[Pythonmac-SIG] PytDev intro documentation review?

[Ned Deily]

In article <4D1BA473.6050503 at cogsci.ucsd.edu>,
 richard k belew <rik at cogsci.ucsd.edu> wrote:
> Item#3 has to do with the Mac install of Python.  here
> i lay out two alternatives, one using the standard system
> installed Python and the other installing the standard Python
> release.  since my ultimate goal is to simply get the PyDev
> plugin for Eclipse operational, and PyDev says it'll work
> with any Python >= 2.1, this SEEMs safe.
> 
> do y'all agree?  any other suggestions?

Why build Python 2.7.1 from source?  Just download the 32-bit-only OS X 
installer from python.org.  See here:

http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.1/

At the moment for instructional purposes, I would strongly suggest only 
using the 32-bit installer on all versions of OS X from 10.3.9 through 
10.6 and avoiding the 64-bit installer as the latter has issues with 
Tkinter and IDLE.

Unfortunately, http://www.python.org/download/mac/ is rather old and in 
need of updating.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org