[docs] Python on Mac OS X

[Georg Brandl]

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Am 09.04.2013 18:43, schrieb Barry E Abrahamsen:
> on this page:
> 
> http://docs.python.org/2/using/mac.html
> 
> Section 4.1 says "Mac OS X 10.5 comes with Python 2.5.1 pre-installed by
> Apple." That may have been true years ago, but the current version of the
> Mac OS is 10.8 and the version of Python provided by Apple is 2.7.
> 
> I don't have enough experience with Python or the UNIX underpinnings of Mac
> OS X to say much more about this information. However, I expected, after
> installing Python 3.3.1 and running the shell script, that typing "which
> python" in a console session would tell me 3.3.1, but it continues to say
> 2.7 as does the Python Launcher. I only get 3.3.1 using IDLE, If this is
> what "you will have two different but functional Python installations on
> your computer" means, then it would be helpful for a beginner to understand
> that.
> 
> Looking around on the internet for python-on-Mac resources, I find a lot
> of out-of-date and partial information. This is discouraging to a beginner.
> 
Hi Barry,

I've quick-fixed the 10.5/2.5 version numbers.  For the rest of the problems
with the Mac documentation, it would help us immensely if you could open an
issue at http://bugs.python.org/ so that the Mac experts can take care of it.

Thanks,
Georg
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