[Pythonmac-SIG] Mac Python is DEAD...Long Live Python on the Mac

[Daniel Lord]

On Apr 18, 2006, at 16:46, Terry Jones wrote:

> | In my opinion, the problem is the term "MacPython".  Python is  
> Python,
> | period, and we should just call it that, even if it's running on  
> the Mac
> | platform.  Perhaps this was different in the pre-OSX days, but  
> not now.
>
> Make that 4 cents on dropping the "Mac". The MacPython name is, to  
> my ears,
> quite misleading.

In fact, in my view, MacPython was the special build for OS 9 and  
earlier. I have never thought of the OS X distributions as  
'MacPython' but rather Python for OS X just as Python for Red Hat  
Linux are still Python, just packaged and bundled as RPMs in order to  
install and work properly on the Red Hat Linux platform. I noticed  
the web information is trending in that direction, let's just make a  
clean break. Even if John Dvorak thinks Apple and OS X are doomed ;-)

On another topic, we need to archive and keep available Jack Jansen's  
work. Jack made a great contribution to Python on the Mac, more than  
I think any other single individual, and one that should not be  
forgotten. Really. Link to it from the wiki and make it clear it is  
historical in nature and pioneering work by a key individual.

<IMHO> MacPython _is_ dead (but not forgotten), Long live Python on  
the Mac.</IMHO>