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

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> Mac users definitely *do* expect installers. Building Python requires, I
> believe, the XCode development tools to be installed. Even then,
> building a full version of Python - with *all* the C extensions that are
> part of a Python release - is not a trivial task.

The same is true for any other operating system, though: you need to
install the compiler tool chain (sometimes, you need to buy it first),
and compiling Python with all extensions is not a trivial task.

Regards,
Martin