[Python-Dev] Fwd: Broken link to download (Mac OS X)

[Michael Foord]

On 14/04/2010 19:25, Steve Holden wrote:
> Michael Foord wrote:
>    
>> On 14/04/2010 06:13, Ned Deily wrote:
>>      
>>> In article<hq3e52$8oj$1 at dough.gmane.org>,
>>>    Steve Holden<steve at holdenweb.com>   wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Why is it unavoidable that the Mac build will languish behind others?
>>>> Are we supporting MacOs or aren't we? If we are, why isn't the creation
>>>> of the build a part of the release process?
>>>>
>>>> Clearly it's not a priority given that nobody has seen fit to (or had
>>>> time to) reply to this mail in three weeks.
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> Wasn't that problem fixed weeks ago?  The installer image has been
>>> available there since several days after the release.  And the link
>>> seems fine now.
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> The problem is the process that creates a new release with a 404 link to
>> the Mac installer with no explanation. The 2.6.5 release (as always)
>> caused several requests to webmaster from Mac users unable to download
>> Python - which is a further waste of volunteer time as well as a cause
>> of frustration for users.
>>
>> Building the Mac installer requires volunteer time which I'm not sure
>> that more hardware will fix - compiling a full build of Python for Mac
>> OS X (with all the Python modules like Tkinter etc) requires expertise
>> which only a few people have.
>>
>> A Mac OS X machine (and location to keep it) for the buildbots is a
>> *big* need however.
>>
>>      
> How about as a first step the release build process include a check for
> broken links before committing the web content for a new release?
>
>    
Yes - needed but orthogonal. :-)

Michael

> regards
>   Steve
>    


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