Python packages on OS X vs Windows

[Mike Meyer]

Kenneth McDonald <kenneth.m.mcdonald at sbcglobal.net> writes:
> At the moment I'm doing most of my stuff on a Mac, but I've been
> considering also getting
> a Windows laptop. One of the reasons is that I've found it very
> difficult to get certain
> Python related things running on the Mac; for example, if one wants
> to use the most
> up-to-date Python on the mac, rather than the one installed by Apple,
> things can get
> a bit hairy, and then if one wants to go PyQT/wxPy/etc, it can get
> even worse with
> trying to get all the compiling/linking to work.

Have you considered using the Unix/X distribution of Python? OS X is
ok as a Unix system, and comes with a not unreasonable X server. I
tend to install things from darwin ports, but you might prefer fink
(or even emerge, though I've pretty much given up on it).

    <mike
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