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

[Greg Ewing]

Michael Foord wrote:
> 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.

What's non-trivial about it? I usually find that the normal
"./configure; make; make install" sequence works fine without
any further intervention.

If you want a framework installation you have to read the
README and use a couple of extra options, but it still works
very smoothly.

-- 
Greg