[Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython v2.5 on OS 10.5 yet?

[Leonardo Santagada]

On Jun 30, 2009, at 7:13 PM, DavidW wrote:

>
> On http://www.python.org/download/mac/  we read
>> Python comes pre-installed on Mac OS X, but due to Apple's release  
>> cycle, it's often one or even two years old. The overwhelming  
>> recommendation of the "MacPython" community is to upgrade your  
>> Python by downloading and installing a newer version from the  
>> Python standard release page.
>>
>> If you are using Mac OS X 10.5, see the Leopard wiki page for  
>> detailed information.
>>
> The Leopard wiki page (http://wiki.python.org/moin/MacPython/ 
> Leopard) says
>
>> Python releases have progressed far enough that it may be worth  
>> installing the current MacPythondistribution, however there may be  
>> conflicts between MacPython installations and Mac OS X development  
>> tools, such as problems building PyObjC applications in Xcode. Mac  
>> OS X 10.5.x (Leopard) comes with the 2.5.1 Python distribution pre- 
>> installed, with an integrated Python Launcher.app. At the time of  
>> Leopard's launch, the official release version of Python was also  
>> 2.5.1. So some users may wish to avoid installing the pythonmac.org  
>> distribution and use the built-in python.
> (EditText (last edited 2009-04-28)
>
> Is this still current? Have the issues been resolved to the point of  
> being able to unconditionally recommend say v2.5 or 2.5 on OX10.5?


I remember that Google App Engine had troubles with default python on  
osx. Also there was probably a reason for python versions 2.5.2, 2.5.3  
and 2.5.4 be released (and you could look on the changelog). I would  
say that if none of the bugs that were fixed on python 2.5.1 onward  
affect you, you have no need to upgrade.

Maybe someone has a better answer than mine...

What I don't understand is why apple doesn't update the python package  
on new minor releases... they do ship some new libraries why not python?

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Leonardo Santagada
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