[Pythonmac-SIG] 'Cleaning house' - getting back to just Apple's Python

[Monte Milanuk]

Hello all,

I have an older Intel Macbook (circa early 2007) that I have upgraded 
the hardware and software a bit on over the last few months.  Currently 
it is running Snow Leopard 10.6.4, with an install of Python 2.6.5.

Over the course of time, between various upgrades, removing this, 
reinstalling that, etc. etc. I think I've made somewhat of a mess of my 
Python install and I'd like to clean house and get back to just the 
version that shipped with 10.6.x.  No extras or add-ons.  Once I get 
that kind of under control, then maybe see about upgrading/ or having 
multiple versions installed, etc.

1st question...  What is the default version of Python that shipped with 
10.6 Snow Leopard?  I have a Python 2.6.5 install in my Applications 
directory, and I can't recall if I put that there or if that came with 
the new OS (I happened to do the OS upgrade around that time frame...). 
  When I look under /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions I see 
the following:


macbook:~ monte$ ls -al /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x   5 root  admin  170 Mar 23 17:46 .
drwxr-xr-x   6 root  admin  204 Mar 23 17:17 ..
drwxrwxr-x  11 root  admin  374 May 12 22:04 2.6
drwxrwxr-x   9 root  admin  306 Aug 24  2009 3.1
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin    3 May  7 16:31 Current -> 2.6
macbook:~ monte$

If I remove the Python 2.6.5 install from the Applications directory, is 
that going to affect things here, or is this a separate (OEM) install?

Sometime in the recent past I remember installing, and then uninstalling 
Python 3.x... so if I remove the 3.1 directory sub-tree, will that clean 
out that bit so I can start over fresh?

Sorry 'bout the confusion.

Monte