built for 10.3.9 and above, and one of the points of distutils is to pass all the same flags along, so, unless it depends on other libraries built only for 10.5, it should be compatible.
$otool -L multiarray.so
multiarray.so: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 88.3.9)
I'm pretty sure libSystem.B is shipped with 10.3.9 (or maybe earlier...)
I think a coincidence is unlikely.
numpy-1.3.0-py2.5-macosx-python.org.dmg
to indicate that it's for the python.org build of python2.5, though I'v never seen anyone use that convention.
At that point, we could just drop macosx altogether I think.
I guess a dmg wouldn't be anything else, so yes.
I changed the name convention for scipy build scripts.
great, thanks!
-Chris
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