[Pythonmac-SIG] Re: How easy to just replace Panther's Python?

[Russell E. Owen]

In article <220D0AAE-2A43-11D8-A5D7-0030655234CE at cwi.nl>,
 Jack Jansen <Jack.Jansen at cwi.nl> wrote:

> On 8 Dec 2003, at 21:39, Russell E. Owen wrote:
> 
> > I hope this isn't a stupid question, but how easy is it to overwrite
> > Panther's python (to avoid the issue of conficting versions of python)?
> >
> > Will the binary installer do it, or should one install from source?
> 
> I would seriously argue against it. But if you really want to do it: 
> just installing a Jaguar MacPython and removing (or chmod 0-ing) 
> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework and /usr/bin/python* should 
> do the trick.

Could you give me some clue as to the dangers involved?

> > This is a very important question to me right now, because Python 2.3's
> > tkFileDialog.askopenfilename is broken, breaking a feature of my
> > application. I'm not sure what to tell users on MacOS X 10.3 as to how
> > to safely install a newer python.
> 
> Isn't it much easier to just replace tkFileDialog.askopenfilename? I.e. 
> create your own replacement routine and use that, or even assign it to 
> tkFileDialog.askopenfilename?

I'd much rather upgrade Python than work around bugs that have been 
fixed, especially since Python 2.3 has other known bugs.

Looks like Brian Lenihan recently posted a script that may do the job.

-- Russell