[Pythonmac-SIG] Distributing Python applications for the Mac
Konrad Hinsen
hinsen at cnrs-orleans.fr
Sun Jan 4 08:23:35 EST 2004
Having regular access to a Mac now, I would like to prepare Mac-friendly
distributions of my scientific applications, all written in Python. The goal
is to make them available to users who don't know nor care much about Python,
so the installation procedure should be as simple as possible.
At the moment I see two options:
1) Via fink. Very easy to do for me (so easy that I'll do it anyway), but my
impression is that fink is not the Mac user's idea of user friendliness.
2) On top of MacPython using the package manager. That looks simpler for
the users, but it seems to be a significant effort for me. I would have to
provide a package directory on my Web server and prepare binary
packages for all combinations of Python and MacOS versions, because
automatic installation from source code doesn't work due to the header
file installation problems (all my C modules are based on NumPy).
I am not terribly enthusiastic about either option. Is there perhaps another
one? My wish list is:
- Simple installation for the user, via an installer or through simple file
copy operations.
- Possibility to prepare distributions for a wide range of machines having
only a single one for packaging (MacOS 10.3.2, MacPython 2.3.3).
- Automatic generation of distribution packages from the development
source code.
Konrad.
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