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

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> Sure - but probably not your average Python-on-Mac user. Or at least a
> good proportion of them, particularly newbies who we are keen to keep
> the experience of obtaining Python simple. First download and then
> install 1gigabyte of developer tools (seriously) requiring registration,
> then compile Python from source yourself, is not the way to go. (And yes
> the XCode tools are included in the OS disks - but not the latest
> versions, especially if you are still running Leopard.)

That's fine: the official binaries are (deliberately) *not* built with
the latest tool chain.

Regards,
Martin