[Pythonmac-SIG] a beginner's list

[Bob Ippolito]

On Feb 8, 2006, at 4:52 PM, Bill Janssen wrote:

>> What I don't see
>> any evidence for is them keeping 2.3.5 around as well. What that  
>> means
>> is that all the packages you have compiled and installed for 2.3.*  
>> will
>> no longer work.
>
> I agree.  In fact, those extensions won't even be there, because they
> are by default installed under /System, so the new OS installation
> will remove them just as it will remove 2.3.5.  I don't think this
> will disconcert or surprise anyone -- any needed additional packages
> will just have to be re-installed.  So what?  Another advantage of
> using the pre-supplied version.

Not correct, nor is it an advantage.  Extensions are installed to / 
Library/Python/2.3 or /Library/Python/2.3/site-packages, depending on  
if you're using 10.3 or 10.4.

-bob