[Pythonmac-SIG] creating package installers for Python variants

[Bugbee, Larry]

FWIW... =20

Consider having the installer find and identify the interpreters =
installed.  The user would select one and the installer would use a pick =
list to install the modules appropriate for that version of the =
interpreter.  In the event the installer found but one interpreter, it =
would simply proceed without user intervention. =20

In some cases the installer would be perhaps a third larger as most =
components will be identical for the standard and framework versions, =
but there could be but one installer. =20

One could extend the concept a little further and have but one installer =
for both 2.2 and 2.3.  The user selects the interpreter they want to =
update and the installer grabs appropriately from the pick list.

Larry

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Jansen [mailto:Jack.Jansen@cwi.nl]
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 1:12 AM
To: Andrew Straw
Cc: pythonmac-sig@python.org
Subject: Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] creating package installers for Python
variants



On Friday, Feb 21, 2003, at 00:41 Europe/Amsterdam, Andrew Straw wrote:

> Question to Mac OS X installer (and Installer.app) gurus:
>
> I am distributing a Python package which is largely pure python but=20
> has a few C extensions.  I would like to create a single .pkg bundle=20
> that supports (at least) Python 2.2 framework and Python 2.3 framework =

> in /Libraries.  I'm happy to build the extensions for the various=20
> Python distributions on my own machine.   What I'd like is for both=20
> the installation location and the choice of which extensions to use to =

> be user selectable.  Does anyone know if this is possible, or should I =

> just make multiple .pkg bundles?

I looked at this for a pretty similar reason, but I couldn't find it.
--
Jack Jansen, <Jack.Jansen@cwi.nl>, http://www.cwi.nl/~jack
If I can't dance I don't want to be part of your revolution -- Emma=20
Goldman


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