Re: [Matplotlib-users] eggs or pythonmac packages on OS X?

[Stephen U. <ste...@gm...>]

On Dec 4, 2007 5:14 PM, Russell E. Owen <ro...@ce...> wrote:

> If you use Tcl/Tk and use a current version (instead of the ancient
> version that is built in) then use the packages at pythonmac. I just
> built 0.91.1 today and it should show up there soon. Meanwhile you can
> get it from here:
> <http://www.astro.washington.edu/rowen/pythoninstallers/>
>
> I hope that someday the official Mac egg version will work with 3rd
> party Tcl/Tk but no version I've tried has -- including 0.91.1.

Does this mean that the only difference between the egg and pythonmac
version is how it's linked against Tcl/Tk?

Just for my edification, why can't the egg version be linked
against/include a different Tcl/Tk?

Thanks-
-stephen