[Distutils] Packaging today

[David Cournapeau]

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Steve Spicklemire <steve at spvi.com> wrote:

> So, related question: Should the Mac binaries also work with the
> python.org mac build?
>

Binary compatibility is best achieved on windows: the platform makes it
easier, and it is so painful to build stuff there that it would be insane
for vendors not to be compatible.

Mac is a whole different story. First, you have frameworks vs non
frameworks builds, and compilers/dev environments keep changing in
incompatible ways: you have gcc, gcc-llvm, clang, SDK which are tied to
xcode versions themselves tied to OS versions, it is a mess :)

Case in point, the python.org binaries are generally not compatible with
the system python provided by Apple (that is you can't use an installer
made for one with the other). At least in the scientific community, we
generally provide binaries for python.org, and I think it is good practice
to avoid touching the system python.

David


>
> Regarding my quest: I just punted for now (out of time, need something
> working by Monday).
>
> I'm using Christoph Gohlke's binaries for windows (seem to work well!) and
> cooked up my own custom installer for Mac that loads on top of python.orgpython and our current VPython installer. All working, so crisis averted.
> ;-)
>
> I'll look into binary wheels when the dust settles.
>
> thanks for all the suggestions!
> -steve
>
>
> On Jan 8, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Steve Spicklemire <steve at spvi.com> wrote:
>
> > This is good news. I'll experiment!
> >
> > thanks,
> > -steve
> >
> > On Jan 8, 2014, at 1:48 PM, David Cournapeau <cournape at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov>
> wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 1:48 AM, David Cournapeau <cournape at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> We don't use mingw to build packages distributed within canopy (at
> least not anymore). We build everything with MSVC 2008, as mixing
> mingw/MSVC often causes trouble.
> >>
> >>
> >> so is Canopy binary-compatible with the python.org builds?
> >>
> >> i.e would the same binary wheel work for both?
> >>
> >> It should, and we will fix issues if they come up.
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >> -Chris
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Christopher Barker, Ph.D.
> >> Oceanographer
> >>
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> >>
> >> Chris.Barker at noaa.gov
> >>
> >
>
>
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