[Pythonmac-SIG] Apple installed vs. Manual

[Troy Rollins]

The next inevitable MacPython newbie question is regarding Apple's
Python vs. a manual installation. It seems that Apple's is not in the
same path location it would be if it were installed manually, and also
that it is now at least a dot revision behind.

I'm not really concerned about one or the other, however I have
noticed the tools like PyOxide and some others act as though they are
a bit lost on my drive (not being able to find files they need, which
are there, etc.) This tends to make things look broken, when they
probably actually aren't. Is there some Python Path variable that I
have control over? If so, uhhh, recommendations on how that is done?
(Amazon, hurry that shipment of knowledge please!!)

Also, if Package Manager is not recommended, what is? How do you keep
track of, and maintain your installation and modules? Fink? How do you
browse your available modules, fo instance to determine function calls
and syntax?

Frankly, the language itself looks a lot simpler than maintaining the
installation and keeping track of what you have to work with.  ;-)
-- 
Troy Rollins
RPSystems, Ltd.
www.rpsystems.net