[Pythonmac-SIG] Re: Question: why two PythonLaunchers?

[Russell E. Owen]

In article <7F2F9122-486B-11D8-B171-000A27B19B96 at cwi.nl>,
 Jack Jansen <Jack.Jansen at cwi.nl> wrote:

> On 16-jan-04, at 19:52, Russell E. Owen wrote:
> 
> > I have MacOS X 10.3.2 and have installed the Panther MacPython extras.
> >
> > In /Applications/MacPython I find two files named PythonLauncher. One  
> > is
> > an alias to
> > /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/Resources/ 
> > Python
> > Launcher.app. The other is an application. Any idea what to do? The
> > things I've thought of are:
> > - Leave things alone (I don't actually use the launcher anyway)
> > - Delete one (obvious, but I have no idea which one to save)
> > - Reinstall the MacPython extras from scratch
> 
> Interesting...
> 
> What has probably happened is that you installed the Panther MacPython  
> Extra's over an existing Jaguar MacPython installation.
> 
> As PythonLauncher is included with 10.3 I don't install a new copy with  
> the extras installer, I just put in a symlink to the apple-installed  
> PythonLauncher. I call this symlink "PythonLauncher". Should I call it  
> "PythonLauncher.app" in stead?
> 
> The good news it that it doesn't really matter which one you remove,  
> but I would suggest the application, as it'll save you a couple of KB  
> on disk.

Thank you! I thought my sequence was:
- Upgrade to Panther with archive and install
- Discard my old MacPython
- Install the Panther MacPython
but perhaps I forgot to ditch the Jaguar MacPython first. In any case, I 
threw out the app and am happy.

-- Russell