[Python-Dev] Automatic installer builds (was Re: Fwd: Broken link to download (Mac OS X))

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    >> I ran a Mac OSX buildbot for the community buildbots for awhile but
    >> never did figure out at the time how to get it to fire up on
    >> reboot. Â That was a few years ago. Â I think today that would easily
    >> be accomplished with an @reboot crontab entry. Â Dunno if that was
    >> available way back then, but it's certainly supported on Mac OSX now.

    Simon> launchd might be a better bet - <http://bit.ly/ahwvTk>.

Sure, but it's Mac-specific.  For someone like myself who moves between
different platforms I generally try to use tools which work across those
platforms to the extent that I can.  While @reboot is not universally
available (Solaris doesn't support it as far as I can tell) it is still more
common where I operate than launchd.  Not to mention which I have to horse
around with XML for config files which I completely detest for that purpose.

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