[Pythonmac-SIG] Please test PIL package on OS-X

[William Kyngesburye]

On May 2, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Christopher Barker wrote:

> William Kyngesburye wrote:
>> Quick import test works.
>
> good start -- could you run that test script? you pass in a *.jpg on  
> the command line, and it makes a copy with a watermark printed on  
> it. That tests the jpeg driver and the freetype implementation.
>
Kinda busy today.  Maybe this weekend.

>> Can you just dump additional packages into Contents/Packages ? Or  
>> dump the mpkg into your Metapackage, or dump the two *.pkg files  
>> into your Metapackage?
>
> I have no clue. Others on this list should know.
>
No, there is setup in the Info.plist of the mpkg.  Hacking the  
info.plist could get dicey.

It may be possible to merge the sub-packages into a new distribution  
package - the man page implies that it's possible, tho I haven't  
figured it out yet.

>> Also, I would building be a Distribution package, not a  
>> Metapackage, since I rely on the builtin Javascript requirements  
>> checking.  This would limit it to Tiger+.
>
> That's 10.4, right? I'm OK with that -- do your Frameworks support  
> 10.3 anyway?
>
Tiger = 10.4.  I stopped making my frameworks Panther (10.3)  
compatible when Leopard (10.5) came out.

>

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