[Numpy-discussion] help from OS X 10.5 users wanted

[Vincent Davis]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Christopher Barker
<Chris.Barker at noaa.gov> wrote:
> On 10/12/10 2:00 PM, Vincent Davis wrote:
>> I could do 10.4 also. For me doing this is maybe best described as a
>> curiosity. But my understanding was that some where having trouble
>> install on 10.5 with binaries made on 10.6. So if I can learn
>> something and help others that is great.
>
> Well, I appreciate the effort.
>
>> Therefore I am interested in any input or advice you have.
>>
>> So what exacty do you think should be done?
>
> Ideally, I think the Mac numpy binaries should match the python.org
> python binaries:
>
>
> Python 2.5: 32-bit PPC/i386 for Mac OS X 10.3.9 through 10.6
>
> Python 2.6: 32-bit PPC/i386 for Mac OS X 10.3.9 through 10.6
>
> Python 2.7 32-bit PPC/i386 for Mac OS X 10.3.9 through 10.6
>
> Python 2.7 PPC/i386/x86-64 for Mac OS X 10.5 or later
>
> Python 3 ??? (similar I think)

Sound good to me but I am not the one that makes the decision, or
maybe I do since it is my computer  :) but I am not the one that
uploads it to sourceforge and makes it official.

It's been a long time since I installed from a binary. Are all the
current osx version 32bit only, I don't see anything about 32/64 bit.

Vincent

>
> Supporting 10.3.9 may be a bit much these days, so it's probably easiest
> to build on a 10.4 machine, except for the 2.7 64bit build on 10.5.
>
> In theory, it should all be buildable on 10.6, but I know I've struggled
> with doing that sort of thing -- but maybe the macpython folks could help.
>
> In the past, numpy builds have "just worked", so maybe it's as simple as
> finding a 10.4 machine to build on (I don't have one anymore, we're not
> allowed to have them on our network, since Apple stopped supplying
> security patches)
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Chris
>
>
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