[Pythonmac-SIG] Let's discuss MacPython distributions for january

[Bob Ippolito]

On Dec 23, 2004, at 7:01 PM, Charles Hartman wrote:

>> Fixing this for 2.4.1 and 2.3.5 themselves is rather easy (and 
>> sketched in the mail mentioned above). Fixing this in the 
>> Apple-installed 2.3 is a bit more difficult, though. We can either 
>> modify it in-place (with admin permission) or do a complicated patch 
>> that Ronald came up with last year. While in general you should not 
>> muck with Apple-installed things I think that for this once I have a 
>> preference for the simple in-place modification over the slightly 
>> convoluted patch. Opinions, anyone?
>
> As a more or less perpetual newbie at this, much as I welcome the 
> chance to upgrade, I cast my vote for a *reversible* change in the 
> Apple-installed version. If I screw everything up, I'd like to be able 
> to go back. Or, alternatively, make it impossible even for me to screw 
> up. (Ha ha.)

It's pretty much impossible to screw up.  Basically it should be an 
installer .pkg that simply tosses a single file to a specific place, 
replacing what was there.  There is no need to revert to the original 
version of this file because that one is half-broken to begin with.

-bob