Re: [Pyobjc-dev] ScreenSaver Example

[Ronald O. <ous...@ci...>]

On 4 nov 2003, at 12:02, Dinu Gherman wrote:

> Ronald Oussoren:
>
>> Did you use MacPython? You must use MacPython (or another framework
>> install) to use Python based screensavers (and other plugin bundles).
>
> No I didn't... Why not? Well... versionitis! I'm increasingly
> concerned about the raising number of versioning knobs in the
> Mac-Python (Python-Mac?) world...

I agree that there's a confusingly large number of Python's on the Mac, 
but if you leave out the portmanager (fink, darwinports, ...) things 
get a lot more manageable :-)

The current situation seems to be:
1. /usr/bin/python (2.2) on Jaguar
2. MacPython 2.3 on Jaguar
3. /usr/bin/python (2.3) on Panther
4,5,... {Fink,DarwinPorts,...} python 2.[23] on {Panther, Jaguar}
N. MacPython 2.3 for OS9 (Classic). This can be ignored unless you use 
OS9 or use OS9-style libraries.

MacPython 2.3 for Panther contains nothing more than the GUI tools and 
the waste library.

I currently use MacPython-2.3 on Jaguar (with /usr/local/bin before 
/usr/bin in my PATH) and Apple's Python on Panther. The only reason for 
using /usr/bin/python on Jaguar is the development of scripts that 
should run on customer systems.

Ronald