[Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

[Charles Hartman]

Bob Ippolito said:

> Using easy_install is quite easy -- you type "easy_install
> WhatYouNeed" and press return. That's it. Users currently need some
> familiarity with Terminal in order to get anything done with Python
> anyway.

But hasn't there been real progress toward making that not true? And  
isn't that a good thing? Can't Python be an OSX programming  
enrivonment rather than (as well as) a Darwin one?

I suppose the simple way would be a tiny Applescript drag-and-drop  
that just called easy_install . . .

Charles Hartman