[Pythonmac-SIG] Nuances of Bundle Builder when moving between versions of

[Jack Jansen]

On 11-dec-03, at 22:19, RANDY BURNS wrote:

> What are the nuances in packageing a wxPython program so it can run on 
> the various versions of Darwin.
> I have an application that runs fine on Panther, but when I moved it 
> to Jaguar, I got the following console error.

The problem is indeed that something built on Panther will often not be 
deployable on Jaguar.

One thing that definitely does not work is using bundlebuilder with 
--standalone: it will take the Panther Python framework along, which 
won't work on Jaguar. Whether there are similar issues when not using 
--standalone but incorporating wxPython I don't know.

For now the only sure way to work around this is to build on Jaguar.

We are thinking of ways to allow building on Panther, which would 
entail (at least) allowing the Jaguar Python framework to exist on 
Panther with adverse consequences to Panther Python (currently there 
are such consequences), and it may also have repercussions for 
distutils (which will have to build with the various environment 
variables that cause Jaguar compatibility).

Good ideas for other ways to solve this are welcome,
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Jack Jansen, <Jack.Jansen at cwi.nl>, http://www.cwi.nl/~jack
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