python, wxpython and Mac OS X

[Robert Kern]

7stud wrote:
> On Apr 8, 8:46 pm, Robert Kern <robert.k... at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Why 2.4.4 instead of the official 2.5 binary fromwww.python.org?
>>
>>  http://www.python.org/download/
> 
> 1) On some download page that listed both python 2.5 and 2.4, it said
> that python 2.4 had more packages/modules available for Macs than 2.5.

That's probably still a fair statement.

> 2) The wxPython website says that to use wxPython on a Mac, you need a
> special "framework" build of python--like the one that comes
> preinstalled.  It says framework builds are available for python 2.4.

The 2.5 binary on www.python.org is also a framework build.

> Should I remove 2.4.4 and install 2.5 instead?

No, it's okay.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
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