[Pythonmac-SIG] UpGrading + Pygame

[Bob Ippolito]

On Saturday, Aug 2, 2003, at 13:26 America/New_York, João Leão wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm reporting this because i don't remember seeing much feedback about 
> installing MacPython 2.3 (final) on top of previous versions (maybe 
> everyone's doing that?).
>
> My previous MacPython was 2.3b2-2 and i'm running OS X 10.2.6.
> The reason i didn't want to make a clean installation was because i 
> was using PyGame. I got it from Andrew Straw and, at that time, his 
> version (MacPython 2.3a2 + PyGame Stuff) was the only (?) binary 
> installer.
> MacPython 2.3a2 had some bugs (for ex: PM wasn't working) and i 
> "upgraded" to 2.3b2-2.
>
> Finally, i installed 2.3 (final) and i was glad to see that PyGame 
> continues to work. Maybe this is the easiest way for a non-experienced 
> user like me to get PyGame running.
> If i did this the wrong way you can also use it as bad example..

That is not the "right" way, there is a newer version of pygame / sdl / 
PIL / etc in my unofficial package repository.  This is now Andrew's 
recommended installation method, see: 
http://www.visionegg.org/install-macosx-details.html

-bob